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- Ernest Cowger, son of Dr Cowger committed suicide Christmas PM by shooting himself in the head with a revolver. It seems that young Cowger had been drinking heavily during the day, and upon being taken to task by his bride of only two months went down town,borrowed a gun of Johnnie Walker. Finding the revolver unloaded, he went to a hardware store and bought some cartridges and then went home, and after first threatening the life of his father, went upstares. Soon after the family heard the report of the revolver and rushing to the bedroom, found the young man lying upon the floor with the blood oozing from a wound in the left temple. Life was extinct. Ernest Cowger served several years in the Philippines, returning home only a short time ago. Thanksgiving Day last, he was married to Miss Lillian Eachus. His father is one of the oldest practicing physicians in the county, and has lived in Rivington for many years.
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