James Keller, aged 50, a Troy township farmer, preparatory to butchering, blew a gun Thursday and the bullet went through his mouth and out the top of his head.  Funeral today.

Later in the same issue ...

ONTARIO -- NOV. 19 -- On Thursday morning, Mr. James Keller, southwest of town, on the farm known as the Andrews farm, while preparing to butcher, took his gun to see if it was loaded, and raising the hammer and placing the mussel to his mouth blew into the gun, whereupon it was discharged, killing him instantly.  

Funeral on Saturday at the Lexington Cemetery.  The deceased leaves a wife and six children to mourn their loss.

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