The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-13
ON THE NORTH SIDE
Three Year Old Edna Harden
Dies Suddenly.
Death Supposed to Have Been
Caused by Scrip" Pills.
WAS In GOOD HEALTH.
Physicians Says Symptoms We're
BeIladOnna Poisoning.
Frost Damaged Garden Truck
and Fruit.

Harden or 113l Kansas avenue uIeu
in spasms about / o'clock Monday
afternoon after being in apparently
perfect health an hour before. One
supposition is that the spasms were
brought on by her swallowing Wee
Grip pills, put up by the Staufter
Medicine comnar-- of Palmyra, Pa.
The girl, who retained consciousness
up to the time of her death: SAID that
she had swallowed two of the pills.
The father is grief stricken and does
not seem DISPOSED to have the medi-
cine anaIv-oE 10 see whether or not
it contained poison. DR.. NJ. r. Mitch,
ell who was summoned, says the ch1ld
exhibited symptoms of poisoning, from
the fact that she was in the grasp OF
violent commissions when he got there,
and that the appearance of her eyes
may have indicated belladonna poison
ing.
Her mother and grandmother, Mrs.
j. A. Cahi1I were at the home when
the little girl took sick
Edna seemed to be as well as she
ever was just about dinner time" said
Mrs. Cahill this morning. soon
afterwards 1 was washing her face
when she complained of being cold
and in short time she went into a
spasm. When she grew better ask
ed her what was the matter and she
said Nothing I asked her where she
hurt and she said, No place About
this time asked her if she had been
taking any of the grip pills and she
said she had taken two. The medi-
cine had been left upstairs. We had
given them to the child before. She
went into one spasm after another I'M
I'll she died. I do not remember where
/ got the medicine"
The funeral arrangements have not
been made.
Mrs. Park, who lives about four
miles northwest of town. is recovering
from the effects of having taken
efr nv mi
had found a paper of white powder in
the house and thought it was quinine.
To see if the stuff had the bitter quiz
nine taste. she nut a pinch of it on
her tongue. Enough of the poison
was absorbed in her system to throw
her into commissions. One of her sons
teiephoned for physician. He tele-
phoned ahead directing that an emetic
be given her and then went to her aid
at once.
North Topeka people and farmers
of the vicinity report that the frost
last night did considerable damage to
the small garden truck. The little
onions. radishes and beets which were
just coming up are said to have been
affected. A. V. Lindell. assistant cash
Ter of the Shawnee State bank, found
ice in his cherry buds at his home on
the South side. Others report the
same thing. 1t is thought that the
moisture from the recent rain entered
F. II. Cunningham of ITO South
jackson street, a street car conductor
on North Topeka line, has worked
on the mississippi river levies and
says that those bikes are small when
compared with the entertainments
around North Topeka on the Kansas
river and Soldier creek.
The Mississippi river bikes are as
nothing compared with the Kansas
mi 1oIo
The latter embankments are simply
enormous. I have worked all up and
down the Mississippi river levies and
have found nothing to be compared
with the bikes here. The Mississippi
river levies average only three feet
across the top, but they hold back the
spring floods of the gigantic river.
Think then. how much greater resis-
lance the bikes in this neigh borhood
VIII have with a crown averaging
from sixteen to twenty feet with cor
responding bases. 1 do not think
that people need to worry about these
entertainments not holding back the
water
Mr.. and Mrs. William L. Rigdon of
1918 North Quincy street are going to
move to the South side. $500 Topeka
avenue, and their old friends and
neighbors to show their highest re-
spect, gave them q surprise party and
served a IL O'Clock dinner Monday
and presented them. with a beautiful
picture. Those invited were Mrs. Ray
mond Bair. Mrs. whitehead. Mrs Pat
eel Mrs Robert Higgs Mrs Ed Neff
Mrs. Studer, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Walter
Rigdon, Mrs. Mary Barnett. Mrs. Chas
Summers, Mrs. IGldred, Mrs. Wover-
ton, Miss Mary Summers, Miss Bertha
Riggs, Miss Ella Wilson, Miss Sophia
Roehig, Fred Whitehead, Floyd
Whitehead. William Roehig.
Notes and Personals
In speaking 90 - use of planting
sorghum cane on the dikes to help
protect the earth from beino washed
away, w. NJ Van Ness said this morn
II would advocate the planting of
cane as a temporary protection any
way. say for this year. 1t grows fast
and the roots take dec hold. I am
under the impression that it grows
faster than ANYTHING else suggested
and would be a good thing for the
purpose mentioned"
Charles Swenson of 80 Paramore
street will leave for Chicago today to
work as bookkeeper for the Knicker-
booker Trust company
Mrs. N. N. Phillips of Oklahoma
CITY is visiting her daughter, Mrs. c.
o. Bergen. at S33 North Kansas ave-
nue..
A musical entertainment was given
at the Lyman school house last night
and was we'll attended. The pro-
gramme included songs by the pupils
of the two rooms ar1 piano solos
Miss Bertha Frost, Miss Hazel Palmer
and others.
Miss Mollie Sipes has returned from
Granville where she spent Sunday al
the home of Miss Blanche Shirley.
A new line of refrigerators are al
Rutter's.
H. E. Johnson is in Kansas City on
business.
See Rutter's new go-carts.
Mr.. and Mrs Earl Camp of Allen
are visiting relatives here.
J. C.. Snediker went to Kansas
city Saturday to attend the funeral OF
Mrs. Snediker's sister, Miss Sa1lie
MifeheIl, who died Friday. Mrs
Enediker was called to Kansas City