Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 260, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1915 — LYMAN ZEA RUSHED TO CITY HOSPITAL [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LYMAN ZEA RUSHED TO CITY HOSPITAL

Siezed With Acute Attack of Appendicitis At Lowell—Operation Not Undertaken. Lyman Zea, well known as an old resident of this city and as the salesman throughout northwestern Indiana of Zea’s Reliable Pain Killer, lies in St. Margaret’s hospital in Hammond in a condition regarded as very critical. He had been canvassing in

the lake region last week and returned home Saturday suffering intense pain in the Region of the appendix. By Monday morning he had so much improved that he went to Lowell to resume his canvassing. In the afternoon he became very sick and a hur-. ried call came for aid from Rensselaer and Dr. Gwin went on the 6:46 train, which was stoipped at Lowell in order that Mr. Zea might be taken on board. It was planned to take him to Chicago but his condition was so serious when Hammond was reached that he was taken off the train and rushed to St. Margaret’s hospital where an emergency operation was at once undertaken. Owing to the very fleshy condition of the patient it was found to be impossible to Complete the operation and word that reached here was that he was in a critical condition. Mrs. Zea and son George went to Hammond on the 10:36 train and since noon a message was received that his condition was such as to justify little prospect for recovery and his son, Chester Zea, went to Hammond this afternoon. Mr. Zea’s age is about sixty years and he has not been in good health for the past year or more. John W. Norman and Charles Leavel and "family returned Sunday evening from a pleasant automobile tnp to Crawfordsville, Danville and Bainbridge. Mr. Leavel’s father, Isaac leavel, lives at Bainbridge and they spent several days there. Mr. Norman reports that he saw some very fine com and that throughout the southern and central parts of the State the coin crop is immense.