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From: "John O'Brien" <>
Subject: Mrs. Jessie TURNER - Kansas City, MO - 9 Sept 1906
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:42:57 -0500

"The Kansas City Journal" (Missouri) Sunday, September 9, 1906

ANTIDOTES WERE PLENTIFUL.

"Ah jess kaint effohd to lib wifout dat man," said Mrs. Jessie TURNER,
at 1101 Woodland avenue, about 10 o'clock last night, as she stood
before a mirror with a half ounce of laudanum in her hand. Her husband
had failed to come home, and she believed him with another woman.

"Ah sais ah jess kaint lib, en ah ain't goin' to try." With this second
remark she poured out a teaspoonful of the liquid and started to take it.
The spoon was knocked from her hand. Then she drank about two
teaspoonfuls from the bottle.

Mrs. TURNER immediately acted "dopey" and the neighborhood
became greatly alarmed. "She's done tuck pizen" was heralded from
the house tops. With that, women ran in with suggestions. Lard,
castor oil, liniment, olive oil, white of eggs, grease from a skillet, warm
water with salt, water in which plug tobacco had been soaked, chunks of
fat meat and several other minor antidotes, excepting hardware, had been
given the woman before Dr. George P. PIPKIN arrived with the ambulance.

Dr. PIPKIN added a dose of permanganate of potash and a hypodermic
injection of apimorphia. By that time the woman was thoroughly sick. If she
had been left alone with her two teaspoonfuls of laudanum, the doctor said,
she would have slept soundly all night, but that would have been all. Now
she is very ill.

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(I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate
knowing if you found this posting helpful.)

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