NEWS ITEMS Dr. E. McEssy has located at Lankin, N. D., Dr. D. F. Wood, of Hanska, has moved to Wichita, Kas. Dr. Franklin Shreve, of Sioux Falls, S. D., died last month. Dr. F. D. Lancaster has moved from Thief River Falls to Lancaster. Dr. O. R. Nevitt, has moved from Lakefield to South Bend, Washington. Drs. Sherping and Vigen, of Fergus Falls, have dissolved partnership. Dr. F. W. Simpson, formerly of Winnipeg, Canada, has located at Nassau. Dr. J. H. Heimark, of Cyrus, a Hamline graduate, has moved to Hope, N. D. The Budd Hospital, of Two Harbors, will establish a branch hospital at Beaver. Dr. W. W. Johnston who recently sold his practice at Lafayette has located at Cream. Dr. A. Lind, of Minneapolis, has gone to Cuba for the winter, accompanied by his family. Dr. W. S. Frost, a 1904 graduate of the State University, has decided to locate at Kenmare, N. D. Dr. W. H. Shaver, of Madelia, and Mrs. Olive J. Reimestad, of Minneapolis, were married last month. Dr. N. A. Allen, a Homeopathic physician of Rochester, and his wife celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary last month. The Wright Memorial Hospital of Fergus Falls is open for the reception of patients. Miss McLean of Boston is the matron. Dr. W. F. Hoffman, a 1904 graduate of the State University, has accepted a position as assistant in the Budd Hospital at Two Harbors. The Warren Hospital Association, of Warren, is meeting with much encouragement and its handsome building will be completed this winter. The loss in the recent fire on St. Raphael's Hospital building, St. Cloud, has been appraised at $19,300. This does not include the loss on the contents. Dr. Leda Stacy, of Rochester, who received a certificate at the October State Board examinations, has received an appointment in the Children's Hospital of San Francisco, Cal. "Drs." Pittman (Mary E.) and Goodfellow, of Aberdeen, S. D., whose partnership was noticed in our last issue, are osteopaths, which, of course, we did not know when the notice was written. St. John's Hospital, of Lake City, made its third annual report last month. The receipts for the year were $5,009, and the number of patients admitted was 254, and 100 patients were treated outside of the hospital. The Mower County Medical Society, at its meeting last month, elected the following officers: President, Dr. Homer F. Pierson, Austin; vice-president, Dr. Fannie K. Fiester, Austin; secretary, Dr. C. C. Leck, Austin; treasurer, Dr. E. H. W. Rodger, Austin. Dr. W. C. Voigt, of Stillwater, died on the 3d inst., after a brief illness. Dr. Voigt graduated from the University of California in 1879. Dr. John Knight, who recently gave up practice at Sebeka, will do missionary work in Ottertail county for the M. E. Church, and also practice medicine, residing at Ottertail City. The Red River Valley Medical Society held its quarterly meeting last month at Crookston. The following were elected officers: President, Dr. M. McKinnon, Fosston; vice-president, Dr. J. S. Kjelland, Crookston; secretary, Dr. Theodore Bratrud, Warren; member of House of Delegates, Drs. G. S. Wattam and Warren; Dr. H. Holte, Crookston, alternate. The Henepin County Graduate Nurses' Association is doing excellent work in its efforts to raise the standard of nursing, while not forgetting the social side of organization. Last month. the new president, Miss Edith Rommel, entertained her official staff, composed as follows: First vice-president, Miss Cora Smith; second vice-president, Miss Carrie Rankillcur; secretary, Mrs. C. A. Roberts; treasurer, Miss Elva Bosworth; credential committee, the Misses Bertha Erdmann, Mary Forbes, Martha Fairley; program committee, the Misses Marie Jamme, Lena Christensen, Cora Blachley, Reginald Grenager, and Anna McKinney. At the October meeting of the North Dakota State Board of Medical Examiners the following twenty-seven physicians received certificates: Edward Hagen, Emerado; Dan H. Bath, Oshkosh, Wis.; John E. Caldwell, Black Duck, Minn.; T. J. Caldwell, Black Duck, Minn.; H. M. Ehrenfeld, Anamoose; C. E. Bilstad, Cambridge, Wis.; Roderick Brown, McClusky; Gus. J. McIntosh, Webster; A. Torland, Underwood; P. K. Sarheim, Carpio; J. Van Houten, Valley City; John Stevens, Belgrade, Minn.; J. A. McKay, Langdon; Olaf Bentzen, Grand Forks; U. F. Bush, Fargo; K. Henrik Schanske, Portland; J. Earl Else, Cayuga; V. E. Thomas, Rolette; T. W. Collinson, Maxbass; Thos. Eltum, Minneapolis, Minn.; Louis Ramaley, St. Paul, Minn.; H. C. P. Norris, Buford; Hugh S. Wilson, Bathgate; H. O. Hagen, New Richland, Minn.; C. B. Howard, Hope; A. G. Maercklim, Ashley. FOR SALE About 30 standard books, a good outfit of surgical instruments, an obstetrical case, galvanic and faradic batteries, and a Yale chair, almost new, all valued at $300, will be sold for $120; or any part of the list will be sold separately. Address Mrs. Elizabeth Murphy, Anoka, Minn. PRACTICE FOR SALE I have decided to take up special work in medicine, and thereafter locate in a large city. For that reason, I will sell my drug-store, located in Minnesota, to the physician that will succeed me. in practice. I am the only physician here, and own the only drug-store in town. Stock, fixtures, soda-fountain, etc., will invoice about $2,500. It is a splendid opportunity for a physician that wants to do general practice, and have an extra income from a drug-store-a money PHYSICIANS LICENSED AT THE OCTOBER (1905) EXAMINATION We publish this list in this form at the request of the State Board of Med- Ahrens, A. E. (H); Hahnemann, Chicago, 1904; October 1905..St. Paul, Minn. Brewster. ...Alta, Ia. Wood, H. G.(R); McGill Uni., 1904; October, 1905. . . . . . . . Blooming Prairie. Proceedings OF The House of Delegates WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1905 The House of Delegates was called to order by the president, Dr. J. W. Bell, of Minneapolis, in the rooms of the Ramsey County Medical Society, at two o'clock in the afternoon. On motion of Dr. H. M. Workman the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting was dispensed with. The roster of delegates entitled to seats in the House was then read by the secretary (see page 488). After roll-call by the secretary, Dr. R. J. Hill, treasurer, submitted his annual report as follows: R. J. HILL, Treasurer, in Account with Minnesota State Medical Association Dr. |