Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1903 — TRIPLETS IN MARION. [ARTICLE]

TRIPLETS IN MARION.

>3?be wife of Fred Bachman who resides northeast of town a short distance, gave birth to triplets last Tuesday morning, all three being boys and tipping the scales at 8,5, and 3| pounds, respectively. All the babes are doing well at this time and the mother is getting along nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Bachman have five other children, all of which came one at a time. Both the parents were born in Germany; the father is 39 years of age and the mother 36 / Th e family all have the whoopingcough, and if the babes take it seriously one or more may die, otherwise Dr. English, the attending physician, thinks they will get along all right.