Death of TOOMBS child in CA in 1861
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Transcribed by Dee Sardoch
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Stockton Daily Independent
Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA
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>>Tuesday, 15 Oct 1861<<
SINGULAR CAUSE of DEATH -- A child, 18 months old, belonging to Mr. TOOMBS, of Visalia, in a fit of crying, sucked a mouthful of masticated acorns into its lungs, from which death ensued, on the 5th inst., in spite of prompt medical aid.