Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1914 — YOUTH AT ST. JOE DIES OF PNEUMONIA [ARTICLE]

YOUTH AT ST. JOE DIES OF PNEUMONIA

Norbert Merkle, of Cincinnati, Was Sick Only a Few Days—Body Shipped to His Home.

Norbert Merkle, 19 years of age, died at St. Joseph’s college Wednesday afternoon of pneumonia, after a brief sickness. Young Merkle was not a strong lad and the pneumonia caused heart trouble that resulted in his death. ~--r== The body was prepared for burial by Undertaker Wright and was shipped Wednesday night to the home of the lad’s parents in Cincinnati, where burial will take place.