Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1903 — SMALLPOX IN UNION. [ARTICLE]

SMALLPOX IN UNION.

A Number of Cases In the Vicinity of Fair Oaks. Smallpox has broken out in Union township and precautions are being taken to prevent a spread of the disease to other f>arts of the county. The disease seems to have been brought to the county from Wisconsin by S B. Moffitt and Albert Garriott, who had been working in a section of that state where the disease was ptevalent. - In the Garriott family there are three cases. In the Hopkins family, neighbors of the Garriotts, there are two cases. Moffitt has the only case in his family but it is very likely that other members of the family will soon take the disease. All the families have been quarantined by County Health Officer Washbum, and other precautions are being taken to prevent a spread of the disease. The protracted meeting which was being held in that vicinity, has been closed, as has one of the public schools