Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 220, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1916 — TEN IN FAMILY STRICKEN [ARTICLE]

TEN IN FAMILY STRICKEN

Measles Attack All But Father In Illinois Home—Scares Health Officer.

Pana, 11l. —This discovery was made here recently ten cases of measles in one family and the board of health immediately ordered a strict quarantine upon the home. The cases are in the family of Edward Bland on Wyandotte street and include every member but Bland. Those ill and bedfast are Mrs. Ella Bland, the wife and mother, and these children: Mrs. Mary F. Harlow, tfiir-ty-six years of age; William D. Bland, twenty-one years of age; Levi Bland, eighteen years old; Mamie Bland, fifteen years old; Gertie Bland, twelve years old; Susanna Bland, ten yenrs old; Irene Bland, seven years old; Calart Bland, aged four, and Fannie Bland, aged three. President William Fisher of the health board beat a hasty retreat from the Bland home when he went there to investigate, believing that he had found his way into a veritable nest of smallpox. Later physicians diagnosed the disease as measles. None of the cases are considered serioils at this time.