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May 11, 1905, Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio

THE CANAL CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTIM
Frank Russell Drowned at the Lock, Near Tenth Street while Swimming Yesterday Afternoon
    Frank Russell, the fifteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Russell, was drowned Wednesday afternoon while swimming in the canal at the lock near Tenth street.
    The boy with a number of his companions were about to leave the water and dress when young Russell said he would swim across the canal and back before he dressed. When near the berm bank he suddenly sank under the water and did not come up.
    His companions fearing something was wrong gave the alarm and soon men were on the scene searching for the body. Within fifteen minutes from the time the boy was last seen above the water his body was recovered and the work of resuscitation began on the bank. Drs. Lummis and Bundy were called and for over an hour the work was continued, but without avail and the boy was pronounced dead at about five o'clock.
    Undertaker Wilson took the body to his establishment where it was viewed by Coroner Schumacher. It is believed that the boy was seized with cramps and was not able to give his companions warning of his danger.
He was ill in the morning and did not attend school and it is thought his physical condition together with the cold water brought on the cramps.
    The body was prepared for burial and taken to his late home on Yankee Road where the anguish of his parents and sister was intensified by its presence to the extent that they were almost prostrated.
    The boy's father, is engineer at the American Cigar Plant and was called to the scene of the drowning yesterday where he watched the doctor's efforts at recitation.
    The funeral will be held at Holy Trinity Church Friday morning at eight o'clock. Burial at Woodside.

November 5, 1928, Middletown Journal, Middletown, Ohio

JOHN RUSSELL, 68, ENGINEER AT MILL, DIES AT WORK
    John E. Russell, 68, an engineer at the Harding paper mill in Excello, dropped dead at 7:30 this morning in the mill, a victim of heart failure.
    Mr. Russell did not complain of illness when he went to work this morning, though he had been failing in recent months. He was seized with illness shortly after arriving at the mill and died a few minutes after the attack.
    Surviving Mr. Russell are his widow, one daughter and two grandchildren. He was born in Montgomery County and had lived in this vicinity more than 50 years.
    To his associate workmen in the Harding mill where he had been employed many years, his sudden death was a complete shock.
    Funeral arrangements will be made later in charge of Undertaker Howard A. Wilson.