Sure like to know how all these mothers got water that hot, sitting on the floor with which to scrub the linoleum..another copy cat crime? In a message dated 12/20/2008 12:40:27 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com writes: "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Monday, December 15, 1913 A CHILD SCALDED TO DEATH. Mary PUSTICH, 2 years, was scalded to death yesterday when she fell into a tub of hot water at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank PUSTICH. The mother was burned about the hands and arms in attempting to rescue the child. The father is a cobbler. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at St. John's Roman Catholic Church. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this family but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) johnobrien@kc.rr.com ====================================================== ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KANSASCITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)

Apparently I missed an earlier story about a child being scalded in a tub of hot water with which to scrub the linoleum, but it wasn't unusual to have a tub of scalding water ready when butchering chickens. I remember my dad killing chickens and immediately dipping them into a nearby tub of scalding water to loosen the feathers. The tub of scalding water though was carried from the stove in the kitchen to the outdoors near the chicken pen. Some youngsters were scalded too by reaching up to a kettle of water boiling on the stove and pulling it off onto themselves. juanita > Sure like to know how all these mothers got water that hot, sitting on > the floor with which to scrub the linoleum..another copy cat crime? > > > In a message dated 12/20/2008 12:40:27 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com writes: > > "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Monday, December 15, 1913 > > A CHILD SCALDED TO DEATH. > > Mary PUSTICH, 2 years, was scalded to death yesterday > when she fell into a tub of hot water at the home of her > parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank PUSTICH. The mother was > burned about the hands and arms in attempting to rescue > the child. The father is a cobbler. > > Funeral services will be held this afternoon at St. John's > Roman Catholic Church. Burial will be in Mount Calvary > Cemetery.