Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Benson, Howard 1904
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The Ionia Standard, Friday, July 15, 1904
The only child of Milton A. Benson, hardware dealer at Saranac, a boy five 
years old, choked to death just before noon Wednesday.  He partly swallowed 
something, the friends know not what, but are inclined to the opinion that it 
was a nail, which lodged in the throat, causing his death in great agony.

The death of the little Benson boy at Saranac on Wednesday was quite 
peculiar.  It was first thought he was choked by something he had swallowed, 
but it is now generally believed to be a case of lockjaw.  He had been out 
playing by himself and came in saying he was choking.  His jaws soon became 
set, and he died about half an hour later, having several spasms in the 
interval.  It is said that he pricked his foot several days before with a pin, 
and to this is ascribed the cause.


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