The Press., 1910-08-24

planned, and took up our residence with my parents at the Merrick home stead. The house that Jack built was completed and occupied for years by my two brothers. Timothy and Austin Marriok, and afterwards owned by Mrs. Walter Newcome. and now. muuh enlarged and improved. by Adolph Korper
 Minneapolis. Minn Aug. l 3. 1910.
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 Edward Hanley has taken position with the General Electric company In Lynn.
 Miss Frieda Rand has returned from weeks visit with friends in Westport
 M. F. Gage has moved to Wilbra- ham, where he has taken position as manager of farm.
 Miss Mabel Fuller has accepted a position as teacher in the public schools at Middletown, Os. Mias Fuller Is graduate of Monson aead- emy in 1908, and has recently com pleted Q two.years' course at the Kalamazoo normal school.
 The spasmodic appearance of ty- phoid fever about Monson has caused much comment Four cases have been reported to the board of health with in the past few weeks. The cases gre widely scattered, and probably do not come from any one cause The pa tients are all local people and have not been ont of town to contract the disease elsewhere
 John Peterson. 21, died at the home of his grandmother. Mrs Charles Johnson, Tuesday morning, after long illness with tuberculosis. Previous to his illness he had been employed at the Wright wire mills in Palmer. He leaves one brother, Wal. fred Peterson, and three sisters, Maria, Emma and Esther, all of Mon son The funeral was held Thursday afternoon, and was conducted by Rev. J M. Gage.
 The death early Thursday morning of Ernest Randall. four years old. of infantiIe paralysis after an illness of two days, has shocked the com munity. This is the first fatal case of the disease in this town The child was the son of MT. and Mrs Augustus Randall of High street As usual in the cases the source of in- fection is not known. The funeral was at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon Burial was in No. cemetery.
 The board of health was callsd up on Monday to quarantine another case of anterior poliomyelitis. This makes the third case of the disease now in town. The child afflicted is Milton, 1O-years-cld son of Mr. and Mrs Arthur Max peace of Washing. ton street. He is one of St ven chil. dren. The boys right leg Is entirely paralyzed and the lift is partially. The case was reported by Dr Gap D and the house has ben qnarantined It is now thought strange that the three cases now in town are so far re- moved from one another. The first was in the southerly part. the second nearly two miles ont in the northern section at the quarries, and the case just reported is In the center
 
 According to the schedule arranged the local public schools will open for She fall term on Monday, the 29th. The recent cases of infantiIe paralysis in town have caused considerable anxiety among the parents of Monson, and there is being much discussion as to whether the children should be sent to school when the dreaded disease is still prevalent Superintendent of Schools T. A Wheeler says he has no definite orders from the committee relative to the matter yet, but that personally he thought if few more cases of poliomyelitis should appear that it was very probable that the opening of the graded schools would be postponed until later date. He said the school officials had no desire to endaDger the health of the pupils by beginning the 29th The date is earlier than in former years when school used to begin after Labor day, but the plan has bsen in the past two or three seasons u bsgin earlier and give one weeks vacation in every eight. However, the postponement of the opening of the fall term for two or three weeks would not cause much inconvenience, and if it is necessary all precautions will be taken to prevent the spread of the dread disease.