"Article from the Abilene Daily Reflector, Abilene, Kansas, 14 July 1888 reads...
INSANE THROUGH HEAT
Omaha, Nebraska, July 13 - Jacob Miller, an old and respected farmer near here, committed suicide last night by shooting. He was driven insane by the heat, the temperature here yesterday reached 106."
~~~Obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska ~~~
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