Fortunetellers, strangers poking a dead man's body in the early 1900s death on full display. My Great great grandpa had the decency to die out in public - in a decidedly spectacular way. If I know small towns like I think I do, there is a good chance people in Coon Rapids, Iowa are still gossiping about it today.  Public inquests, lawsuits, train suction and safe school crossings. Oh, and a fortuneteller because of course there is a fortuneteller.