Whooping cough is prevalent in Murphy and Cherokee county.  The infant of Hulda JOHNSON was buried here last week, its death caused by this disease.  It seems to be raging more in the county than in town.  It is to be hoped that no more deaths will follow as the result of the ravages of this terrible enemy of children.

Source: Cherokee Scout (Murphy, NC). 23 June 1896. Available at Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.