Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1912 — Epidemic of Appendicitis in The Neighborhood of Kersey. [ARTICLE]

Epidemic of Appendicitis in The Neighborhood of Kersey.

The little town of Kersey, in Keener township, has had an unusually large percentage of appendicitis cases recently. Among those afflicted were Engineer C. J. Hobbs, Frank E. Lewis, Mrs. A. A. Lafond, and now Matie, the 12-year-old daughter of C. E. Kersey. Friday C. D. Shook accompanied his wife to Chicago to place her in a hospital. She will undergo an operation, the nature of which we are unable to learn.