SWISS CENTARIAN
KNEW WHEN END WOULD COME. (Received Juno 27 at 5.5 p.m.) GENEVA, June ?6. Jacob Gunziger, a watchmaker, who celebrated his hundredth birthday a week ago there, refused to leave his bed, declaring that he had a long journey before him, and he wanted a long rest before starting. He died yesterday. Gunziger had suffered from consumption since his youth. He lost one lung at the age of 26. When the doctors only gave him a year to live, Gunziger declared that the doctors would precede him to the cometcry. He studied the treatment of his malady, and took the greatest care of his health. He followed his trade till a few years ago.
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Grey River Argus, 29 June 1925, Page 5
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