Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 176, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1915 — Smallpox Cases Reported In Family of Dredge Employe. [ARTICLE]

Smallpox Cases Reported In Family of Dredge Employe.

The two sons of Superintendent Fisher, of the second big dredge that is being built for the deepening and straightening of the Kankakee river near Kersey, have the smallpox. The children are 5 and 7 years of age. Dr. Hewitt, of DeMotte, was called and found the cases well developed. A strict quarantine was ordered and every precaution taken to prevent a spread of the disease and Dr. Hemphill, county health officer, was notified.