Name: Beaver Island hospital notes for July 1975
Start: 1975-07-06
End: 1975-07-06
Location: Beaver Island

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Event

Dates: 1975-07-06 – circa 1975-07
Kind: Medical
Where: Beaver Island
Participants: Father Louis Wren (patient) · Mamie “Salty” Gallagher (patient) · Clarence G. Palmer (patient) · Father Edward G. Donahoe (patient)
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcarecommunityreligion
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The July 1975 hospital notes report Father Louis Wren at LaCroix Hospital in White Pine, Mamie “Salty” Gallagher at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Green Bay, Clarence Palmer recovering at the Beaver Island Medical Center after breaking his shoulder, and Father Edward S. Donahoe recovering at home after a slight stroke on July 6.

Evidence and limits

The notices preserve reported care locations and status only. They do not supply medical records, admission or discharge dates, diagnoses beyond the source’s wording, or treatment details.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, July 1975, “Hospital Notes.”
Reports Father Louis Wren at LaCroix Hospital in White Pine, Mamie “Salty” Gallagher at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Green Bay, Clarence Palmer recovering after a shoulder fracture at the Medical Center, and Father Edward S. Donahoe recovering at home after a slight stroke on July 6. It gives no diagnoses beyond the reported stroke and injury, admission/discharge dates, or medical records. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, July 1975, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue confirms the hospital notices. The held nine-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and does not expand source-specific claims
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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island hospital notes for July 1975”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hospital-notes-july-1975/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, July 1975, “Hospital Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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