Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Thirteenth Year - Number 20
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, July 17, 1902
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DROWNED.

       Sunday at Kosse while Yank Berry, a colored man was enjoying a boat ride in the Gibson mill pond when the boat cap sized (sic) and he, being unable to swim was drowned before help could reach.

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by The Democrat, Marlin, Falls Co., Texas