Berkshire Chronicle Reading 04-1915

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the town, W"'" , J1imil'ber ot .tiJ~d)fIi,?~1 :rt&tn~
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told hor th&t she' thought '8vei'Ythinlr wae all right.
Wh~n Dr. Cotton WI\8 £al\ed ,In. he alb 0009 . os~d'
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Jury .a~.: ,the ~Q&1 gentlemen ooncernedl :fUr,
ilher ~qun;y WIl8 aQ)omned tunjoil 10,30 on Th r'~'
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emnrl young fe ow, and' thelj? 18 no
He (the coroJ)ei) thought he
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ruttOn .was pa~ at both ""rV1Ce<!, ..ndo",,' I\:. ,the
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mention thnt :D!". Goldney attended
eareer. He ~ Iof ... genia.! d~tiOD, and
woman Oll - Mar.cll '1" who 'was' removed to the-.....oS" ..... ~lutlOn passed at the Manohosoor l11ooiing ' )f llle
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manv ,friends, ·!md .. :wWl 0112 o{ -the m .... t .p opUlar pital on Marc1l ~l . .a:nd who died there t \re",am-.. Fr.ee Onureh "Counoil, proirU&inp; to ,8UPpor
menibol'll o.t 'filla PaTk Institbte.
The d~t day .. What WIJ.!l in Dr. Abram,'e~nd wail whether Govorn men.t 1ft aJ>'}l' 'steps up to prohibiuon lijoh
sympathy is feli. for ' Mr. ~li~n;. who only I~ the .affection was co.Tried f~om .one 'Ca66 to ,the tho .G'overnm~llt thouA'ht ..n~ry.-to .take to
tera9t the .~lnk ev.\' . :;kt , die -e.v ening servicEi 'tiVO
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other ,-Mr. ,S" Broin ~ p.res~nt representing sJ)eolll,1 P aeslOnl nnthelIl8 were rendered 'by' the 'Hid'ii.
In a letter t~· hie father d~rihillg ,t he 'b att,e Drs. P . Wyeth Thurman and Goldney.'
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ties anw.ngM the -<oflice'rB, j)u~ some 'of them I. are .ing; said the ·~iY · !W.as .t1uJ.t .of' hip'- wife, who 'fas mg durmg' the w~k at S~. Anctrow'. 0h\lrc:h}
n_of the lRt Bi\;f.taJion. ; Al1logether We.. I;ru\t 6 26, Iw.-t :October. 'lUe'y married in June la,s tyear .. duc~ed by thel Rev T. Brnnckor. A seri<>e.or I"n'
kille.! 8Jld II wounded, &;!ld '2 sick ,' in fow:-, .qay~' BecoosecW stat.e of 'health for ' the fi'l(e .year'a :,l)e ~rn slt<J:e6 w~ ohown, .;]epietinp; our L01-<1'" I: PM,
fighting. Th,.t ~eft uti WIth 6 .o flicers, the , C,O.,
had ..)qJpwn .her w.as Ve''Y ~ in):1eed . Owiilg to Olon,
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did not 1"5e so ma.ny iDlen 10 proportion. I , iSCil doctor tiJ attend i her. AlRO for la ' n:urse n .. med
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' d.rtiBte. were. 'M.U.e Elliott
in a·lloth·~r letter describing the Bame fierce tlle mor'oin.K. He was ilien infptJn~<J by :M:rs. 011 Tue...dIl.Y, The
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SmitJi ;(:~tion), Mr.
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Thu'rp,ll.n '1;hat her husband llad influe;uzal.tnd she Mr
(cornet. 'solo), PIil..a~ ' Dev,eriJl '(6010) Mr : .:;;;-n:, ,
I terrific [\rtiller~ firin/( for six ,h()~II, When
l'equEjSted .him to go next door 'to . DJ·. ·. Gnldn ey, Chadwick (r<e<#tNtion ' AII/I' ·sOlo). · Pr.i~':!e . ~~~~~
The last-named arrived about, 2.30, a.nd lef~ ten rso':/(s}. Corporal.w ~t80U (.ketQl!~l. Pri~ate l;I
I ma.de the aUuc k on the Genri&n lines thllY '
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minutes later. He went 101' the Idoctor , n.!IalU at (humor'!us), ana , Pljvnte Wit.mn. Mi88"!if.
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6.16. The doctor arriv.ed nt 25 ' mf1Jutes to 7,"'>11d ",!an .(sllver ,m!Xl",Ui.t) plo;l'i>d. ;' POlis.bed '
Wilt.8 tqok ove.t 500 prisone
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was there to 7·.10 .. His wife :was lconfinad.ll.t .Q.A.
Jimn...corte .0010 ,s:no all!O aooOlDP..rued
the next d"y ~h e Germanf! ~sdli a
no 'kn~~. that 'by hl!'lring the fi st ~'squalling u ' No .conoort ' w~l ';hi> ' held' nox.t, TuelKra:t. ,
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aawD Bta-iTs be 6aid he 'w ould co.ll ,again that 'd ay. .old warr.lqrt3 ,,:,,:ho saw much ao'tiyo -service·.oD< beIi..Jl
The text ,?f tl1e tele&mm r~eived from -the
Dr. Thurman, called, hllwever, aflU o'clock tha.t ·of the ' Empl \'e-Thomas Dlg)i.er., who reaidedt. at '
Office to hIS fatht;" IS: "I1eeply r egre'/;. .
dRY. Dr. Thurman called again the next tlay . . Lower Caversham.
He was born a.t .G oting' onf<>l'IIl you tha.t is'econd Lieutena.nt V. R. W. if
On the su cceeding aay he !Went to Dr. 'l',hurIl!un
Th!,mos 79 yell." . ..ago. ' He · joined ' the lIit Rifle
lIOn, Wilte R egiment, da.uge..pusl y
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at 4.15. He came withinl half-an-honr il.fterwurds. .B,rJg;ade. ,.hon ,1..,. w.~ ~~y 19, !!flW p,uqb -aCtivo
March. Since Idied of wouna.. Lord .
He (when l eaving) asked bim to go ,up to .,the SerVlce m the Crimean War. was at -i\.lma;! ltikerexpresses hie \sJ?11P!l.thy.-Soo;e-tll.ry, War
Diepens,o.ry .and he WOU~~giV~ '~im ,il6~,~ ~ll}S.
m~n, and Sebastopol, and, . a1tliough loften iii It he
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BERKS ri~l'TAI TON'~ I~SPEC'l1
" 'decenBetl 'some pills 'bafore he ,left, He a lso ad- . Wt'th· four clasps. He p08sessOOi altof{ethor Boven
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, . "hnmist's shop opened, which he did.
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together' the old :Guards, .he ,wlis 'excOOdingl~ acti'l':l\, .
Major,General iMa.ckenzie KennedJy (commb,li J{ .
Both .Drs . 'l'hurmlln a.nd Goldpey cams, that day He was II good IPstrumcl:\tAhst and a .,man: of .m~~o
lhe division) .vi,,!ted Rc",din~ ~hie ' week, 'lUld h
b etween ' 10 . and 11. At .5.15 he was fetche<1 from
than · avorage intelligence. I . bno .of -his sbiJa is ' in
Tuesday "gam I )nepecLcri the 18th ,Battaliori of t , e hiB . work and '1'eached home about 5,30. He was . t~ · A~my. . He lea.ves , a ' widow' imd"" throo MOn••
Royal BetkRh.i re ;Rogiment, ort this occasion in ~n 1:ecehied .b~ -II,s mot1!,<:r-m-law, ..wfo .said ,nr. .Hii~ . WlSh i was fo~:'" quie·t "funeral m:', €nvenihani
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tba~ .tho Gencral l subse'luen£\Y ' <lxprcmod )",m.clfto . with the ' Annilgruno:'tod doctors, l Mr , ' ThuT!lll.:'P P'OYiAI ' flODNTY' THE A
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ouglas Hoare
/ru;pected tho' ~tb nattalion, land wh~t J;." 'h~ witness should' confine himself to~what he ·k.1)0...8,
,;,nd Sidney Blow; -of 't be ' fanrous French, .farco, .
....,.ittcn· in ,.espect to th~ .. 8th applie. nl80 to · thc~. M he is now tread,ing,on da.ng~l'ou" grou,nd .
.'·' ,Uue Nuit .de 'Noc~.,u wIDch onjoY<i:d' a '."un ~f ; ~
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Witness; ·c ontiuu;ng . .....ad Dr: Cotto.a .said it ~as aughts a1, tho Palal~ Royal, Par••, I. 'to 'he ':Ule
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'·attraction next week. This '" maddest, merriext ·),
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M .s t ~lace .for 11t& Wl1... rAt 6.10 thot evemng Dr. of p1aye conchn. 'itilelf with tho doingl! . .cif MJ.1(c~1 '
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. The (Brd) 1st BKRKS' IRE YBOMANRVI.
Questioned b'y ' the Coroner, WItness sru<1 _111s lrre8J>.oDslblo day! 01 ' 'bachelorhood, ; and - 'W~
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