Monday, August 18, 2008

Jilted and Took Laudanum.

New York, 1895

William Pye of Hempstead is recovering from a heavy dose of laudanum which Dr. Finn relieved him of Monday night. Pye had been paying attention to one of the village belles, who on Sunday dismissed him and left for New York. Upon Pye's mother visiting his room Monday night, she found him lying upon the bed writhing in agony.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, June 21, 1895, p. 1.

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