Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1898 — A Series of Coincidences. [ARTICLE]

A Series of Coincidences.

Superstitious people will regard the following as something more than a remarkable series of coincidences. Twelve months ago last April two sisters married two brothers on the same day and at the same church. A couple of months since each sister gave birth to a female child on the same day. The children received tihe same names and were christened by thewime clergyman. Subsequently each child became unwell. The same doctor attended both. but. despite his attentions, both died and were burled the same •lay and by the same minister and undertaker. The writer solemnly assures us that he can vouch for the accuracy of the foregoing statement.