Just Like a Clue Game –“Who Dun it” in Beckwith?

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Just Like a Clue Game –“Who Dun it” in Beckwith?

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113 years ago

Clipped from

  1. The Ottawa Journal,
  2. 23 Oct 1905, Mon,
  3. Page 11

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 - aid that at 104 but Thursday even ing deceased...

 - eraa Mors Shots, '. : 1 walked on. after some...

Clipped from

  1. The Ottawa Journal,
  2. 23 Oct 1905, Mon,
  3. Page 11

Update

How did “Cardy” Miller die? I found out today working on a piece about the mills in Carleton Place- In 1903 Findlay employee Cardy Miller took away his sorrow by a self inflicted shot to the heart on the 10th line as he could take no more.

NAME: Cardinal Miller
GENDER: Male
AGE: 20
RELIGION: Presbyterian
BIRTH DATE: 1885
BIRTH PLACE: Ramsey
DEATH DATE: 19/10/1905
DEATH PLACE: Lanark Ontario Canada
CAUSE OF DEATH: Shooting Instantaneous

 

Come and visit the Lanark County Genealogical Society Facebook page– what’s there? Cool old photos–and lots of things interesting to read. Also check out The Tales of Carleton Place and The Tales of Almonte

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Before she laid her fingers to a keyboard, Linda was a fashion designer, and then owned the eclectic store Flash Cadilac and Savannah Devilles in Ottawa on Rideau Street from 1976-1996. She also did clothing for various media and worked on “You Can’t do that on Television”. After writing for years about things that she cared about or pissed her off on American media she finally found her calling. She is a weekly columnist for the Sherbrooke Record and documents history every single day and has over 6500 blogs about Lanark County and Ottawa and an enormous weekly readership. Linda has published six books and is in her 4th year as a town councillor for Carleton Place. She believes in community and promoting business owners because she believes she can, so she does.

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