Thursday, February 3, 2011

'Teacher Drops Dead' - Miss Pearl Casteel of Ohio

  
Although not related to our Casteel line, this newspaper article definitely caught my eye:

The Van Wert Daily Bulletin (Ohio)
6 December 1912 


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5 comments:

Cynthia Shenette said...

Such a sad story--for the teacher, her family, and her students.

Anonymous said...

Oh wow, and only 19 years old.

Kathy Reed said...

Wow -- I wonder if they ever found out the cause?

Mary Ellen said...

I never fail to be shocked by how blunt some of those old newspaper stories could be - it would be funny if it wasn't so sad!

TCasteel said...

I have to admit I thought it was kind of funny - who'd of thought math would be so dangerous.