Copyright © 2004 Submitted by: Jan Cortez This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ Big Rapids Magnet - October 17, 1879 Hector McNeal, of the township of Chippewa, has lost five children during the last two weeks, from diptheria. Other children in the neighborhood are dying with it.