On April 15, 1925, the Daily News reported that four local children were afflicted with serious illness after ingesting a poisonous plant while playing outside.

The article refers to the plant as “Jallice root,” but it is likely that they ate a plant called chalice vine – a poisonous plant endemic to Kentucky.

The children were said to be in the “throes of convulsions” by the time their parents discovered them. A doctor was called and he was able to administer proper treatment. The children were reportedly expected to fully recover.

– “Way Back When in Warren County” is compiled by researchers at the Warren County Public Library and appears twice weekly in the Bowling Green Daily News. For more information about the library, visit warrenpl.org.