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October 23, 1954
The Detroit Tribune
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
What is this article about?
In Detroit, 3½-year-old Margaret Louise Platts suffocated when a dresser she was climbing tipped over, pinning her by the neck. The article includes religious commentary attributing the tragedy to spiritual failings and the devil's influence.
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Dresser Suffocates 3 1/2 Year Old
Child! The Devil Had Suffocated
Parent's Spiritual Sense!
Home, church, and Sunday school DEVOID OF—or
deficient in—God's Christ Science Messiah SUFFOCATES
divine and spiritual sense of the parents! Hence, Old
Testament Scripture functions: Sins of the parents in-
flicted upon the offspring!—in B-E-L-I-E-F.
The devil!—animal magnetism!—the real culprit—
ALWAYS! A man, woman, or child have no absolute
freedom of the will whatsoever!—Roman Catholic spir-
itual lunacy to the contrary notwithstanding! God and
the devil do all that is done, as per Jesus re devil's cap-
tives!—"Whom Satan hath bound"!
And re Himself: "I can of Mine own self do nothing.
It is the Father within Me, Who doeth the works"!
(Detroit Times)—"Services for Margaret Louise
Platts, 3½, of 14103 Sorrento, who suffocated last Sat-
urday, will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the Buresh
Funeral Home, 13631 Puritan. Burial will be in Holy
Sepulchre.
"She died when a dresser she was climbing on tipped
over and pinned her by the neck to the side of the bed."
(Continued next column, TOP)
Child! The Devil Had Suffocated
Parent's Spiritual Sense!
Home, church, and Sunday school DEVOID OF—or
deficient in—God's Christ Science Messiah SUFFOCATES
divine and spiritual sense of the parents! Hence, Old
Testament Scripture functions: Sins of the parents in-
flicted upon the offspring!—in B-E-L-I-E-F.
The devil!—animal magnetism!—the real culprit—
ALWAYS! A man, woman, or child have no absolute
freedom of the will whatsoever!—Roman Catholic spir-
itual lunacy to the contrary notwithstanding! God and
the devil do all that is done, as per Jesus re devil's cap-
tives!—"Whom Satan hath bound"!
And re Himself: "I can of Mine own self do nothing.
It is the Father within Me, Who doeth the works"!
(Detroit Times)—"Services for Margaret Louise
Platts, 3½, of 14103 Sorrento, who suffocated last Sat-
urday, will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow in the Buresh
Funeral Home, 13631 Puritan. Burial will be in Holy
Sepulchre.
"She died when a dresser she was climbing on tipped
over and pinned her by the neck to the side of the bed."
(Continued next column, TOP)
What sub-type of article is it?
Tragedy
What themes does it cover?
Tragedy
Misfortune
Providence Divine
What keywords are associated?
Child Suffocation
Dresser Accident
Religious Interpretation
Devil Influence
What entities or persons were involved?
Margaret Louise Platts
Where did it happen?
Detroit
Story Details
Key Persons
Margaret Louise Platts
Location
Detroit
Event Date
Last Saturday
Story Details
A 3½-year-old girl suffocated when a dresser tipped over while she climbed it, pinning her by the neck; religious commentary blames parental spiritual deficiency and the devil.