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By Margaret Leidy Harner from her book One Day at a Time: A Social History of Boyertown, PA
November 6, 1888: The Commission on Lunacy has declared that Mary Knouse, wife of Samuel Knouse of Boyertown, is insane.
She is 62 years old and has continuous hallucinations, insisting that other women are visiting her husband. She takes his revolver and prowls around the house looking for them.
She imagines her husband is trying to poison her and frequently sleeps on the garret stairway. She also leaves the house for several days at a time and no one knows where she disappears to.
Judge James Ermentrout has ordered that she be removed to the Harrisburg Asylum for the Insane.
Sunny, with a high of 83 and low of 61 degrees. Sunny in the morning, clear overnight.
Kudos to Zack! In these troubled times, the world could use many more people like him. And kudos to Boyertown for providing the kind of atmosphere where Zack (and others like him) can grove and thrive. Finally, is the book mentioned still available? I'd like to buy one as I remember all of the people mentioned.
Yes, Mark. The books are available at Studio B Art Gallery and the Building a Better Boyertown office.Â