Medicine: Family Doctor

A laughing, whooping crowd of plain people craned necks at a sleepy horse in Mulvane, Kans. last week. It was "Annual Old Settlers Day," and old Dr. Solomon Thomas Shelly was giving a special show. The week before he had sent out a blanket invitation to more than 4,000 persons who got "their start in life" with his help. Some 10,000 people from Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and farther States came to Mulvane (pop. 1,200) to see the fun.

Dr. Shelly, 76, swung on to his horse, fixed a shiny oldtime stovepipe hat on...

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