Submitted by
Loyd Bishop

PROMINENT FARMER DIES

Effects of Eating too Many Easter Eggs are Fatal
Charles J. Axtell, a prominent and prosperous young farmer living west of this city, died Tuesday morning from the effects of eating too many Easter eggs. Sunday, he had company for dinner, and William Ferris and he engaged in an egg eating contest, Axtell ate fourteen and Ferris twelve. That night Axtell was taken seriously ill and gradually grew worse until Tuesday morning when he died. Mr. Ferris has been very sick but is now on the road to recovery. The deceased was 25 years of age and came here sixteen months ago from Denver, locating on a good farm, which he purchased. He leaves a wife and baby