Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-09-08
ELABORATE IMPROVE.
NENTS AND CHANGES
Many Contributions to Mercy Hos
pital by Physicians and
Other Citizens,

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changes have been made at Mercy
hospital during the spring and sum-
mer and with the completion of the
elevator Webster City may boast of
having one of the most complete,
convenient and elegant little hos
pitfalls in the state.
The woodwork all through the
hospital has been revarnished, the
floors refnished, many of the rooms
retinted and new pictures added.
New curtains have been hung and
new electric light fixtures added
throughout the hospital of dull gold
chains and softly shaded light
globes. New steel ceilings have
been placed in the corridors and the
walls of the same retinted in soft
shades with a half-inch molding
half way up the walls. In the cor
ridor on the first floor hangs large
oil painting of Hon. Chas. Aldrich,
who, together with the late Col. G..
w. Crosley, was instrumental in
getting the Catholic society to take
over Mercy hospital in this city.
Several changes have also been
made in re-arranging the rooms to
better advantage on the first and
second floors.
Upon the first floor, the former
mems ward in the northeast corner
has been built over into a short cor
ridor and two private rooms. The
largest room, in the extreme corner,
has with it a private bathroom and
these were furnished, as gift to
the hospital, by the Foster Furni.
ture company. The room has wall
tinting of light buff, with beauti-
full brass bed which has also a fine
head and back rest attached to the
bed-a much more convenient rest
than the old ones which slide in
from the side. The furnishings are
in Circassian walnut, and are
large dresser, writing desk, brass
coat rack, small stand, large rock
ing chair and two other chairs.
Several small Wilton velvet rugs
and four fine pictures complete the
furnishings of this room, which is
we'll lighted with two large win
dows daintily hung with dimity cur
tains.
The four pictures are we'll chosen
for a sick room and include Boden-
haussen's Madonna and Child, a
sepia print of The Cleaners, two
water colors of Yosemite Falls and
Choir Boy by Pettey.
With this room is private bath
room, the floor of which is covered
with blue and white linoleum and
the walls are pure white. The fix
lures are of the latest.
The other room which was built
| from the mems ward is we'll furnish
ed with bed, chiffonier, small table
and chairs. Small rugs and dainty
new curtains with two appropriate
pictures complete this room, which
has but one window. The wall is
tinted in robins egg blue.
In the chapel, large new green
velvet rug corresponds with the dark
finish of the woodwork of this sane
tuary.
The mems ward has been moved
to the southeast corner room, which
is large enough to accommodate two
beds-usually sufficient. The Sis
tiers say that formerly, with six beds
in the mems ward, they would have
perhaps two patients, while several
would-be patients would wait for
weeks for private room rather
than to occupy one of the beds in
the ward. With the addition Of -four
private rooms, accommodations are
facilitated.
The womens ward which former
ly occupied the entire northeas'
corner on the second floor, has beer
built over into two private rooms
the largest in the extreme corner
being beautifully furnished by thu
Elk's order in this city. This room
has also it's private bath room, will
L. a blue and white tiled floor and thu
finest of bathroom fixtures. The out
look from this room is one of thu
most beautiful in the hospital ant
two large windows hung with lace
trimmed net, afford light and venti
lation. The walls of the room ar
almost a tan in color, and severa
restful scenes and copies of lin
, prints are on the walls. One larg
Wilton rug and two smaller enc
, cover the Vanished floor. The fur
. niture of this room is in Circassia
, walnut and include an extra larg
dresser, desk, large soft leather cas-