Handbook N-P - Fulton County Public Library

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And in that early day, a country doctor’s life was one of hardship. Night and day, on
horseback, he made the rounds, attending the physical needs of his patients, while a few days
behind came the circuit preacher, administering the last solemn rites to the hapless victim of
experiment.
But as science progressed, the practice of medicine advanced. Its evolution has been one
of the most gracious services for good ever devised.
Early Practitioners
Early practice of medicine in Fulton county includes the names of Henry W. Mann,
Charles Brackett, James W. Brackett, Thomas H. Howes, A. H. Robbins, Vernon Gould and
Angus Brown. Others who practiced about the same time, or perhaps later were: Doctors Harter,
Fish (Talma), White, Terry, Surguy, Shields, Orr, Goucher, Irons, Sutton, Hector and Spohn.
And still later, we find the roster includes the names of many physicians their memory
still cherished by the local citizenry. They were: W. S. Shafer, J. N. Rannells, C. E. Loring, E. E.
Rhodes, C. E. Gould, Frank Hector, J. M. Clymer, J. L. Crosby, George Hill, I. L. Babcock, H. O.
Shafer, Arch Brown, Harley W. Taylor, Rochester; John Peters, Macy; A. L. Bowman, Talma; B.
F. Overmyer, Leiters; E. E. Hosman, Akron; Arthur Kelsey, Delong; P. L. Ferry, Akron; Russell
Miller, Akron; John Washburn, Kewanna, and others.
Their records frame one of the outstanding chapters of achievement in Fulton county
history.
Present Roster
But probably at no time has this county been more capably represented by the medical
profession than at present. The roster up-to-date, includues the names of: M. O. King, G. E.
Hoffman, A. E. Stinson, H. W. Markley, Milton E. Leckrone, Dean K. Stinson, Chas. L.
Richarson and Mark Piper, Rochester; L. C. Meeks, Tiosa; F. C. Dielman, Fulton; E. J. Saunders,
Grass Creek; K. K. Kraning and Lawrence Kelsey, Kewanna; C. L. Herrick and H. C. Bowers,
Akron.
[The News-Sentinel, Tuesday, February 25, 1936]
DR. VIRGIL MILLER OPENED OFFICE IN AKRON TODAY
Dr. Virgil C. Miller, son of Mrs. Rose Miller of this city and a brother of the late Dr
Russell Miller, who died one month ago, started the practice of medicine in Akron Friday
morning.
Dr. Miller is located in the Hotel Akron and will make calls from that place until he can
locate an office and equip the same.
Dr. Miller is a gradute of the Indiana University School of Medicine and has been an
interne in the Epworth Hospital in South Bend since his graduation last spring.
Dr. Miller attended Rochester High School, where he starred in basketball, football and
track. He is married. Mrs. Miller is a registered nurse.
[The News-Sentinel, Friday, February 28, 1936]
PICKET BARBER SHOP [Rochester, Indiana]
New Barber Shop. G. W. Picket . . . has just opened up a First Class Barber Shop over D.
S. Gould’s Star Store, in Angerman’s Block, Main Street, Rochester, Ind. . . Rochester, Ind. Feb.
20, 1868.
[Rochester Chronicle, Thursday, February 20, 1868]
PIERCE JEWELRY STORE [Rochester, Indiana]
JEWELER READY TO OPEN NEW STORE, HERE SOON
A F. Pierce, formerly of Gibson City, Ill., has taken possession of the room on E. Eighth
street formerly occupied by the Motor Guide, where he expects in the very near future to open a
jewelry store. The Motor Guide offices have been moved to the Republican office in the same
locality. Mr. Pierce, a jeweler of long experience, has started work already on decorating his new