The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-09-02

she had been dead fifteen to twenty
minutes.
! Friends of the deceased stated that
she had been complaining of an in.
disposition of stomach and bowels for
week or more and she had sention-
ed the fact of the pain to friends Fri
| day evening. She had not been i'll
enough to remain at home, however.
| She died as she had come from the
SHOP for dinner, fully dressed.
| The deceased was forty-eight years
and one day of age. She was the
daughter OF William H. and Mary E.
! Wilson, both of whom are now de-
| ceased. The family formerly lived on
4 fine large farm near Bussey. Sew.
| en- brothers survive the sister. They
are H. G. and w. f. of Corydon, w.
G. of Eldon, J. p, C. E. and w. l..
of Bussey, and j. w. of Oskaloosa.
A funeral service was held at the
late residence on North Fifth street.
Monday afternoon, Rev. Eugene Allen
of the Methodist Episcopal church, of
which the deceased was a member,
conducting the same. and the NJ. L.
quartette assisting. The body will be
taken to Hamilton Tuesday morning
via the Burlington and services will
be held at that place by Rev. Allen
and singers at 1920 o'clock. Inter
ment will be made in the cemetery at
Hamilton by the side of relatives.
| The deceased was of happy, jov-
ial disposition and possessed eonsid-
cradle force of character. She was q
member of Oskaloosa Rebekah Lodge
No. 3S9 and was the present Noble
Grand of the organization. She COM
bined among her other qualities ex-
ecutive ability and was a natural
leader among her friends. She has
resided in Oskaloosa about fifteen
years and was well and favorably
known. 4.
GARLAND. - Hamlet Sharpe Gar
land was a native of Kentucky, the
only child of Maurice and Frances
Garland. He was born at Millers-
burg, May 16, 1888. and died at Oska-
loosa, Iowa. August 81, 1909, aged 70
years, months and II days. He
! had been a resident of Oskaloosa
since 1906 when he came to establish
an Office as a practicing physician
| twenty-one, and he ranked at the
| head of thirteen hundred students
| He had done work in the institution
/ that was regarded as wonderful and
his accomplishments in surgery had
attracted wide attention. He was APP
pointed by the school to the position
/ of surgeon for the city hospital OF
! Louisville, an appointment that car
ried with il special honors and priv
! leges. He rendered splendid ac-
count of his service at the end OF the
year, the term OF appointment. He
came to Iowa at the age OF twenty
! two years and entered Immediately
into the practice. He sought the min
ing field as offering exceptional opPor'
tunities for medicine and surgery.
He was first connected with c,e min
| ing camps at Evans, Bolton and Fish
Vile. His work here was of a nature
that attracted attention outside of the
camps, and calls upon his lime were
made from a distance. He was sum
moned to Oskaloosa and mis- success
in difficult cases brought constantly
increasing business in the local field.
He accordingly came to Oskaloosa in
April, 1905, and has been in practice
since that date with unqualified sue
cess. His business in that time had
grown TO such proportions that ne
was unable TO handle it and his un
ceasing devotion to his patients was
at the foundation of his health fail
ure. Doctor Garland was married
May Is, 1907, with Miss Edith Wood
of Oskaloosa, only daughter OF Mr.
and Mrs. II. S.gWood. A cosy little
home was set UP, at No. 402 Third
avenue east, and the future seemed
unusually bright. The doctors worl
was OF nature that was giving hin
and surgeon. His early education
was in a private school and at a mill
! tary academy at Roseberg, from
which he graduated at the age of six
teen, with the highest honors OF hi
class. He then went to Louisville Il
enter upon the study OF medicine. HI
! showed remarkable capability an,
, aptitude and when request was sen
! to the institution in which he was
, student for special man to be sen
to the hospital at San Angelo. Texas
the young student was given the CON