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Jacob Trout

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Jacob Trout

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24 Jun 1895 (aged 72–73)
Poweshiek County, Iowa, USA
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Iowa County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Cascade Pioneer, published in Cascade, Iowa on Friday, July 5th, 1895

Fourteen Person Poisoned

At a family reunion near Tilten fourteen persons were poisoned. Jacob Trout died, but the others would recover. The poison was supposed to have been in the water taken from an unused well. A dead bat was found in the well.
Cascade Pioneer, published in Cascade, Iowa on Friday, July 5th, 1895

Fourteen Person Poisoned

At a family reunion near Tilten fourteen persons were poisoned. Jacob Trout died, but the others would recover. The poison was supposed to have been in the water taken from an unused well. A dead bat was found in the well.


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