Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1908 — A Death in Newton County. [ARTICLE]

A Death in Newton County.

Chas. Burns, whose, home was 3 miles northwest • of Mt. Ayr, died Friday evening at about 6 o’clock. He had been an invalid for several months, having a form of paralysis known as transverse myelitis. About two months ago he was taken to a hospital in Chicago and examined by specialists who said there was no hope for him and he was brought back home and gradually sank away to the end. Deceased was about 32 years of age and leaves a wife and one child.