Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 January 1899 — GRIP EPIDEMIC GROWS. [ARTICLE]

GRIP EPIDEMIC GROWS.

Hckaea aa Widespread as It Waa # Tea Tears Ago. In response to requests sent out by the marine hospital service, answers have been received in Washington from thirty cities on the extent of the grip, showing the sickness to be as severe and extensive as daring the epidemic of 1880-90. Surgeon General Wyman says the reports indicate that the grip started in Turkey and Asia Minor In the middle of November, and made its way westward, following tike established lines of transatlantic trmveL