Mrs. Capt. Allen Dies Unexpectedly from Heart Trouble
The community was shocked Friday morning by the unexpected news that Mrs. William J. Allen had died very suddenly about four o'clock at her home on North College Avenue. Death came in a few moments and with hardly a warning, most likely the result of heart disease. Mrs.Allen had not been well for some time, and it was known that she had heart trouble, but there seemed to be no cause whatever for alarm. During much of the winter she has had a bad cold and would often take bad coughing spells especially at night after retiring. For several days she had seemed better, and yesterday was quite well. Her daughter, Mrs. W. U. Palmer, with her husband and children were guests of the house, and during the day Mrs. Allen was about as was her custom and assisted in preparing the supper and seemed very cheerful, retiring for the night shortly after nine o'clock. About four o'clock this morning she awakened Capt. Allen by coughing and took some medicine that she kept nearby to stop the trouble. In a moment after she told her husband that it seemed as if she was going to suffocate, she asked him to call the children. These were the last words that Mrs. Allen said. The children were called from upstairs and Dr. Weir was hastily summoned, but in the meantime death had evidently occurred as she did not respond or make other signs of life after asking that the children be summoned. Dr. Weir arrived in a few minutes, and it was evident to him at once that the end had come.
There was no woman in Bloomington who commanded more respect or who had more warm friends than Mrs. Allen. She had a large acquaintance and it was her...(several missing paragraphs) and there are three children at home--Newton, Oneta and Arthur and Joseph Allen of this city and Mrs. Palmer of Ligonier.
The community was shocked Friday morning by the unexpected news that Mrs. William J. Allen had died very suddenly about four o'clock at her home on North College Avenue. Death came in a few moments and with hardly a warning, most likely the result of heart disease. Mrs.Allen had not been well for some time, and it was known that she had heart trouble, but there seemed to be no cause whatever for alarm. During much of the winter she has had a bad cold and would often take bad coughing spells especially at night after retiring. For several days she had seemed better, and yesterday was quite well. Her daughter, Mrs. W. U. Palmer, with her husband and children were guests of the house, and during the day Mrs. Allen was about as was her custom and assisted in preparing the supper and seemed very cheerful, retiring for the night shortly after nine o'clock. About four o'clock this morning she awakened Capt. Allen by coughing and took some medicine that she kept nearby to stop the trouble. In a moment after she told her husband that it seemed as if she was going to suffocate, she asked him to call the children. These were the last words that Mrs. Allen said. The children were called from upstairs and Dr. Weir was hastily summoned, but in the meantime death had evidently occurred as she did not respond or make other signs of life after asking that the children be summoned. Dr. Weir arrived in a few minutes, and it was evident to him at once that the end had come.
There was no woman in Bloomington who commanded more respect or who had more warm friends than Mrs. Allen. She had a large acquaintance and it was her...(several missing paragraphs) and there are three children at home--Newton, Oneta and Arthur and Joseph Allen of this city and Mrs. Palmer of Ligonier.
Mrs. Capt. Allen Dies Unexpectedly from Heart Trouble
The community was shocked Friday morning by the unexpected news that Mrs. William J. Allen had died very suddenly about four o'clock at her home on North College Avenue. Death came in a few moments and with hardly a warning, most likely the result of heart disease. Mrs.Allen had not been well for some time, and it was known that she had heart trouble, but there seemed to be no cause whatever for alarm. During much of the winter she has had a bad cold and would often take bad coughing spells especially at night after retiring. For several days she had seemed better, and yesterday was quite well. Her daughter, Mrs. W. U. Palmer, with her husband and children were guests of the house, and during the day Mrs. Allen was about as was her custom and assisted in preparing the supper and seemed very cheerful, retiring for the night shortly after nine o'clock. About four o'clock this morning she awakened Capt. Allen by coughing and took some medicine that she kept nearby to stop the trouble. In a moment after she told her husband that it seemed as if she was going to suffocate, she asked him to call the children. These were the last words that Mrs. Allen said. The children were called from upstairs and Dr. Weir was hastily summoned, but in the meantime death had evidently occurred as she did not respond or make other signs of life after asking that the children be summoned. Dr. Weir arrived in a few minutes, and it was evident to him at once that the end had come.
There was no woman in Bloomington who commanded more respect or who had more warm friends than Mrs. Allen. She had a large acquaintance and it was her...(several missing paragraphs) and there are three children at home--Newton, Oneta and Arthur and Joseph Allen of this city and Mrs. Palmer of Ligonier.
The community was shocked Friday morning by the unexpected news that Mrs. William J. Allen had died very suddenly about four o'clock at her home on North College Avenue. Death came in a few moments and with hardly a warning, most likely the result of heart disease. Mrs.Allen had not been well for some time, and it was known that she had heart trouble, but there seemed to be no cause whatever for alarm. During much of the winter she has had a bad cold and would often take bad coughing spells especially at night after retiring. For several days she had seemed better, and yesterday was quite well. Her daughter, Mrs. W. U. Palmer, with her husband and children were guests of the house, and during the day Mrs. Allen was about as was her custom and assisted in preparing the supper and seemed very cheerful, retiring for the night shortly after nine o'clock. About four o'clock this morning she awakened Capt. Allen by coughing and took some medicine that she kept nearby to stop the trouble. In a moment after she told her husband that it seemed as if she was going to suffocate, she asked him to call the children. These were the last words that Mrs. Allen said. The children were called from upstairs and Dr. Weir was hastily summoned, but in the meantime death had evidently occurred as she did not respond or make other signs of life after asking that the children be summoned. Dr. Weir arrived in a few minutes, and it was evident to him at once that the end had come.
There was no woman in Bloomington who commanded more respect or who had more warm friends than Mrs. Allen. She had a large acquaintance and it was her...(several missing paragraphs) and there are three children at home--Newton, Oneta and Arthur and Joseph Allen of this city and Mrs. Palmer of Ligonier.
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