Submitted by Christine Lembeck The Nashville Union and American - December 31, 1869 A boy named Webb, 13 years old, while assisting his father to dress some hogs, near Potosi, Missouri, on the 11th instant, fell backward into a tub of scalding water and died a few hours later. Note: "instant" means "last" or "the most recent" - Ed.

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