Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 224, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1914 — TYPHOID RESULTS IN GIRL’S DEATH [ARTICLE]

TYPHOID RESULTS IN GIRL’S DEATH

Bliss Ethel Ferguson Passed Away This Morning at Home in MeGoysburg—Funeral Thursday.

Miss Ethel Ferguson !i died at 4 o’clock Tuesday morning at her home in McCoysburg. She had endured the terrible suffering of typhoid fever for several weeks, and at times it looked as though she might pull through, but for the past week, however, the outcome was very doubtful. 'The family was unable financially to hire a nurse, so the money was raised by subscription and all the people in the neighborhood responded freely to Trustee Parker’s call for help. The funeral will probably be held at Monon Thursday afternoon. Deceased was the daughter of Charles Ferguson and wife and was about 15 years of age. The parents had lived in McCoysburg for about three years and he was the boss of the Monon section. Ethel was very popular and because of her work in the Sunday School there the picnic was recently postponed' owing to her- illness. The community is much grieved at her death.