That's the beauty of an old-fashioned community newspaper; I am touched.
"April 1896. R.A. Boast and Mrs. G.W. Lattin took Mrs. Boast to Belvidere, Illinois on Monday for treatment by a Christian Faith doctor. She has been helpless from rheumatism for some time and has been troubled with the disease for years.
April 1896. A letter from Belvidere dated April 21st says that Mrs. Boast arrived safely at the end of her journey though very tired. The train hands were very obliging, with the exception of the sleeping car porter, and helped them all they could.
The A.O.U.W. lodge of Belvidere sent a committee to meet the train with carriages for the entire party. Mrs. Boast and Mrs. Lattin were taken to the hotel while Master Workman Palmer went with Mr. Boast to see the doctor and secure lodgings. The latter were found near the doctor’s house and Mrs. Boast was moved there in the afternoon and arrangements made fr daily treatment.
The A.O.U.W. lodge showed every courtesy and Master Workman Palmer was especially active in making the strangers at home and doing everything possible for them. Their kindness is appreciated and will be remembered by the friends here.
The grass is green and the trees all leaved out there and the country looks very beautiful to one just from the prairies. It is too soon yet to say what the prospect is of a complete cure but we will all hope that it may come. /
Mr. and Mrs. Boast accompanied by Mrs. G.W. Lattin started for Belvidere Illinois last Monday to get medical treatment for Mrs. Boast who has been very low with rheumatism during the winter. The railway people very kindly stopped at the crossing opposite the house and Mrs. Boast was lifted into the car in a rocking chair. She was feeling quite strong that morning and friends who had gathered to see her off felt that she would make the trip safely. They should arrive at Belvidere at ten o’clock on Tuesday. A card written from Owatonna Minn. Informs us that they had transferred to a sleeping car and were getting along finely.
May 1896. Mrs. Geo. W. Lattin came home from Belvidere Tuesday evening. She left Mrs. Boast considerably improved and thinks that, with no accident, she will be cured in time. Dr. Hammond calls himself a magnetic healer and depends on personal magnetism for the cures which he performs. There is no nonsense or humbug about him and he is certainly doing wonders in the way of curing difficult cases."
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