Palace Theatre in George St, Palmerston North in 1920.
On January 31, 1895, Foxton’s Manawatū Herald printed a story headlined “A Strange Case.” It may well have had Victorian lady readers reaching for their smelling salts. Apparently from the high court of Brussels it ran: “In March last, a young and charming married lady met with an accident of such a nature that it was necessary to amputate her right leg. The operation was a success, and the operator was so pleased [with it] that he exhibited the leg in a jar of spirits prominently in his consulting rooms.” This relic was accompanied by, the story declared, “a descriptive label which bore among other details, the patient’s name and address. The patient’s husband did not fail to hear of this show, but it failed to meet with his approval.”
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Earla Dawn Dimitriadis, who died from the coronavirus. (Courtesy of Jennifer Ritz Sullivan)
STRATFORD, CT Earla Dawn Dimitriadis faced death from the coronavirus with the same strength and courage she brought to her 66 years of life. I m losing the battle with COVID, Dimitriadis wrote in a Facebook post Dec. 3. It is now just a matter of trying to keep me comfortable til I pass. I m ready to go and not be in pain anymore. … This will probably be my last post. Be kind to each other. I love you.
Two days later, Dimitriadis, a longtime Stamford resident who moved to Stratford about 10 years ago, died at St. Vincent s Medical Center in Bridgeport.