Phyllis Starkweather c1913 - 1916

STARKWEATHER

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 4/11/2021 at 12:48:34

Cresco Plain Dealer Feb. 18, 1916 P-6 C-3

Phyllis, the 3-year-old daughter of Phil Starkweather of Muscatine, while playing school with her playmates, swallowed a pencil which was sharpened at both ends, and although an operation was hurried, the child died from strangulation a few hours later.