Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1919 — PERHAPS A PNEUMONIA VICTIM [ARTICLE]

PERHAPS A PNEUMONIA VICTIM

Joe Meehan Was Critically IB in France February 11. Mrs. Meehan of Remington received a cablegram from France Wednesday, dated February 11, saying: "Regret to inform you 760-759, Joseph Francis Meehan, infantry, officially reported dangerously ill, 4 8 Casualty Clearing station, February 11. Pneumonia. —DIRECTOR OF RECORDS.” Joe has been serving in a Canadian regimental band for nearly two years, and The Democrat only recently had a card from him from Paris, where he had gone on leave for a few days. Joe is a brother of Mrs. Matt Worden of Rensselaer, and all his relatives and friends are anxiously awaiting further news from him, hoping for the best but anticipating the reverse after having received the above cablegram.