Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-06

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whose entrance to the dining rooms
must be accompanied by the shadowy
form of her whom he supposed to be his
wife. Places being found at the table
masks were removed and the majority
of the husbands were found to have
made correct guesses, two however,
were a little mixed, H. G. Taylor and
d. H. Payne having exchanged wives.
A prize having been offered the gen
tleman making the greatest number of
correct guesses as to feminine iden-
tity H. l.. Cook was the most success
full contestant and as such was award
ed book The dining room and Ia
bles were prettily decorated with
smilaX, roses and carnations, while in
the parlors the prevailing color was
blue.
Bloomfield, Feb. 5.-Dr. H. c. Young
of this city, has been notified by J. M.
Wilson, county attorney of Appanoose
county that on or before March there
will be petition on file in the office
of the county clerk claiming the sum
| of $4,000 damages for malpractice
during attendance Mrs. o. R. Gray of
C0uteTVllle.
Something over a year and half
ago Mrs. Gray spent several months
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. T. Hatton, and while spending
the day at the home of her brother
Ralph, fell down an open cellar way
and was terribly injured. DR.. H. G..
Young was called and continued in
charge of the patient for a month or
more, during which time the petition
says he failed in giving correct dag
nosis of the case and alleges he did
not discover his patient had dislocat-
ed hip. The services of DR.. Lula M.
Gilbert, osteopath, were engaged. DR..
Gilbert found a dislocated hip and 9TH
er injuries of the spine. Her diagnos-
is of the case conceded with that of
DR.. Ella D. Still, of the Des Moines
College of Osteopathy. who was called
in council and who assisted DR.. Gilbert
in setting the hip. Since that time
Mrs. Gray has continued the osteo-
pathic treatment under other physi-
clans and is now at her home in Cen
terville where she is still an invalid
unable to walk or stand and confined
to her bed nearly all the time. DR..
Young has retained the services of At
torney S. S. Carruthers, the law firm
of Payne & Sewers and Henry G. Tay-
lor. DR.. H. C. Young like his father,
the late DR.. j. w. Young, has many
warm friends, being a genial, kind
hearted man, showing sympathy and
kindness to his friends and patients
and it is the general belief that the
case will not come to trial as it seems
to be more of a fight between osteop-
athy and allopathy than between pa
tient and physicians.
Personals.
Rev. H. S. Gilbert and family of Mt.
Pleasant are visiting at the parental
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Gilbert.
Rev. Gilbert departed after a few days,
leaving his family to remain a couple
of weeks longer.
Mrs. Belle Higbee and daughter
Florence of Lancaster, Miss Maud
Burney of Glenwood, Mrs. Chas. White
and Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Burney of OF
tumwa have returned to their homes
after spending a short time with rela-
tives in this place, where they were
called last week by the death of Sam
uel Lakin
w. j. Sickle is spending a few days
in Mt. Pleasant on business connected
with the telephone line.
\ Rev. j. w. Potter was called to Mil
ton on Monday by the death of his
friend, Rev. Howard Holland.
1 L. l.. Tuttle received a telegram on
Tuesday morning stating that his
brother-in-law, VIM. Bean, of Hem
mingford, Neb., died on that day.
i Invitations are issued for musical
given by the P. E. o. Sisterhood this
evening at the home of Mrs. w. j
: Sickle.
Miss Bessie Smith is visiting in Gin
cinnati the guest of Mrs. Blanche Han
ey. The trip will be continued tc
Gault, Mo-, where she will be the guest
Of Mrs. Chas. Traverse, after which
she will go to Centerville, where she
will visit friends before returning
home.