Ralph, the 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Britton, died of blood poisoning at the home of his parents near Mounds Monday night. Cocaine was used in extracting a tooth by a Boston painless dentist at Cairo, is said to have been the cause. Funeral was held at Villa Ridge Tuesday afternoon. Interment in Villa Ridge Cemetery.
(Edward G. Britton married Alta A. Gould on 22 Apr 1890, in Edwards Co., Ill. One marker in Cairo City Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads: Ralph H. son of E. G. & A. A. Britton Died Sept. 16, 1907 Aged 11 Yrs., 4 Mos., & 19 Ds.—Darrel Dexter)
Ralph, the 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Britton, died of blood poisoning at the home of his parents near Mounds Monday night. Cocaine was used in extracting a tooth by a Boston painless dentist at Cairo, is said to have been the cause. Funeral was held at Villa Ridge Tuesday afternoon. Interment in Villa Ridge Cemetery.
(Edward G. Britton married Alta A. Gould on 22 Apr 1890, in Edwards Co., Ill. One marker in Cairo City Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads: Ralph H. son of E. G. & A. A. Britton Died Sept. 16, 1907 Aged 11 Yrs., 4 Mos., & 19 Ds.—Darrel Dexter)
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