Community News Gleanings from
Pierce County, Wisconsin

Typhoid Fever in Pierce County
Ellsworth, Wis, Oct 19 - An epidemic of typhoid fever is raging in the Rush River valley, Pierce county. It is confined to that locality. [Aberdeen Daily News, 20 Oct 1888 - sub. by K.T.]

Anthony Hudson, the first white settler in Pierce county, Wis., is still living, having just passed his 100th milestone of life. He is actively engaged in farming, and cultivates thirty acres without help, his wife lending his assistance in harvest time. [Fort Worth Morning Register, 24 Sep 1899 - sub. by K.T.]

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