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Beaver Island-connected hospital and tractor-accident notices, September 1968

Also September 1968 Beaver Island hospital notes

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TypeEvent
Datecirca 1968-09
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
circa 1968-09
Kind
Medical
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
healthcarecommunity
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The September 1968 Beaver Beacon reported John A. Gallagher and Jim Evans as patients at Little Traverse Hospital in Petoskey. It also reported Isabel Southern recovering at home after a tractor tipped when a wheel dropped into a hole, causing multiple fractures but no internal injuries.

Evidence and limits

These are brief community health notices, not medical records. They do not establish diagnoses beyond the newspaper wording, treatment details, or complete identities.

Sources

  1. Reports John A. Gallagher and Jim Evans at Little Traverse Hospital and Isabel Southern recovering at home after a tractor accident and multiple fractures; it does not provide medical records, diagnoses beyond the notice, or complete identities.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1968-09_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the published hospital notices.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1968-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island-connected hospital and tractor-accident notices, September 1968”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hospital-notes-september-1968/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, September 1968, “Hospital Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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