Iowa
Old Press
The Sioux City Journal, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 1923
TYPHOID TAKES IOWA FAMILY.
Seven Others Critically Ill Now with Dreaded Malady.
Death is stalking in the family of Henry Klewe whose farm home is located 11 miles east of Leeds and seven miles north of Lawton.
During the past month three members of the family have died and at present seven other members are critically ill.
Black Typhoid Fever, in its most deadly form, is the cause for the terrible tragedy which as befallen the family.
The first member of the family to die was Mrs. Klewe, the mother. She was taken ill July 24 and passed away two weeks later.
A week later the father died following an illness of only six days. The next day called the eldest son, John, who had been ill two weeks.
Since that time the remaining members of the family all have been confined to their beds with the malady and are reported in critical condition.
They are:
Adolph, Alec and Clay, son who are ill at the family home.
Florence, a daughter, and Vernon and Irene, grandchildren, who are receiving treatment at a LeMars hospital.
A tenth member of the family, Mrs. Leo Parks, a daughter, is being treated at the state university clinic at Iowa City. It was Mrs. Parks who was first taken ill when she visited in the parental home about the middle of July.
Water used on the farm has been sent to the state university for examination to determine the origin of the epidemic.
The victims of the malady are being attended by Dr. A. C. McPhaden, of LeMars, assisted by Dr. J. N. Fetters and Dr. Wm. Larso.
The Klewe family occupied a well kept farm home in a good agricultural region. Henry Klewe, the father, was well-to-do and active in community affairs. They had resided on the farm for 5 years.
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