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East St. Louis Daily Journal
East Saint Louis, Saint Clair County, Illinois
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Mabel Carr, 21, of 212 North Third Street, attempted suicide Friday evening by swallowing antiseptic tablets, despondent from illness and marital separation. Zetta Murphy and Marie Williams alerted authorities; Dr. Thorpe saved her life with a stomach pump.
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DR. THORPE, WITH AID OF STOMACH PUMP, SAVES LIFE OF ST. LOUIS AVENUE WOMAN.
Mabel Carr, aged 21, an inmate of a house at 212 North Third street, tried to take her life last Friday evening about 8 o'clock, when she swallowed a number of antiseptic tablets.
Zetta Murphy and Marie Williams who were in the house with her, heard her groaning and at once phoned the police and Dr. Thorpe. Dr. Thorpe, upon his arrival, used the stomach pump effectively. It was said that the Carr woman is separated from her husband, and that, coupled with her being ill for the past week, is said to have made her despondent.
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212 North Third Street
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Last Friday Evening About 8 O'clock
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life saved by dr. thorpe using stomach pump
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Mabel Carr, aged 21, an inmate of a house at 212 North Third street, tried to take her life by swallowing a number of antiseptic tablets due to despondency from separation from her husband and being ill for the past week. Zetta Murphy and Marie Williams heard her groaning and phoned the police and Dr. Thorpe, who used the stomach pump effectively.