Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1915 — J. H. S. ELLIS NOT GETTING ALONG WELL [ARTICLE]

J. H. S. ELLIS NOT GETTING ALONG WELL

Former Mayor Taken to Hospital and Considerable Alarm Felt At His Recent Condition. James H. S. Ellis, proprietor of the Ellis theatre and formerly mayor for a number of years, is now at St. Luke’s hospital, Chicago, to which place he was removed last Tuesday from the home of his son, Dr. John D. Ellis. The nasal infection, which had caused him considerable trouble, had not abated and he had absorbed tihe poison into his system, causing a condition that was quite alarming and it was decided be£t to take him to the hosptal, where he could have constant watching. His son, James, Jr., wtas here Thanksgiving and took charge of the ticket sale at the theatre that evening.