OBIT: William CURTIN, 1887, Bellefonte, Centre County, PA

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LOCAL AND PERSONAL.

  William Curtin, of Bellefonte, while in Phillipsburg, on Friday, got 
from one of the doctors of that place a prescription calling for 
laudanum and opium.  The dose was to have been fifteen drops, but he 
misunderstood the directions and took all the bottle contained.  As a 
result he became unconscious and it took the united efforts of four or 
five doctors to save his life, which was only accomplished with the 
utmost difficulty.  The unfortunate man died on Tuesday from the 
effects of the poison.  He was aged 35 years.

The Huntingdon Journal, Huntingdon, Pa., Friday, September 16, 1887