The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-02-15
DR. TURNLR DEAD. BOARD PROCEEDINGS
Expires Suddenly at His Home
Monday Morning.

Avenue West at $3.50 Monday morn
ing Feb. II, 1900, George j. Turner
aged So years months and 3 days.
The death was very sudden and
unlocked for and is shock to the
relatives and friends of the deceased
The doctor was in his room and
asked to be helped from the bed,
When he reached the floor he fell
over in a helpless condition and soon
expired. He was in apparently good
health Sunday, but while at church
he broke out in cold sweat, a very
strange thing. He retired quite early
Sunday evening and again had a cold
sweat, and it was then Mrs. Turner
called the physicians. DR.. Hunter was
called and. he.brought DR.. Barringer
with him. They found the man in
apparently good. health and the only
thing unusual was strange feeling
in the breast in the neighborhood of
the heart. They found nothing that
was at all threatening or should have
caused alarm. The same gentlemen
were called again Monday morning
and pronounced the cause of death
Angina and attendant heart failure.
have a foreboding of i'll or promon-
ition of some sort for he remarked to
his wife during the day, "Well l
don't think that you will have George
Turner with you very long" 1t was
this remark more than the slight ILL
ness that led Mrs. Turner to call the
physicians.
DIR. Geo. j. Turner was born in
Paris, France, of English parents,
Dec. 9, 1886. He went to England
with his parents when three years of
age, and when twelve year old re-
turned to France, and one year later
took to the sea, engaging in the Eng
land aud American merchant service
While thus engaged he sailed to all
the principal sports Of the civilized
world, and continued to follow the
sea until IS years of age. 1t was at
this age chat he conceived the idea
of becoming a medical practitioner,
and at once set about educating him
self for thatspurpose.
Arriving in this country he located
at Quincy, lIll., in 1854, and attended
the Illinois Liberal Institute, after
ward known as the Lombard Univer-
sity, of 4Galesburg, and graduated
therefrom3 in the class of 1862. H.
afterward continued his studies in
the Washington University of St.
Louis, Mo. land graduated from the
Cincinnati Medical lege in the
class of 1874. Comm ng practice
at Spring Hill, Chaml nCo., Ohio,
he met with success, and after con-
tinuing there for time removed to
Atlanta, Logan Co., ILL.,, where he
followed the practice OF his profess
sion until the fall of 1880 He then
came to Oskaloosa and engaged in
practice, and has continued here I'M
til the present time. BY carefully
diagnosing this cases, and treating
his patientss with that skill which
years of practice and study enabled
him to bringito bear, he not only met
with success as regards his treat
ment butiwassenabled to establish
good and paying practice.
DR.. Turner was at one time engaged
in teaching in Lombard University,
Galesburg; was also superintendent
of Sidney public schools, Ohio, and
the Atlanta and Henry public schools,
Ill. He was a soldier in the Civil
War, enlisting in the 18th Illinois
Cavalry, under Col. Beverage, at ST..
Charles, Ills, in December, 1862, and
served until the close or the war. DR..
Turner waslmarried at Clinton, ILL.,,
Dec. %, 1870, to Miss Hattie, daugh-
ter of Matthew Gretchen, of Cham
paign County, Ohio, where Mrs.
Turner was born. They have two
daughter, Blanche P. and Grace E.
The doctor was a member of the
Central Methodist church, and in
politics he voted with the Republican
party.
Il have used Beggs' Blood Purifier in
my family over two years and do not
believe there is a better medicine made.
1t is the family medicine for us, and all
we need" writes Frank Mitchell, Mason
City, Iowa. Purifies the system-makes
new, rich blood. All druggists.
WILL BUILD.-John p. Hiatt has
purchased the McPherrin lots on
North Third street, and rumor has
it that he will build there in the near
future and make that his permanent
home. This lgives Mr.. Hiatt one of
the best locations in the city.
Had | not hidden we beware of some
thing said to be the same as Rocky
Mountain Tea. made by the Madison
Medicine Co.? If We are truly wise, heed
this warning, Ask your druggist.
FLAG MISREPRESENTATION Bar,
rett has issued a circular to Iowa
teachers urging them and the pupils
to unite with the Grand Army of the
Republic in observing Flag day
February p.
Fatal delays are caused by expert
nenting with cough and cold cures
Foley's Honey and Tar will prevent 4
cold from resulting in Pneumonia.
GREEN & BENTLEY DRUG Co.
VALUE INCREASED A quarter sec
ton of land one mile north of HUI
has just sold for s52 per acre. The
Hull Index states that the same piece