Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1903 — Another Death From Lockjaw, [ARTICLE]

Another Death From Lockjaw,

Jobs A. Unborn of Remington Dies Tuesday Morning. j The ead and shocking news came from Bemington last Tuesday morning, of the death, by that moat terrible disease, lockjaw, of John A. Lamborn, a citizen well known and most highly respected

w in all parts of Jasper county; Mr, Lamborn who has been living right in Bemington for some years past, but still had ohaige of his farm near town, was as well as usual on Tuesday, just a week before his death, and was engaged in haying on his farm. In the evening he stepped dis his porob, and upon a sharp nail which passed through the sole of his shoe and pieroed quite a distanoe into his foot. The injury was poulticed during the night and i the next day was treated by a phy-

sioian. He 6eeiped to be doing welljmd was about town Saturday afternoon. On Sunday evening Symptoms of lookjaw developed. A oounoil physicians was oalled and it was decided to procure some of the new remedy for lookjaw, a special serum, whioh was reoeived Monday, and given during that day. Another operation was also performed Monday, and the injected parts removed, but neither ‘serum nor operation had any ap parent effect in oheoking the oonrse of the terrible disease and at a little before six o'olook this morning be expired. He suffered jpxornoiating agony, though somewhat relieved by the remedies admins te red by the pbysioians. He seemed to retain his oonsoiousness almost to the end, but after Mon-

day morning the jaws became so firmly set that speech was im- . possible. Be was 52 years old, and previous to this sad aooident scarcely knew what siokness was. He leaves a wife, two daughters and one son, He has long been prominent in '"Qpublic affairs and has held various positions of trust, inoluding the offioe of township trustee, just previous to the present term. The funeral will be held Friday at 2 o’clock p. m.