Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-03-08
Public Opinion on Iowa Subjects
as Reflected in the Iowa
Newspapers.
Tho News Of Iowa From Hun.
dreds Of Differeut Towns
and Communities.

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THE WOMAN IN WHITES LATEST
washington Press.l
You remember Misc Murray, Iowa ed
itor, who was the woman In white" in
the democratic national convention
when Boies thought he was a candidate
for president. She fluttered down, an
geiic. from gallery to body of the hall,il
shaking colors for Boies. Well, she is
married, and now has a baby boy Of
course, Boies worshiper would
have a boy.
A CURIOUS OCCURRENCE.
lAlgona Upper Des Muines.l
As Lou Kortie was sitting on the
counter in Rantzow's restaurant a
Whfttenore Harry Filler came up and
playfully kicked at his pistol pocket.
The Champion says there vas an ex-
plosion very similar to the discharge of
a revolver. and the source of the dis
charge was a mystery. Filler was the
only one in the crowd who had a gun
and an examination showed all the
loads intact. Lou kortie's hip pocket
was discovered to be on fire. and then
the matter was figured out. He had.
three or four cartridges in his pocket,
together with some other traps. and
one Of the shells had been touched off
Investigation assto the course the bull
let had taken developed another sur
prise. Henry Vedder, who works for A.
Schmitt, had received a very bad wound
and didn't know it, The bullet had
plowed u deep furrow thru the upper
portion of his right leg and developed
quite an ugly sore. Ed Engler Was a lso
in range, but the bullet merely nipped
his clothing
SMALLPOX CASES EXPENSIVE.
Davenport Democratl
Tuesday afternoons meeting of the
board of health may result in an inn
iportant change in the direction OF ex
pansion of the duties Of the city ply
ssician or the physician to the board
of health. az the office may more prop
erly be termed. DIR. Preston, the pres
ent city physician, takes the stand that
the physician TO the board ought to be
able to give his whole time to his duties
as such officer. The board agreed that
this was essential in times of epidemics,
but was not prepared to admit that un-
der ordinary conditions the duties2o of its
physician would necessarily take his
whole time or prevent him from carry
ing on general medical practices. 1t
was practically concluded. however,
that instead of giving the physician ex
tra compensation for duties during cpl
|demics and hiring him or some other
physician to give medical attendance to
smallpox PATIENTS which the doctors
say is worth at least sl0sa day, it would
be better to include all these contingent
|cies in the city physician g regular du-
ties and pay him an annual salary that
would cover the whole thing. DIR. Pres
ton thought the amount should be from
81 500 to 81. 900 a year. the latter figure
being proper If the city physician was
Expected to assume tine treatment of the
smallpox patients as well as looking at
I ter quarantine and other health mat
tiers.
The board was inclined to look with
flavor on this plan after it had figured
THE cost of the recent smallpox cases
i:Dr. Preston vaccinated 30 school chill
l3dren without charge. and without ex-
Eplicit orders from the board, and pre-
scented a bill for $3.50 for the service,
which the board passed on the BOARD
iof supervisors. In the absence of any
other provision for the care of the
smallpox patients. he had also made
u total of eighty-aeven calls en- the
qunrantined patients during February.
partly owing totheir lackiof other med
Heal attendance. He asked the board
Ito allow him fair compensation for this
| service His extra duties In relation to
Quarantine entitle him under the rules
lof the board TO 500 per month salary,
INSTEAD Of $500 per year. as usual. So II
/ we are to have many smallpox cases
every year the city could economically
pay a good round salary to its phys-
lcian to cover all his duties, and save
money. Mayor Heinz has suggested
that under those conditions We would
probably have less smallpox. but this
Iinsinuation is to be laid to the aptitude
OF the city's executive for seeing the
humorous eide of things.
Attorney A. e. Bush appeared before
i the board in support OF a petition by
4 w. h Hitchcock which he read. 1t re-
cited that Frank l.. Logan. who was
not a member of petitioners family
4 had been declared TO have the smallpox
while stopping at the Hitchcock home
4 and that instead OF being removed TO q
S|hospital. he had been placed under
quarantine at the home, with Samue
Logan. who also was not a member Of
A the household For the board and care
4 OF these two men Mr.. Hitchcock wants
to be allowed 800. The extra expense OF
iI8Logan's care at hospital would more
A than have equalled this amount
City Physician Preston stated that nc
4 objection had been raised to Logan's re-
Imaining at Hitchcock's when the house
4 was placed under quarantine, and thai
4 there was apparently a desire that he
be left there rather than taken to the
j hospital. Alderman Bawden wanted to
know II the city did not have claim
against Hitchcock and Logan for medi-
cal services and the expenses of ths
Quarantine. The matter was ultimately
4 referred to committee consisting Of
the city physician and city attorney,
The bill for smallpox guards for Feb
lruary was s43275 After this week onl,
two homes will be left under guard, ant
Quarantine Will soon run out at those
i places.
A Horrible Outbrenk.
"Of large sores on my little daughter,
lead developed into a case OF scale
q bead" writes c. d. Isbill, OF Morgan
town, Tenn, but Bucklen's Arnics
4 salye completely cured her. It's 1
guaranteed cure for eczema. letter. sal
rheum, pimples, sores. ulcers and piles
Il Only Is cents at George p. Powers
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