Six American nurses win Florence Nightingale medal
Six American women, led by Helen Scott Hay and Florence Merriam Johnson, receive the Florence Nightingale medal, the Red Cross’s top nursing honor since 1914. The six—Hay Johnson Russell Meirs and Foerster Gladwin—served abroad during World War I, with roles spanning Red Cross commissions, army nurse corps, and hospital leadership in France Russia and Serbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence, Nightingale
International Committee of the Red Cross
Geneva
America
Florence Nightingale
Florence
France
Germany
Europe
Ragged Schools
London
Scutari
Red Cross Society
Helen Scott Hay
Washington
D. C
Florence Merriam Johnson
New York City
Martha M. Russell
Boulder
Cole
Alma E. Foerster
Chicago
Linda K. Meirs
Boston
Mass
Mary B. Gladwin
Miss Hay
American Red Cross Commission For Europe
Northwestern University
Tllinois Training School For
Iowa State Hospital For the
Dunning
Pasadena Hospital
Ilinois
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Army School
War Department
Balkan States
Miss Johnson
Department of Nursing
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Smith College
New York Hospital Training School
Cornell University Medical
Itata
N. Y
New York M. Y. U
B. H. Dispensary
Association For the Improvement of the
Harlem Hospital
Atlantic Division
Miss Russell
Atlantic Division Department of Nursing
University Hospital
Colo
New York Hospital Training School For
Medical Hospital
New York
Norton Infirmary
Louisville
Henry Street
Providence
R. I. Jones
Pittsburgh
Sloane Maternity
Meirs
Army Nurse Corps
Jouy sur-Norin
Chateau -Thierry
Toul
Fleury-sur
Pueblo
Mayo Brothers
Rochester
Minn
American Hospital
Mexico City
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Texany
American Red Cross Commission
Roumania
Russia
Archangel
Presbyterian Hosp’ Training School For
Chie Ill
Infant Welfare Association
Jewish Aid Society
Amert Red Cross
Rush Meal College
Migg Gladwin
the Cross
Shouldn't Be Old at 70
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley explains in Good Housekeeping The League for Longer Life that health and vigor can persist at age 70 and beyond. He notes life expectancy and healthy productive years are shorter than ideal and emphasizes health as essential to happiness and success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey W. Wiley
Good Housekeeping
League For
United States
King Solomon in Feathers
The raven is lauded as wary amusing and clever with a formidable beak used in many roles. It is omnivorous and opportunistic, feeding from worms to whales, and nests under overhanging rocks where remains of rabbits hint at a larder. When food is scarce ravens may attack young lambs or cast sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah
Elijah
Life expectancy and danger point in lifespan theory
A fragment notes that reaching a second danger point in life duration, about forty five years, could be possible by removing preventable and premature decay. It emphasizes theoretical growth in average lifespan through eliminating avoidable health declines.
Expert Mice Catchers Hunt Around the Clock
The Brooklyn Eagle notes barn owls catch mice continuously with activity at dawn and dusk. The birds bring a mouse to their nest roughly every twelve minutes, and both sexes hunt, making four mice a day a conservative estimate of their total capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Eagle
Railroads Win Historic Rate Increase to Meet War Costs
The Interstate Commerce Commission granted the railroads a record rate rise totaling about 1.5 billion annually. Western freight up 35 percent, Eastern 40 percent, Mountain Pacific 25 percent, Southern 25 percent, milk 20 percent, all passenger fares 20 percent, excess baggage 20 percent, and Pullman sleeping and parlor car charges 50 percent. The increases, effective by September 1, seed funding reform and wage hikes, will be subject to future readjustments as conditions change. The commission notes rates may shift with market conditions and urges carriers to handle adjustments promptly without appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western
Eastern
Mountain Pacific
Southern
Commission
Watchman shoots man after finding affair at plant
Harvey Illinois August 3 A C Vance a night watchman at the Whiting Foundry quit his post briefly to kill C L Vannier whom he found with his wife. He then returned to the foundry and resumed his guard job taking the place of the man he had replaced. The shooting occurred on the prairies near One Hundred and Fifty Fifth boulevard and Vine Street at 12 20 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey, Ill
A. C. Vance
Whiting
C. L. Vannier
Prairies
Vine Street
Abolish Duels Proposed By Castelnau And Lemire
Paris August 8 A bill to forbid duels and replace them with a court of honor was introduced in the chamber of deputies by General Castelnau and Father Lemire the priest deputy. Denver Strikes Tie Up Transit Cars. Denver Colorado August 3 About a thousand street railway workers went on strike no street cars operate car barns lie idle with pickets. Mrs Lena Lake Forrest Elected National Federation Leader. St Paul Minnesota August 3 Mrs Lena Lake Forrest of Detroit Michigan was elected president of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs on the convention’s closing day. Ontario Liquor Referendum Postponed. Ottawa August 8 The referendum on liquor importation for Ontario has been postponed by the Dominion government to April 18 1921 from October 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Forrest
St. Paul, Minn
Lena Lake Forrest
Detroit
Mich
National
Fedor Business and Professional ‘S Clubs
Federation
Ottawa
Ont
Province of
Ontario
Dominion
David Kindness to Mephibosheth and Impartial Rule
The August 8 Sunday school lesson centers on David’s kindness to Mephibosheth after making him king. It links David’s reign of justice to Christ’s future rule, noting Mephibosheth’s restoration, inclusion at the king’s table, and the wider lesson of grace toward the undeserving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Jonathan
Israel
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Saul
Mephibosheth
God
Christ
Ili
Mephibosheth II
Machir
Lodebar
Sin
Satan
Finding Good in Evil and Courage Through Suffering
A reflective meditation on training the mind to identify good in evil, turning disaster into courage, mastering pain with patience, and learning from sorrow with sympathy, attributed to G. Mer riam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merriam
Rooted In Christ Teachings From Colossians Faith
A brief biblical verse from Colossians 2 6 7 urges believers to live in Christ as they have received him. The text emphasizes walking in faith and being rooted built up and strengthened in the Lord with gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Christ Jesus
the Lord
Farmers Do Well Will Get Above 40 Cents Over Fixed Scale
Canada’s wheat plan yields big gains for prairie farmers as the wheat board’s fixed price of 2.15 per bushel is boosted by at least 40 cents. Extra sums will be distributed pro rata among Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba growers. Canadian wheat's outlook remains strong with experts predicting prices between 3 and 5 by year’s end due to global supply shifts. A separate note from the Edinburgh Scotsman reports boys finding a £400 hoard, later claimed by a postman and partially returned to the families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Prairies
Canadian Grain Board
Wheat Board
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Robert Magill
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Magill
Russia
Roumania
India
Australia
Europe
North America
United States
Mulhuddert
Dubli
Edinburgh Scotsman
Freezone corn relief and bamboo paper promise
An advertisement touts Freezone a tiny bottle that removes corns without pain by dropping on the corn then lifting it off. a pharmacy product costs only a few cents. The piece also notes Bamboo as a potential raw material for paper making in Africa with claims of renewability and expert opinions on grass based pulp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Johnston
Africa
William Raitt
Also Mentioned on This Page
ZOLME
Sontov S
King Solomon
Commerce Commission
Man
Job
Court of Honor
Denver
Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western News
Ita
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!