Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1900 — A Death From Diphtheria. [ARTICLE]

A Death From Diphtheria.

Mrs. Mary Corbin, Vise of Frank Corbin, living near the west line of Jordan tp., some 8 or 10 miles Southwest of Rensselaer, died Thursday afternoon, Oct. 4th ot diptheria. Her age was 87 years her maiden name Stoner, and her birthplace, Pennsylvania. . She leaves a husband aud 4 children. The family has lived in Jordan tp. for 10 or 12 years. Three of the children have the disease, but two pf them are ’getting over it.