A Mistake

WHITE

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 6/22/2009 at 07:58:28

Jackson Sentinel, November 9, 1899.

A MISTAKE

ELWOOD, IOWA-November 6-Dr. Hugo White, a prominent veterinary surgeon of Maquoketa, was killed by a St. Paul train today.

The above dispatch in the Cedar Rapids Republican Tuesday morning created something of a sensation, as Dr. White is a resident of this city and well known here. But the truthfulness of the rumor was soon discredited by Doc’s appearance upon the street. In explanation, however, he said he understood there was a brakeman killed at Lost Nation on the above date, who was known by the name of Doc White. It’s not often you are privileged to read an account of your own death, but the Maquoketa Doc is quite sure it is not him for he has not been in Lost Nation for several weeks.