Unsuccessful Suicide Attempt, Drinking Listerine

Missouri, 1922

MAN TRIES TO COMMIT SUICIDE

Police Say Dwight Tannehill Drank Listerine in Unsuccessful Attempt to End Life

An unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide is thought to have been made last night by Dwight Tannehill, when he drank a small quantity of Listerine.

According to the police, Tannehill came in late last night from Quincy, where he has been working, and told the police that there was an automobile here which belonged to him. Later, according to the police, he called Emerson Roberts and told him that he was Doctor Clapp and that Dwight Tannehill had shot himself and taken poison and for him to come at once.

When Roberts and his wife entered the Tannehill home, the police say that Tannehill attacked Roberts. Doctors were called and Tannehill was quieted. Later the police found a bottle labeled "Listerine" outside the window. The man is supposed to have attempted to end his life by drinking the contents of the bottle. He will recover.

—Moberly Monitor-Index, Moberly, Missouri, November 27, 1922, page 1.


Fire Destroys Barn and Peanut Roaster

Oklahoma, 1915

Fire destroyed a barn and corn and peanut roaster belonging to Mr. Hopgood early Sunday morning. He has for some months operated this roaster on West Main street and as it was a valuable piece of property, he kept it in his barn on East 8th street at night. The fire, which was discovered about 4:30 was of unknown origin. Mr. Hopgood stated that the roaster cost him $1,000.

—The Ada Evening News, Ada, Oklahoma, December 13, 1915, page 4.