Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1903 — DEATH FROM DIPTHERIA. [ARTICLE]

DEATH FROM DIPTHERIA.

The 11-months-old daughter of Frank Clowry of Remington whom Mr. and Mrs. Matt Worden of this city were bringing up, died Thursday morning at their home on South Yan Rensselaer street from diptheria. The re*, mains were taken to Remington for interment No other cases of this dread disease have been reported in the oity and it is hoped that there will be no spread of the same. Diptheria is a hundred times more to be dreaded than the small-pox we have nowadays, and the greatest precautions should be taken to confine it.