The Daily Missouri Democrat and the Missouri Republican newspapers printed information about citizens who suffered and usually died from sunstrokes. The earliest article is from 1853 and they extended to 1867. Obviously, the sunstroke articles only appeared in the heat of the summer.
The two newspapers listed above are available at Missouri Historical Society and other libraries.
Dennis Northcott, associate archivist at the Missouri Historical Society’s Library and Research Center, suggested this collection, and StLGS volunteer Audrey Flavin developed and transcribed the data from the newspaper articles. The indexes were printed in the 2000 St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly, volume 33 and extended for three years.
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