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baton-rouge gazette (baton-rouge, la.) 1819-1856 — sulphur smell

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1843-09-02
Location: baton rouge, louisiana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: baton-rouge gazette (baton-rouge, la.) 1819-1856 · 1843-09-02 · page 3
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1843-09-02 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “sulphur smell”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... and slightly mpregnated with a sulphuric smell, but when burning or otherwise, not the least offensive. Love, Inconstancy and Suicide—A respectable appearing woman, board ing at No. 15 Cherry street, committed suicide on Tues day by taking arsenic. She was married to a sea captain and lived in Greewich-st. He husband returned about a month ago and re sided with her but a shoj-t time, when he wen. to board at 15 Cherry-st. Ön enquiry she as certained that lie "had fallen in love" with a young weman who boarded there, which was the cause of his abandonment of bis honie and conjugal friend and partner. She imme diately left her own comfortable establi-h niént ...

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