WASHBURNE, Bessie Harvey

Source: Waveland Independent newspaper, Waveland, Montgomery County, Indiana September 12, 1924

O.W. Harvey was called to Attica on Monday by the critical illness of his sister, Mrs. Hubert Washburne, who died on Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey attended the funeral on Thursday. Mrs. Washburne was seized about five months ago with a mysterious malady which was at first diagnosed as rheumatism. She shortly sank into a stupor and slept for six weeks. She then wakened and showed some improvement but has had several recurrences of sleeping, ending with her death. The physicians pronounced it "sleeping sickness," a very rare disease in this country, though common in Africa. - transcribed by kbz