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Show I r- - 1 Local Happenings Miss Mary Palmer is learning to nurse at the local hospital, and gives promise of becoming a very proficient, common sense matron at some future; time. Mrs, ROOM Davis of New Harmony,' Who has a daughter in the local hos- pit .!, has rendered valuable assistance assist-ance to Miss (iilcs, the matron, by nursing among the several patients. Ifrs, Davis is a very kind hearted and loveable woman, and has endeared her- Ito a numebr of the inmates. , iioiio, who was operated st tho local hospital for an abcess result re-sult itig from n perforated appendix, w.i well enough to bo removed to his home Thursday. A further operation I for the removal of the diseased ap-i ap-i will be performed later, when the abcess has fully cleared up. a, Mrs. C. S. Wilkinson underwent a serous operation at the local hospital last Tuesday, for the removal of a chronic diseased appendix and the correction cor-rection of other troubles. Mrs. Wil-Jjtinson Wil-Jjtinson is making a splendid recovery and will soon be able to leave the hospital, hos-pital, with better prospects for health than for a number of years past. 0 Miss Fern Davis, the 14-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Davis of Harmony, wns operated on at the local lo-cal hospital last Saturday for appendicitis. appen-dicitis. The young lady has been critically crit-ically ill, but careful nursing and attention at-tention is gradually bringing 'her thru and she will soon be well on the load to recovery. Miss Lactic Hunter is a recent victim vic-tim of appendicitis and was operated on at the local hospital last Friday. Two ahcesses had formed in the peritoneum per-itoneum cavity. These were opened and are being drained. The diseased appendix responsible for the trouble W8I also removed. The young lady-has lady-has been very critically ill all week but is slowly improving at this writing. writ-ing. A Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Lawrence of the Floral Hill conservatories, have earned the gTatitude and appreciation of the patients at the local hospital this summer by sending a contribution of beautiful flowers to be divided n-mot.g n-mot.g the patients each alternate day, while the hospital has been occupied. For these ucts of generosity and kindness kind-ness it is fitting that these good people peo-ple be remembered in times of prosperity pros-perity and health. The little child of Mr. and Mrs. Miles Hunter is at the local hospital in a very precarious condition, as a r lit of B ruptured appendix and I peritonitis. The little one u.ts operated oper-ated on Thursday evening, and while it appears to be holding its own, this condition in a child so small la very serious, indeed, and it will be nothing short of a miracle if it recovers. The distraught parents are making a valiant fight to bring the little one through and the doctors are doing all in their power. |