Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1901 — Still Another Diptheria Victim. [ARTICLE]

Still Another Diptheria Victim.

Still another death from diphtheria, it is our painful duty to record. Albert, the four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Martin, of Parr, died Wednesday, of that disease, about 2 o’clock p. m. He was their only child The parents live right in the village of Parr, and Mr. Martin has been employed in Dr. Kirk’s drug store. The residence has been quarantined, and other necessary, precautions taken to prevent the spread of the contagion. The child w>s buried at Prater cometery, on Thursday afternoon, without any funeral services.