Evanswood Diphtheria01

 

OSHKOSH NORTHWESTERN

March 26, 1874

 

WAUPACA

From Our Own Reporter.

 

            WEYAUWEGA, March 19 – The quiet village of Evan’s Wood, Waupaca County; better known as Little River, has met with a fearful dispensation.  The diphtheria has been raging among the children, and in most cases was fatal. IN the family of Ben Tar three children died within two weeks; also a child belonging to Horace Dudley.  There are some sick at present.  Mrs. Baldwin died March 10^th, leaving a family of five children, the youngest an infant of ten days.                                                E.