Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1911 — INFANTILE PARALYSIS RESULTS IN DEATH. [ARTICLE]

INFANTILE PARALYSIS RESULTS IN DEATH.

Fifteen-Tear>old Daughter of Henry Shide and Wife, es Near Remington, Victim of Disease. Anterior poliomylitis or infantile paralysis caused the death of Margaret Shide, 15 years of age, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shide, of near Remington, last Friday morning at about 9 o’clock. The girl was in excellent health until last Tuesday, when she was stricken with a severe head-' ache. This was followed by paralysis, which first rendered the limbs powerless and then extended to all parts of the body. Death came Friday mornimf. The burial was made Saturday morning in the Remington cemetery. The funeral was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Kellner, of Rensselaer, and Mr. and. Mrs. Frank Kannel, of Lafayette, the little girl being their niece. The parents apd friends of the little girl are grief stricken at her sudden death.