Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1907 — Family in Terrible Condition. [ARTICLE]

Family in Terrible Condition.

Chicago, Oct 24.—One child dead from diphtheria, three others at the point of death from the same malady, the father confined to his bed with rheumatism, and the mother, who has but one arm, nearly dead from loss of sleep In curing for her family, was the condition of affairs discovered by the police A the home of Albert Rickert, a laborer, 150 Winnebago avenue. There was little or no food in the home. •