FATAL BLOOD POISONING-Henry Ritter died 1903

RITTER, GONNER

Posted By: Cheryl Locher Moonen (email)
Date: 2/19/2017 at 10:25:15

Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, Jan. 5, 1903

FATAL BLOOD POISIONING
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Henry Ritter, Brother of Mrs. Nicholas Gonner,
Dies at Mercy Hospital
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Henry Ritter, aged 17 years, died at Mercy Hospital at 1 o’clock Sunday morning after an illness of three days, caused by an ulcerated tooth.

The young man came here from Burlington, Iowa, with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ritter, prominent residence of that city to spend Christmas with their daughter, Mrs. Nicholas Gonner. While here the young man was suffering from an ulcerated tooth. Three days ago blood poisoning set in and he was removed to Mercy Hospital. Physicians were summoned from Burlington but they could do nothing to save his life. Miss Anna Ritter, a sister of the deceased, died less than a month ago after a long illness.

The body will be taken to Burlington for interment.