Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1908 — Diphtheria’s Deadly Grasp. [ARTICLE]

Diphtheria’s Deadly Grasp.

t rancesville Tribune. lor the past month the home of James Burk, five miles southwest of Francesville, has been a hospital of limited capacity where three small rooms have furnished insufficient space to care for fourteen children, all of whom were innoculated with diphtheria. Three weeks ago today (Thuisday) Eva, aged 10, and Mab l aged 16, succumbed. With the continuous use of anti-toxin the other children were getting along alright until Saturday, when Addie, aged 6, and Anna, aged 12, took worse, with chai.ces very unfavorable for recovery, although one was reported slightly better Tuesday morning. The people of Nauvoo are giving the family every possible assistance since the fatal disease b°gan on its deadly mission and the at ending physicians are giving the family the closest kind of attention.

Mrs. Louise Hallwright of South Bend has disappeared and friends fdar she has met with foul play. Up to within the last few weeks Mrs. Hallwright conducted a rooming and boarding house in South Bend. Two weeks ago the husband of the woman unexpectedly appeared in the city and urged his wife to live, wl h him again. Mrs. Hallwright refused.