From the August 7, 1911 Brooklyn Daily Eagle:

“Chicago--Mrs. Jessie Stewart Gardner is dead at her home because she refused to take her wedding ring from her finger.

The gold band was placed on Mrs. Gardner’s finger on the day she became a bride. It remained there until it had to be filed off, but the filing was done too late.

Mrs. Gardner’s finger had increased gradually in size. The pressure of the ring became correspondingly greater. The ring finally became imbedded in the flesh and caused an interruption of the blood circulation.

With much reluctance, Mrs. Gardner consented to have the ring filed off. Owing to the delay, blood poisoning developed and resulted in her death. Mrs. Gardner was 60 years old.”