Meade County news., 1914-12-10
HOSPITAL NEEDS MORE ROOM
State Institution at Rosedale Has Far
outgrown Its Present Quarters
Plan Extension.

At Bell Memorial Hospital in Rose.
dale, 6,710 cases were attended in the
year ending June 80, according to the
report Of the school of medicine of the
University of Kansas, which has
charge of the hospital. OF these, 91O
patients spent an average of eighteen
days at the hospital, and the other
$500 called at the dispensary for pre-
scription or emergency treatment. Pas
teur's treatment for hydrobhobia was
administered to thirty-four patients.
Kansas counties send their poor to
the hospital when in need of physi-
slams treatment, but the large part OF
the cases come from persons who pay
for their treatment.
Plans have been drawn for improve.
ments to cost upward of one-half mil
lion dollars for the Bell Memorial
Hospital and the school of medicine of
the University of Kansas in Rosedale.
The board of administration will sub
NIT the plans to the Kansas legisla-
ture next January with a request for
an initial appropriation of one-quarter
million dollars.
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Pioneer Woman Dead.-Mrs. Johan
ma Przybylowicz, who bore the distinc-
tion of being Leavenworth's first bride
and was the mother of the first white
child born in the city, is dead at her
home there, 7S years old.
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Not Foot and Mouth Disease.-W.
l.. Johnson, government expert, has
completed his diagnosis of the sus-
pected cattle illness in the stock
yards at Wichita, and finds that it is
not foot and mouth disease, but a
stomach trouble. The embargo
against shipments of cattle from there
to the country will be lifted within
six days.
ExpeI Woman Court cIerk.-After
long session, which ended at o'clock
in the morning, the Pittsburg Social
ist local expelled Mrs. Laura A. Lasa-
ter, clerk of the district court, from
the party.
Plttsburg Lawyer Dies.-Judge John
w. Jennings, for many years justice
Of the peace in Crawford county and
pioneer lawyer of the county, is dead
at his home in Pittsburg. He was 67
years old.
OIL Struck Near Latham.-Oil was
struck in paying quantities at Mahan-
nah we'll No. l near Latham. This is
the first well in this community and
the people are jubilant over the pros
poets. Drillers declare that oil is
abundant in this field.
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Assaria Postofflce Robbed. - The
postoffice safe was blown open by
three shots at Assarla the other morn
ing. Two hundred dollars in money
was taken. Several hundred dollars
worth of stamps were not touched.
There is no clew to the robbers.
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Dies from Burns.-While Gladys
Snyder, 8 years old, and her S.year-
old brother, were throwing leaves on
fire at Pittsburg, the girls clothing
caught fire. She was so badly burned
that she died in hospital few hours
later.
High School Editors Meet.-Dele-
gates from nine Kansas high schools
met at Atchison recently in the initial
meeting of the Kansas High School
Editors Association. The association
includes the stats OF the high school
papers of Kansas.
Team Chased Motor car.-Charles
Allen, living south Of Hunnewell, and
his 6-year-old son, were severely in
jured in peculiar runaway. A motor
car from Wichita passed their team
on the road and the horses broke into
run after 1t had passed and soon
got away from Mr.. Allen.
At the Oklahoma line the team ran
into telegraph pole, breaking the
tongue. The boy suffered fractured
skull and Allen is unconscious. The
motor car was stoI ped and Allen and
his son were brought back to Hume
well.