Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1918 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Conntry. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. THREE DEATHS FROM MEASLES Brother and Sister Laid to Rest in One Casket. Three deaths due to measles have occurred here during the past week. At one home two children were called and at another one and the three were buried Tuesday. A peculiar sadness affects the home of S. L. Johnson, where two children have died. . Bertha Leah, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 9. L. Johnson, aged 1 year, 10 months and 6 days, was taken Friday, November 22. She was born January 16, 1917. Before the hour for the burial had been fully arranged, Lawrence Grant, her brother, joined her in the sleep that knows no waking, aged 3 years, 2 months and 7 days." He was born September 17, 1915. Both deaths were due to measles, with which other members of the family have been affected. Mr. Johnson is foreman of a cement gang on the Monon road and was in the s >. th part of the state when called home by the serious conditions of the family. His older sons, who had been workin ■, with him, have been at home on account of sickness for some time. Besides the psreuts, four brothers survive. Also the grandparents, Mr. and ,Mrs. Thos. Parker.

The funeral was held at the bouse Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock, conducted by Rev. A. E. (hem, with interment in the Osborn cemetery. One casket made for the purpose contained all that was mortal of the two children, who reposed as in peaceful slumber. The pathos of the scene cannot be described and sympathizing friends who were present were deeply moved with emotion. The community heart goes out to the bereaved family in unfeined sorrow.—Monon News.