Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 309, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1912 — DOG’S DOCTOR BILL $3,000 [ARTICLE]

DOG’S DOCTOR BILL $3,000

Pug, Twenty Years Old, Dies Despite That, and Real Funeral Is Held— Neighbors Send Flowers. Cincinnati, O.—A funeral that would have been appropriate fo>r any human being in more than moderate circumstances wad accorded Monkey, a pug dog owned by Mrs. Harry Jackson of this city, which was buried in a lot provided by a humane society of this city. The dog was laid, out in a beautiful coffin in the best room of! the Jackson home. It was twenty years old and had traveled nearly 50,000 miles with Its mistress. During the last twelve years Monkey had been in ill health, and during that time Mrs. Jackson spent over $3,000 trying to restore her pet In later days four veterinary surgeons were in almost constant attendance. Mrs. Jackson was preparing to send for a specialist when death ensued. Flowers were sent by neighbors to the dog’s funeral The body was conveyed in a hearse to the cemetery and four carriages followed.