Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1911 — SAD DEATH IN CARPENTER. [ARTICLE]

SAD DEATH IN CARPENTER.

Margaret Shide, aged 15 years, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Shidn»of East Carpenter died at 9 a. m., last Friday from what the doctors pronounce infantile paralysis. While the girl had complained a little of late of headache, she was apparently in good health up to Thursday evening, whpir aft£r lying down a while shfe found that her lower limbs w|ere paralyzed. The paralysis extended up her body rapidly and Friday morning reached her heart, causing death. The doctors could do nothing to stay the progress of teh dread disease, which as yet seems to baffle the skill of physicians and is greatly dreaded, wherever it has made its appearance. It is now considered a contagious disease, and the funeral was a private one held Satuday morning, and interment made in the Catholic cemetery west of Remington. Mrs. Conrad Kellner of Rensselaer and Mrs. Frank Kennel of Lafayette are aunts of the girl, and they, with her parents, are almost prostrated over her sudden taking off.