Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1918 — J. W. SPEAKS DIED THIS MORNING. [ARTICLE]

J. W. SPEAKS DIED THIS MORNING.

J. W. Speaks, whose very serious condition was noted in the Republican last week, died at the hospital this Monday morning at 1:40 o’clock. The cause of his death was paralysis. The deceased was born in Missouri February 4, 1849, but has lived in this city for a number of years. The funeral arrangements have not yet been made.—'