The La Harper
La Harpe, Illinois
Friday
January 25, 1889

Mrs. Wm. Fiscus an old lady living two miles S. E. died at 5 o'clock the morning of the 19th.  She probably took an overdose of morphine, she has used it for at least twenty years and could probably use enough in one day to put a half dozen stout men to sleep.  She has been an invalid for many years.  Was past three score and ten years.

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Notes:

Her first name is Jane.
Her maiden name is unknown.
She is married to William Fiscus.
Jane is buried in the McConnell-Geddes cemetery near Fountain Green.

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