Iowa
Old Press
Iowa City Press Citizen
Iowa City, Johnson, Iowa
December 17, 1924
WOMAN SENT INTO ASYLUM
Commission Decides That Mrs. Mabel Carpenter is Insane
Crazed, because of ill health, Mrs. Mabel Carpenter, aged about
35, was taken to Mt. Pleasant, for treatment in the asylum,
yesterday, Mrs. Mabel Evans being in charge. Mrs. Carpenter, who
is the wife of Mr. Oscar Carpenter, a member of the University of
Iowa staff of employes, grew extremely violent, and it was feared
that she might injure herself or others. Accordingly, the sanity
commission investigated, and decided that she was insane, and
that it would be wise and merciful to give her saving attention
in a state institution.
Sane, she is a most worthy woman, and her friends and those of
her relatives, hope she may soon recover her mental balance, and
be restored to a home of happiness, now rendered gloomy in the
days that ought to be filled with pre-Yuletide cheer.
[submitted by C.J.L., Feb. 2004]