Dr. Joseph L. Gordon of Wheeler

Back when I was researching the Gordon house, someone asked me whether the Dr. Joseph Gordon who practiced in Wheeler was related to the Gordons of Hobart. I didn't know the answer then, and I don't know it now, but this article from July 1923 tells us a little about Dr. Joseph Gordon's background.


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Hobart Gazette, July 20, 1923.

His parents, Samuel and Frieda, farmed near Wheeler. Here is their land in 1906:


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From https://www.inportercounty.org/Data/Maps/1906Plats/Union-1906.jpg

So Wheeler was home to Dr. Gordon; no wonder he set up his practice there.

According to a 1927 biographical sketch, he would be practicing in Gary within a few years.

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An item above the article about Dr. Gordon gives us a little update to the C.O. Mize story. In the next column to the left, we learn that the speed limit on the Lincoln Highway was 25 m.p.h., and that it was frequently broken.

Health Care Costs, 1919 (and More)

A few stories on this page from the Hobart Gazette of October 3, 1919 — first, doctors' fees have gone up a bit since 1907.

Then we have the marriage of 19-year-old Martha Mackey to 21-year-old Donald B. Gilger (ages per the 1920 Census. It is not surprising that Lee & Rhodes employed Martha, since her sister Helen was Mrs. Rhodes.

And last but not least, a story about one of the orphan boys adopted by William and Minnie Springman, who had done his foster parents proud.


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