Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1913 — Newland Boy Bitten by Rattlesnake While Weeding. [ARTICLE]

Newland Boy Bitten by Rattlesnake While Weeding.

Fred, the 14-year-old son of Harry Mallard, of Newland, while weeding onions for Tom Callahan, was bitten on the left hand by a rattlesnake about 10 o’clock this morning. The boy’s father called a Rensselaer doctor,, who hurriedly responded, and after dressing the wound, he brought the boy to Rensselaer. He is now at the residence of Tom Callahan and getting along nicely. Whiskey, the usual remedy for snake bites, was not used in this ease.