The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-02-15
LOCALS
JAY CASE is HOME FROM IOWA
CITY, WHERE He UNDERWENT
A DELICATE oPERATIoN-GEo
SPARKS LOSES FINGER.
(1tems from Lynnyille starr

| Qtems from Lynnyille Starr
George Sparks had the first fingel
on his right hand terribly torn ant
mangled by large circular saw
while saving wood at the Billy Spark:
place. 1t was so badly cut that il
had to be amputated close to the
hand. He. however, is getting alone
as well as could be expected consider
ing the nature of his hurt. ... ..
The many friends of Dwight Dry
den in this vicinity will be very sorry
to hear of his death at the Agustana
hospital in Chicago. He had been
home for the holidays and on return.
ing to Chicago took a severe cold,
which developed into typhoid fever
and on the 18th of January he was
taken to the hospital. His aunt, Mrs.
Gregory, has been in sonstant attend.
ance to him during his illness. His
remains were brought to New Sharon
and inferred there.
David Meredith, our local candi
date for state representative, is re-
ceiving favorable mention from the
various county papers. They seem
to think that he is good man for
the position and we know 1t.
DR.. Quire has been very sick the
past week with heart trouble. He
has been in a very critical condition
and it is apt to be some time before
he is able to be up and around.
Misses Hame Heki and Sceola Ed
mundson visited with friends in Os-
kaloosa last Friday.
John Harbinson, who is farming on
the PiersOn Cope place, holds the re-
cord so far as we know, for an early
hatch of chickens. having recently
taken of a hatch of nine chickens
from a setting of twelve eggs. The
chickens were Matched the last week
in January. Who can beat this re.
cord?
Andy Darnell, of Oskaloosa, was in
town Saturday and packed the re-
mainder of his goods and returned
home the same evening. He reports
a very profitable business here and
expects to return in a couple OF weeks.
Jake Shain, who has been wintering
in New Orleans, La, returned here
and intends to spend the
rest of the winter and next summer
here. He says that while. the climate
there Is warm, he likes the Iowa eli
mate the best, as the southern Is
more variable than our one day sun
shiny and warm and the next one
raw and chilly. After all, our climate
isn't so worse.
Jim Quire, of Grinnell, brother to
DR.. Quire, of this place, suffered from
a severe stroke OF appoplexy last
week, but is doing as we'll as could
be expected at present.
Jim Thompson was a business visi-
tor in Oskaloosa Friday. He took
down and disposed of about forty rab-
bits to the various meat markets
here.
The poultry raisers in this vicinity
are getting ready for the 1912 trade.
Harlan Macy, Spence Payton and
Mesdames Barlow and Trease have
lltiI lUlutlS ouipPIhS
ags.
Jay Case is home from Iowa City,
where he underwent an operation TO
relieve pressure on the brain. The
operation was pronounced the second
most dangerous operation that the
surgeons had ever performed and that
Jay was the only one they ever knew
10 live after such an operation. They
old him before he was on the operat-
ng table that all chances were
against him, but he decided to take
the risk and was on the table two
hours and forty minutes, during which
line they cut off almost half of his
skull and laid the brain bare; they
then took out the piece that had been
pressing on the brain and refitted the
skull and sewed back the skin, leaV.
ing but few marks TO remind him OF
his trouble.