Long-Lived Doctor Wood of Coffeyville Turns 100
A century old physician Dr J P Wood of Coffeyville Kan celebrated his 100th birthday and remains the country’s oldest practicing doctor. Born in Dublin 1802, he studied at Transylvania Medical College and moved from Kentucky to Illinois and then Kansas amid Civil War era shifts. He attributes longevity to temperance pact with classmates and remains active visiting old patients daily though no longer taking night calls.
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J.P. Wood
Coffeyville
Kanaas
Hwathra
Wood
Dublin
Lexington
Transylvania Medical College
Danville
Kansas
Dr. Wood
Taylor
An Attack of Pheumonia Wardc ott in Jamaica Ad
A reader from Plerehaut Amato Bay Jamaica reports a child recovering from severe pneumonia after using Chambers Cough Remedy. The advertisement claims the remedy prevents pneumonia and counters cold tendencies, sold by a local pharmacist.
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Sue
Jaimes
Plerehaut
Amato Bay
Jamaica
West Lidia Islands
Abe
Hk Cobb
Local notices and marriages motion in small town papers
The column catalogs diverse items from Hawarden to Odebolt including plans for a mattress factory linked to a furniture business, South Dakota horticultural society meetings in Sioux Falls, debates on opera house construction in Kingslay, marriages of Dora Elise and John D. Royer in LeMars and Coon Rapids, business moves in Elk Point and Merill, a fire loss near Ovens, and anecdotes from Odebolt and Ilmer s bury about local events and reflections on Palo Alto land prices.
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South Dakota Horticultural Society
Sioux Falls
Kingslay
Opera House
Dora Elise
LeMars, c
John D. Royer
Coon Rapids
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