strange but true

From the San Francisco Call, Volume 96, Number 157, November 4, 1904, Page 7

“Mrs, H. J. Stoutenburgh. wife of a Des Moines coal operator, recently saw “Babes in Toyland” at a Chicago theater. She became so convulsed with laughter as to bring on a paralytic stroke. She was removed from the theater and taken to her hotel in a carriage. Her condition has somewhat Improved.”