Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1917 — EDITOR BARTOO AT HOSPITAL [ARTICLE]

EDITOR BARTOO AT HOSPITAL

May Possibly Undergo an Operation Some Time Today. Editor 11. J. Bartoo of the Reinr ington Press, for many years a resident of Rensselaer, was brought to the hospital here Thursday evening in a very serious condition. For about three weeks he has been suffering from gallstones, which caused an obstruction of the gall duct, making an operation necessary. It was the intention to perform the operation immediately upon arriving here but the patient’s condition was so serious that this was impossible, and the operation may be performed some time today, and it is sincerely hoped that it will be successful. Mr. Bartoo’s illness comes at a very bad time as his mother is also very low at her home in Remington, and his sister, Miss Minnie, who assists in the Press office, is obliged to remain at home, thus leaving the newpaper office with only a young girl to look after the business. ..