Looking through the back issues of the local paper, Doc Crenshaw, Bill and Clive do notice an uncommonly high death rate among the obituaries among the youth of Cobb's Corners. Of particular note, in 1909, the 4 young men and 2 young women, all aged 17-18 died that summer though seemingly not at the same time. Words like accidental death and unusual or unknown circumstances, are cited for these.