Bertha B. Beard (1905)

BEARD

Posted By: Ida Morse
Date: 8/4/2008 at 21:10:12

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, July 20, 1905

Webster News:

Bertha Beard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Beard of this township, died on Monday evening from that dread disease, lock jaw. About 2 weeks ago she ran a sliver in the bottom of her foot and from this apparently trifling wound tetanus developed causing her death. The young lady was about 20 years of age and her death calls for the deepest sympathy for the bereaved family who about a year ago were bereft of a son and brother.
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Transcriber Note: Another daughter, not a son had died a year previous. Burial at Hooten Cemetery .
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Winterset Reporter
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, July 20, 1905
Pg 3

Died from Lockjaw

Miss Birdie Baird, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Baird, of Lincoln township, died at her home Monday. About ten days ago she run a splinter in her toe, which developed into lockjaw. The funeral was held Tuesday and the interment took place at the Hooten cemetery.
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Friday, July 21, 1905
Page 1, Column 1

DIED OF LOCKJAW.

Splinter In Foot Causes Death of Bertha Beard. Sudden Death of Young Lady.

Bertha Beard, daughter of William Beard, of Webster township, died at her home Tuesday of lockjaw. Her death was sudden & entirely unexpected.

A few days ago while walking in the yard she ran a splinter into her foot. Nothing was thought about it, and it caused a little pain. A day or two afterward she was in Winterset and was able to go about her work as usual. Two or three days before her death the foot became inflamed and lockjaw developed, causing her death.

The young lady was twenty-two years old. She was well known in Winterset & in the western part of the county.

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