Contributed by Eileen Gillette
Description: A Case That Demands Immediate Attention
Relief For Annie Jacobs
Newspaper published in: Reno
A Case That Demands Immediate Attention
A woeful case of sickness, suffering and destitution came to the ears of a Gazette reporter last Saturday. Mrs. Annie JACOBS, a widow women with two small children, living on Lake Street, was said to be lying sick with erysipelas and insensible, without medical or other attention. The reporter visited th3e house and found Mrs. JACOB'S senseless and blaind from the ravages of the terrible disease. She has been down for three or for days and out of her head for the last 24 hours; and up to Friday had received no medical attention whatever. No person had been with the sick woman but her two children. The eldest, a girl of ten years has scalded her foot and leg so badly in her endeavers to cook that she is unable to stand on it. Friday, Mrs. JACOB'S, in a spasm of pain, rolled out of bed, and the children must have had an awful time getting her back again. The terrible situation of the family became known only through an accident. The carpenter that built the house had left some tools there. Happening to need them he went to the house last night and found the state of affairs mentioned. He immediately notified A. F. REED who called Dr. SNOW. Saturday Mrs. WALLACE volunteered to act as nurse until something could be done; but she is ailing herself and unable to fill the duties of a nurse in this case. Mr. REED and Dr. SNOW intending calling the attention of the relief committee to the matter, and they will doubtless see that a nurse and medical attendance is provided. Humanity could hardly do less. There are plenty of funds in their hands that they could apply to no nobler cause or deserving case. Mrs. JACOB'S was burned out on the fire. Before that time she had managed to support herself and her children with a needle. With the assistence of the relief committee and Mr. REED, combined with what little means she herself possessed, she was enabled to rebuild her house, and could have gotten along, probably without any further aid had it not been for falling sick. It is awful to think of those two small children alone for three days with there helpless and insensible mother. It is a case that appeals to every sympathy man
possesses.
Taken Care Of
The relief Committe have taken the case of Mrs. Annie JACOBS in hand, and will see her through her sickness. They have procured medical attention and a nurse and attended to her other wants.

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