Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1912 — Scarlet Fever at Mt. Ayr; Schools Closed a Week Early. [ARTICLE]

Scarlet Fever at Mt. Ayr; Schools Closed a Week Early.

Dr. J, W. Merry was over from Mt. Ayr today and reports that the schools of that town were -closed last, Friday evening for the year. The term was to last a week longer but the breaking out of scarlet fever in the schools caused the abrupt closing. There are now six cases in five families, the families affected and under quarantine being F. P. Huntington, Fred Standish, George Arnold, W. A. Lyops and Ella Rimer. The cases are all mild and a serious spread is not expected.