Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 184, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1915 — DOG THAT BIT GIRL DEVELOPS HYDROPHOBIA [ARTICLE]

DOG THAT BIT GIRL DEVELOPS HYDROPHOBIA

Little Marie Hammerton Taken to InTreatment.

Mr .and Mrs. E. L. Hammerton and daughter, Marie, who went to Monroe, Wis., a few days ago for a visit, returned yesterday. Little Marie was bitten on the leg two weeks ago by a dog while visiting at East Lynn, 111. The dog was confined after the biting and yesterday Mr. Hammerton received a telegram that it had developed hydrophobia and had been shot.

They hurried home from Wisconsin and today took Marie to Indianapolis, where she will be given the Pasteur treatment. She has shown no ill effects from the bite, but dt was thought to take no chances 'by giving her the treatment.