I bet that poor lady couldn't keep a THING "down," poor dear. They do have anti-emetics these days......luckily. -----Original Message----- From: vermont-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:vermont-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Faye Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 8:56 AM To: vermont@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VERMONT] attack of vomiting I can remember obits listing cause of death back in the 50s-60s too maybe.. Not sure when or why that dropped out of them. My great aunt's cause of death was listed as "vomiting and starvation of pregnancy" back in 1905. Seems that too might not be the case these days. Faye ---- Mary Anne Smith <momsmith@fnwusers.com> wrote: > We have to remember that these people didn't have TV, or even radio, then. > The word of mouth "news" was all they had to entertain themselves with!!!! > > -----Original Message----- > From: vermont-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:vermont-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of Ruth Barton > Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 11:39 AM > To: vermont@rootsweb.com > Subject: [VERMONT] attack of vomiting > > I just find these type of items interesting/ amusing now, 120 plus years > later, as things have changed so much. Such a thing would NEVER be put in > a modern day newspaper, they don't even publish about suicide these days, > if it can be avoided. Sometimes it is so well known that it is > unavoidable. One of my ggrandmother's brothers hung himself and it was put > right on the front page of the paper, in plain English. A few years ago > the Reformer had an anniversary during which they published reprints of > old front pages and there it was. I had never known about this until I saw > it in that paper. > > Of course this man had no idea that all these years later this is what he > will be noted for. Ruth > > > > The Vermont Tribune, Ludlow, Friday, July 26, 1889 > > > A. MADDEN has had another attack of vomiting, but is better at present > > writing. (I'm sure his fellow townspeople were eager to hear this > > IMPORTANT news. RHB) > > > -- > Ruth Barton > mrgjb@sover.net > Dummerston, VT > *************************************** > List Guidelines: http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm > Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VERMONT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > *************************************** > List Guidelines: http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm > Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VERMONT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message *************************************** List Guidelines: http://home.sprynet.com/~darrellm/list_rules.htm Visit the Gateway to Vermont Web Site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~vermont/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VERMONT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message