Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1915 — The Smallpox Situation Gives No Cause for Alarm. [ARTICLE]

The Smallpox Situation Gives No Cause for Alarm.

There were but two cases of smallpox still under quarantine in Rensselaer yesterday morning. One of these is Lon Watkins, of the northi west part of town, and the other that df the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shaw. Both ol these will probably be released soon. f Harry Brown, who resides on the Loughridge farm about a mile north of the Burk bridge, contracted the disease of Victor Yeoman of Barkley tp., and did not know what it was until told by a doctor while in Rensselaer Saturday. He went in to the doctor’s office to consult him regarding the eruption and was told that he was suffering front smallpox, and was sent home. Two children of C. W. Bussell of Hanging Grove tp., one of whom had been attending high school at Rensselaer and a son of Arthur Williamson v also of Hanging Grove, have had a disease resembling that called smallpox here. The Williamson boy and one of the Bussell girls attended the Parker school in Hanging Grove, and it caused considerable excitement among the patrons there. Most of the pupils of the school have been vaccinated, and The Democrat is informed that one of the Bussell children was also vaccinated and the vaccination “took,” which convinces the doctor that it was nothing but chickenpox that they had. All the cases have been very mild and in several instances they have had no regular medical attention.