Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1900 — Smallpox At Comer. [ARTICLE]

Smallpox At Comer.

About two weeks ago, Henry Conn with his family, moved to Comer, from the vicinity of Logansport, which place seems to be a center of smallpox, and he brought with him that dread disease but which had been pronounced chickenpox by the physicians at that city. Mr. Conn and four children, and Mrs. Francis Tooms, who contracted the disease Thursday, are all down with it. There has only been one fatality, that of a small child of Mr. Conn, which died last Sunday. The disease has so far been confined in the Conn house, where reside also, Francis Toom, wife and child, and brother Robert. About half of the citizens of Comer fearing the quarantine of all the houses, have fled to parts unknown. Health Officer English is leaving no stone unturned to prevent the spread of the disease, and it is earnestly hoped that his efforts will prove effectual.