Don't feed these cursive writing trolls/bots
A 16-year-old girl treating her rheumatism with morphine took one dose too many. (Indiana, IN, 1890)
His mental decline was documented in the papers in the months before his death from "acute mania." (Indianapolis, IN, 1886)
Death certificate for 8 year old Victor. There was just one problem...
A man under the care of a Christian Scientist healer died from unknown causes. (Butte, MT, 1896)
Help with cursive
Native girl died of exposure and starvation while lost in the forest; couldn't find any further info. (Wasco Co., OR, 1913)
They thought he died from meningitis. Then, the toxicology report came back
His friend shot him in his sleep when he discovered him in bed with his wife. (Butte, MT, 1896)
Puerperal insanity. Today, that might be post-partum depression or post-partum psychosis. (Milton, OR, 1910)
Baby died of exposure at the city orphan asylum. (Indianapolis, IN, 1890)
He worked a dangerous job as a miner, but it was a fall down some hotel stairs that got him. (Butte, MT, 1896)
He drank wood alcohol, possibly given to him at a local saloon. (Pendleton, OR, 1910)
Young woman took strychnine, hoping to get sick and scare her lover into returning to her, but she took too much. (Butte, MT, 1896)
Love finding a centenarian back in "the old days." (Austin, NV, 1931)
A man's arm and leg were caught in an ice-cutter. (Reno, NV, 1922)
A popular young city treasurer shot himself after it was revealed that his books were short $50,000 at the end of his term. (Butte, MT, 1895)
Eerie question on the grave of a homicide victim — or perhaps just something he used to quip. Sierra Madre Pioneer Cemetery, CA.
Unknown man found dying in the Nevada desert is identified as an army man who left his wife 4 days after their wedding and disappeared. (Washoe Co., NV, 1922)
She took an overdose of morphine after her mother scolded her for drinking beer. (Indianapolis, IN, 1890)
Teenger dives into 2 feet of water, causing head and spine trauma. (Newberg, OR, 1926)
A deputy sheriff guarding prisoners on a train mistook a regular passenger for an escapee and shot him on the platform. (Victor, CO, 1895; deceased was from MT)
No cause of death; just nice handwriting.
Malnutrition; mother's milk was not suitable. (Nash, OR, 1923)
He died of exposure on the prairie between the race track and the poor farm. (Butte, MT, 1894)
