Friday, May 16, 2008

Found Dead in Bed

New York, 1895

Sarah Brower, aged 65 years, an inmate of the Hempstead town poor house, was found dead in her bed Friday morning. The coroner's jury found a verdict of death from valvular disease of the heart and hemorrhages.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 1, 1895, p. 1.

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