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The April Beacon reports four Beaver Island-connected hospital notices, 1959

Also April 1959 Beaver Island hospital notices · Sadie Peternard Joe Ricksgers Ann Gatliff Dianne Wogan notices

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TypeEvent
Date1959-04
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Date
1959-04
Kind
Medical
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The April 1959 Beaver Beacon reports surgery or hospitalization involving Sadie Peternard, Joe Ricksgers and his son, Ann Gatliff, and Dianne Wogan, with family and recovery updates.

Evidence limits

This grouped newspaper notice is not a set of diagnoses, admission records, clinical charts, or complete outcome reports.

Sources

  1. Offers recovery wishes to Sadie Peternard after surgery in Chicago, says her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gallagher were with her, reports Bid Ricksgers and son Joe in Charlevoix Hospital, Ann Gatliff recovering at home after a Charlevoix hospitalization, and Dianne Wogan in Little Traverse Hospital in Petoskey. It does not provide diagnoses, dates, admission records, or clinical outcomes. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1959-04_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held four-page issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the hospital notices; it does not expand the medical or family record.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1959-04_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “The April Beacon reports four Beaver Island-connected hospital notices, 1959”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hospital-notices-april-1959/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, April 1959, “HOSPITALIZED.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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