The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-05
Yearly Meeting Of the Lee County
Medical Society Big Event
with Forty in At
tendance.
FINE SUPPER rs SERVED
Presbyterian Ladies Hosts-Newly
Elected Officers Include One
from keokuk-Program
at Church.

The physicians OF this city who did
not attend the yearly meeting of the
Lee county medical society, certainly
nHlst have missed an enjoyable, as:
well as an instructive event if the &C
counts of those who were there
can be believed. About forty
were in attendance from all over
the county. about half of them
being from Keokuk. The enter
tainment and supper served by
the ladies of the Presbyterian church
was one of the best which the attend
ing doctors ever tasted, and the menu
surely did include the choicest Offer
ings in the way of food. Starting
about 3 O'Clock at the Commercial club
rooms was the business meeting, cleo
ton of officers, and the rendering of
The society program At O'clock the
guests adjourned to the church where
Ing program carried out, entirely with
out the aid of the doctors, lasting
about three hours Following this the
party repaired to the club rooms again
where the rest of the business was
transacted. It was about half past
eleven before they started for the de
pot
A Slight Change.
The regular program was carried
out in all details with one exception,
Or. John Painton. of Kansas City. be
ing unable to be present owing to
sickness in his family. The election
o. officers consumed quite little time
q did the reading of the reports for
The past year. Following is list OF
she men who viii serve for 1910.
President w. h Newton Of FIT
Madison
vice President DR. 4. R. washburn
Of Donnellson.
Secretary and TreasurerDr E. G
Wollenweber of Keoknk.
The later was the only one re-elect
ed. DIR. ]. r. Walker of Ft Madison
was elected delegate to the state SO
ciety meeting, while DR. G. F. jenkins
was elected to the board OF censors
DR.. jenkins name was not included In
the list of those who attended from
here last night. However, he was il
Illinois and drove to FIT. Madison II
time to hear the program
The Supper.
The attending physicians were giver
quite little surprise when they wers
marched to the Presbyterian church
for supper. Neat programs were dis
trfbuted which showed that t-ea
was in store. The first thing which
took the doctors eyes was the menu
printed just inside the cover. a cop,
OF which reads as follows.
Celery
Cream of tomatoes Wafer
Pickles Badish
Roast turkey With dressing
Mashed potatoes Cranberry sauc
Escalloped oysters Jelly
Hot baking powder biscuit
Celery salad
with penientos sandwiches
English plum pudding with foam
sauce
coffee
After dinner sweetS-clgars
The Program.
When the appetites were appease
the following program was rendere
Dr. Newton announcing the warrior
topics:
Song by Gem City quartette, COZ
posed of Mess.s G. D. Lansing, ".
Briggs, II. 7. Smith and Ralph voig'
Hon. W, S. Hamilton Physical
legal relation to patient and liabili
for negligence and malpractice"
Song.
j. A. S. Pollard The Medical pl
fession
~Pollara's speech cannot be t
highly praised" said one of the loc
physicians who was in attendance,
never heard a better one in my II
The two strongest points which
brought out were: That the physici
Is the CONSERVATION of the nation
health and vitality, something viii
Is of especially Importance TO the 81
cess OF a nation, and secondly, /
need, and necessity of teaching 10 I
young. all matters connected with S
and life.
The ether talk and the songs by t
qiartette, coupled with the orchesi
music during the supper were al
Of the best.
The society intends to make pub
In a short time some rules and hil
connected with contagious diseas
and the preservation of health. hayi
formulated pans TO do SO at vest
days meeting,