Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1908 — DIPHTHERIA ALL OVER. [ARTICLE]

DIPHTHERIA ALL OVER.

The one solitary case of diphtheria la Rensselaer thus far Is now fully recovered —Kersey Kirk, the 9-year-old son of Ed Kirk —and the house was fumigated yesterday. No new cases have been beard of and it has not been necessary to take any extreme measures to stamp out tire disease. It Is not anticipated that there will be any new cases develop In Rensselaer from the Kirk boy, owing to the prompt measures taken at the start to prevent contagation. Diphtheria is epidemic in various parts of the state, and in its virnlent form it is a much to be feared disease.