Falls County, TX. - Obituary - Miss Mittie Atkinson ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Don Brownlee June 2006 ************************************************************************ 9/4/1904 Dallas (TX) Morning News, p. 11 DEATH FROM INSECT BITE Marlin, Tex., Sept. 3 - Miss Mittie, 18 years of age and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Atkinson, died here this morning in great agony as a result of a bite from some insect, the identity of which is unknown. While asleep Monday night the young lady was bitten on the lip and awoke suffering much pain. The application of remedies at hand gave her relief and she went to sleep again. The next morning her face was badly swollen and constant attention from physicians was of no avail in preventing blood poison. The insect is believed by some to have been a centipede.