Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 40
Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, October 9, 1907
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A Big Scare at Kosse.
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       Marlin has three cases of diptheria, the victims being grown people, but all are quarantined and there is fear of a spread of the disease.--Kosse Cyclone.
       Your source of information is very much at fault.  You doubtless based your item upon rumors and that alone.  As a matter of fact, there has never been a case of diptheria among grown people in Marlin.  The patients were all under ten years of age and have recovered.  There is not now and has never been any danger of a "spread."  You should make an effort to get the facts about such a serious matter as this, Bro. Cyclone.

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