Ephemera
Some things are just too good not to share. One of the joys of working in a library and doing research for others is the entertaining items encountered in old newspapers and other sources. I’m not related to anyone in this story as far as I know, but it begs to be shared.
from the Oklahoma Times Journal 24 July 1895
Stone’s Sudden Death
E.O. Stevenson of Mulhall started Saturday night to Ohio, where he took the body of James Stone of Stillwater, who died Friday. His death was a strange one. He lost his speech some time ago and regained it suddenly in the store the other day. At this he was so rejoiced that he capered around like a boy, got into a scuffle with another clerk and burst a blood vessel. He died in one hour. —Leader