Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1918 — THE INFLUENZA SITUATION [ARTICLE]

THE INFLUENZA SITUATION

Cases, But Few Deaths In Jasper County. While the doctors have reported many cases of influenza, there has been but very few deaths in Jasper county that can be attributed to this disease. We certainly have been most fortunate thus far, for in our neighboring counties there have been many deaths and In White county there are so many cases that the government has taken control and sent doctors and nurses in to assist the local doctors and officials in combatting the disease. The White county health commissioner had reported 1300 cases in his county up to Thursday, 311 of which were in Monticello; 100 new cases were reported in the county Wednesday. Several deaths have occurred. ’ ‘

Perhaps the worst afflicted family in this vicinity is that of the Tillman Watson of Brook, whej-e the wife, and two daughters, Mll|dred and Gladys, have died. Gladys 'died October 6; Mrs. Watson OctO|ber 11, and Mildred on October 15, leaving the father the sole survivor of a family of four. The ,(Watson family formerly resided in Barkley township, Jasper county, .and kept house for C. P. Moody for i several years. The Reporter also j tells of the death of Charles R. Martin, Mrs. Arthur Allies of that place, a little daughter of Robert Small of Ade and Harrison Downty also of Brook, and Leslie Weishaar, son of County Treasurer Paul Weishaar at Camp Taylor. Young Downty was given military burial in Weston cemetery in Rensselaer Thursday afternoon. The disease is abating there now, the Reporter states, no new cases having been reported. The Kentland Enterprise reports the death of Mildred Frances Roe, aged 22; Mrs. Rose Hartman, aged 41; John C. Pierce, aged 25; Mrs. Harry Brown, aged 30 and Mrs. Thomas Lacy of Ado, aged 47. The Monon News tells of the death of Marion Fulmer of west of Monon; Trossy V. Burns and Bernard Doyle Wolfe at Camp Taylor; Ray Holtzman of Chalmers; Harry Warfel at Monticello; Mrs. Julia Grafton at Hammond, all from the same disease. Local physicians report an abatement of the disease in Rensselaer and immediate vicinity at th's writing.