Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 157, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1915 — Mrs. S. L. Jordan and Family Sick From Mushrooms. [ARTICLE]

Mrs. S. L. Jordan and Family Sick From Mushrooms.

Mrs. S. L. Jordan and all members of the family except the youngest son, Homer, were made very sick from mushroom poisoning last Friday night. The mushrooms were eaten tor supper, all partaking of them except Homer, who remarked in a spirit of humor that he would not eat any but would be the heir to the farm the next day. It began to look as though his remark would prove true for at midnight all were taken very sick and Homer was the only one able to talk over the teelphone. He called Dr. Washburn, who gave directions for producing vomiting and then hurried to the scene. All had secured results and the free vomiting doubtless saved their lives. Those made sick were Mrs. Jordan and daughter, Day and son, Will, also her son, Rev. O. L. Jordan and wife, of Evanston, 111., who wer evisiting there. By the following morning they were all practically well agai. They insist that there were no .toadstools in the mushrooms they had eaten. Fortunately all survived.