Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1909 — SLOWLY DYING FROM CANCER. [ARTICLE]

SLOWLY DYING FROM CANCER.

Pitiable Condition of Frank Osborne, a Rensselaer Carpenter. Frank Osborne, who has been operated on three or four times during the past few months for a pipe cancer on the side of his mouth is now in a most pitiable condition, has been given up by the surgeons and his days are numbered. The cancer is making steady inroads on his face and he is failing rapidly. He had engaged quarters at J. H. Cox’s residence, but his condition became' such that they did not feel they could keep him there longer, and Tuesday afternoon he was moved to the home of his sister, Mrs. Ezra Clark, where a tent has been put up in the yard with a good substantial floor underneath, a bed put therein, and there he lies on his back awaiting the summons which would be a blessed relief. Mrs. Clark and another sister, Mrs. Charles Spriggs of Oklahoma city, Okla., who came this week, are doing what they can to make him comfortable for the time he yet remains on earth. • a