Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1898 — EPIDEMIC NEARS ITS END. [ARTICLE]

EPIDEMIC NEARS ITS END.

Back Bone of the Yellow Fever in Mississippi Broken. The force of yellow fever in Mississippi is broken, and if the weather remains cool next week will mark the end of the epidemic. Small towns are discarding the shotgun and quarantine guards are looking for other work.