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 1. Frontier Doctors (fwd)



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Date:  Thu, 28 Dec 1995 15:49:14 -0600

From:  Dan Goodman <dsg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAROON.TC.UMN.EDU>

Subject: Frontier Doctors (fwd)



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Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 09:27:49 -0800 (PST)

From: trlcr[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]timberland.lib.wa.us

To: Stumpers list <stumpers-list[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CRF.CUIS.EDU>

Subject: Frontier Doctors



This one really has us stumped! Patron is looking for the name

of an object used by horse and buggy doctors to secure the horse-

drawn buggy. It was a weight carried in the buggy until the doctor

arrived at his/her destination. This weight was then attached to

a horses bridle so the horse would not run off with the buggy.

He has heard it called a "ground anchor" and would like to know

the actual name. Besides medical history books, etc., I had fun

looking through the 1897 Sears Catalog to no avail. Patron thinks

it was used in the late 1800s. Any help would be appreciated.

Mary Ann Shaffer



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