| Show sudden death there was a very sudden budden and unexpected death in vernal last sunday evening and the cause of death was waa pronounced to be spinal meningitis by dr garrett odonnell our city and county health officer and dr C if christy little jennie bryant the nine year old daughter of mr air and mrs airs ira bryant complained of a severe headache sunday forenoon although she was apparently well as usual and had been playing with other children that morning lier her mother took her and walked over to dr Hullm gers house only a block away for some medicine for the headache but as it seemed to get no better mrs bryant finally gave the child a tablet that she kept in the house as aa a remedy for her own headaches but the little girl grew worse commenced vomiting and finally went into convulsions dr garrett and dr christy were sailed called in but their treatment was in vain also and the child died within a few hours altho calm and seemingly without pain for sometime before death for a time many thought that death was due to poisoning either from wild parsnips par snips which neighboring children claimed had been eaten or the headache tablet but the doctors discredit the poisoning theory as the tablet was found to be only a mild headache remedy the doctors pronounced the case spinal meningitis and the house was quarantined and the case put in charge of undertaker trim mr air trim at the request of the parents permitted the body to be kept in the house until urial burial tuesday forenoon no public services were held the house and clothing of the family was thoroughly dis infected wednesday and the quarantine raised mr bryant was preparing to move to independence monday so after the quarantine was raised they left for the reservation thursday but the bright anticipations of only afew a few days before for a new home on the reservation were not realized on the trip as aa one of their loved ones was left behind mr air and mrs bryant can rest assured that they have the heartfelt sympathy of the people of this entire valley in this sudden and sad bereavement the deceased matilda jane was as born in ashley valley january 1898 she was not considered a strong child and therefore was wag loved all the more by the relatives and members of the family |
