Allegheny County PA Archives-  Obituaries: BARTLEY, Laura, Jun 1934

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Source: June 21-30, 1934 Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph Extracts

KIN OF RABIES VICTIM TREATED
Twenty-three relatives and neighbors of a Coraopolis woman, who died 
from hydrophobia, will receive the second of a series of 14 treatments 
against possible rabies infection next week.
The victim was Mrs. Laura BARTLEY, 37, of Thorn Run road, the mother of 
six small children. She had been bitten slightly by a pet puppy she was 
feeding.
Mrs. Levi MEYERS, a sister-in-law of the dead woman, said Mrs. BARTLEY 
was attempting to feed the dog. It refused to eat, so she forced his 
mouth open with her fingers, receiving a slight scratch from her pet's 
teeth.
Mrs. BARTLEY laughed about the incident, Mrs. MEYERS said, and jokingly 
asked:
"What if the dog is mad?"
Three days later she died.
Among those being treated by Dr. H.B. SPEER, of 1100 Main street, 
Coraopolis, against the infection, were I.W. NEWBERG, a brother-in-law 
of the BARTLEYS; his wife and five children; Mrs. Edward THOMPSON, a 
neighbor and her three children; Mr. and Mrs. George MEYERS, other 
relatives of the BARTLEYS; Ben WEHNER and the BARTLEY's six children.