Florence Nightingale The Lady of the Lamp Reformer of Nursing
Florence Nightingale rose from Florence born 15 May 1820 to lead nursing reforms during the Crimean War. She organized 88 nurses at Scutari, scrubbed wards, fed and clothed soldiers, and inspired Red Cross societies worldwide. After illness she continued reforms, founding a nursing school and shaping army and public hospital care for decades.
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Uis
Seutart
Red Cross
Florence Nightingale
New York Sun
Florence
Europe
Egypt
England
Paris
Harley Street
Crimea
Scutari
Bosphorus
Constantinople
Miss Nightingale
Sidney Herbert
War Office
Turkey
France
Marseilles
Mercy
Longfellow
Scutart
Nightingale Fund
Light
All Lands
Public notices and medical fashion chatter mix in crowded Washington
The piece reflects on wartime office growth from the 1940s era and notes a dramatic drop in sore throats among French women due to low-cut blouses. It cites doctors' observations of bronchitis laryngitis and related illnesses and references Doctor Manguillere and Pareos letters.
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Manguillere
Pareos
Exposed Throat Healthfulness Prompts Paris Medical Talk
Several American physicians practicing in Paris collaborated on throat health concerns. The fragment notes ongoing medical discussion among expatriate doctors.
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Paris
Pig clubs spur demand for registered breeding stock
United States Department of Agriculture notes pig club work drives up demand for purebred breeders. In Arkansas, clubs increased registered boars, sired purebred pigs, and boosted sow purchases. Across states, 1917 sees rising swine populations in Mississippi and Georgia, while national numbers fall.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Pig-Club
Pig Club
Sonny’s
Arkansas
Texas
Fort Worth Stock Yards Co
Mississippi
Georgia
Virginia
Delaware
Georgian
Control Pasture Weeds
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the article notes wild onion bitterweed and ragweed as troublesome pasture weeds. Dairy men and milk dealers face odor flavor issues in milk and dairy products when cows consume these weeds and large quantities render milk unmarketable.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Recommendations to Increase Sugar Supply in United States
The document outlines strategies from the Department of Agriculture to boost domestic sugar by expanding cane and beet production. It urges extending cane areas, better cultural methods, crop rotation, disease and pest control, by products use, and improved sugar by products. For beets, it calls for improved cultivation, crop rotation, by products for livestock, max mill runs, new irrigation, expanded cultivation, labor saving machinery, higher quality seed, and better beet strains.
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United States
Warfare on Weed Enemies
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the piece compares weed control to warfare. It urges farmers to plan crops and field use to combat weeds, notes failures from poor land prep and seed choice, and warns that weak efforts waste labor and allow weeds to infest land and resist future attacks.
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United States
No difficulty with sheep, expert notes on care
A short discussion dispels the notion that sheep require special tricks to manage. It asserts that sheep care is straightforward with regular exercise and patient handling, stressing practical, simple flock management rather than hidden secrets.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed
Portsmouth Ohio resident Mrs Saka Shaw reports relief from irritable pains and weakness after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with restoring health and urges other women with similar ailments to try it and seek guidance from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Lydia
Vision of Washington Prices in Ward Parody
A jokey extract recreates wartime Washington, lampooning hotel rates and living costs. The narrator notes rooms, meals, and even breath, priced to mock the capital’s expense. The voice pokes fun at levies for looking, speaking to staff, and even breathing as part of urban satire.
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Washington
Artemus Ward
National Capital
Play Safe Proposal Sparks Witty Rebuff
A man with a checkered past asks Miss Kawstick to marry him. She quips that she would not wed the best man on earth, then challenges him to marry her instead to prove she would not.
At the Museum Bird Bill Echoes Comic Error
A humorous exchange notes an exceptionally long bill for a bird and jokes about shopping at the same provision store as the speaker. The brief quip captures a light moment of wordplay in a museum setting.
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the Lady of the
Great Red Cross
Russia
Ministry of Pensions
Floprence Nightingale
America
Frank Ward O'Malley
Century Magazine
Lydia E
Sue D
Lydia E. Pinkham
Washington Hotels
Savin Ming Ma
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