This story from the Lykens Standard, August 31, 1906:
GEORGE A. KOSIER LOSES PART OF TWO FINGERS
On Monday while George A. Kosier was unloading a barrel of oil at the shop of George Skelton on Main Street, the keg suddenly dropped to the pavement and catching the second and third fingers of the left hand cut them off back of the first joint. Dr. W. J. Smith dressed the injured members which are healing as rapidly as can be expected.
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From Newspapers.com.
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