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owned the land on which the mill and the town were | owned the land on which the mill and the town were | ||
built. The offices, the post office, general store, hotel, | built. The offices, the post office, general store, hotel, | ||
churches, | churches, [[^schools]] and residences were built as they were | ||
required. | required. &The doctor was engaged [[^& paid ]] by the Company | ||
and his home and offices were supplied; | and his home and offices were supplied; it was | ||
his duty to take care of everybody who needed | his duty to take care of everybody who needed | ||
him and his work included everything from | him and his work included everything from | ||
delivering of babies to traumatic surgery. | [[crossed out: the]] delivering [[crossed out: of]] babies to traumatic surgery. | ||
I believe I remember that in cases of emergency | I believe I remember that in cases of emergency | ||
volunteers were called up from the more talented | volunteers were called up from the more talented | ||
members of the community to administer | members of the community to administer | ||
chloroform or ether, hold retractors or | chloroform or ether, hold retractors or sterilize | ||
instruments. At the end of the day, the Doctor | instruments. At the end of the day, the Doctor | ||
was apt to drop in at our | was apt to drop in [[^at our house]] to report on the sick list | ||
and take a hand at bridge. In that way, the | and take a hand at bridge. In that way, the | ||
sick and the injured were the | sick and the injured were the concern of everybody, | ||
and visits with offerings were part | and visits with offerings were part | ||
of the social | of the social obligations. | ||
The Old World was | The Old World was [[^broadly]] well represented on the | ||
census of our village although the responsible | |||
posts were chiefly occupied by men with English | posts were [[^chiefly]] occupied by men with English names. | ||
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owned the land on which the mill and the town were built. The offices, the post office, general store, hotel, churches, ^schools and residences were built as they were required. &The doctor was engaged ^& paid by the Company and his home and offices were supplied; it was his duty to take care of everybody who needed him and his work included everything from crossed out: the delivering crossed out: of babies to traumatic surgery. I believe I remember that in cases of emergency volunteers were called up from the more talented members of the community to administer chloroform or ether, hold retractors or sterilize instruments. At the end of the day, the Doctor was apt to drop in ^at our house to report on the sick list and take a hand at bridge. In that way, the sick and the injured were the concern of everybody, and visits with offerings were part of the social obligations.
The Old World was ^broadly well represented on the
census of our village although the responsible posts were ^chiefly occupied by men with English names.