St Louis Training School for Nurses history milestone
A 1883 meeting at Washington University led to founding the St. Louis Training School for Nurses the first such program west of the Mississippi. Under Dr William Greenleaf Eliot and James E Yeatman the school advanced professional nursing, expanding to six hospital divisions and 208 patients daily.
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Missouri
Floyd C. Shoemaker
Yeatman
Sisters of Mercy
East
St. Louis City Hospital
Abbié Hunt
Emma L. Warr
New York Hospital
Europe
Hamet Hospital
Erie
Pennsylvania
United States
New York
Boston
Nurses Home
National Association of Trained Nurses
St. Louis
Linn County Musical Festival Dates Packed with Events
Students miss school for measles as Brookfield hosts the first Linn County Musical Festival on April 1 with forty four participants. The second division follows April 7, seniors attend Northeast Missouri Teachers College Senior day on April 8, and April 9 invites an contest at Marceline.
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Linn County
Brookfield
Northeast Missouri Teachers College
Marceline
Missouri Drivers Licenses Pass Million Mark in March
The sale of state automobile drivers licenses in Missouri topped one million on March 11, announced by Secretary of State Dwight H. Brown. The two year permits at 25 cents were expected to reach 1,200,000 by the end of the 1937-39 biennium, with the law aimed at safer state highways.
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Missouri
Dwight H. Brown
W. H. Steward
State Department suspends 85 motor vehicle licenses to date
The state department has revoked or suspended 85 licenses to date for major traffic law infractions. Secretary Brown said the 1938 license department did not set a record, as sales ran about 300000 dollars above last year’s receipts in the same period.
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Canada
State Department
Brown
Browning School Board Signals Next September Enrollment
The Browning School Board urges parents to enroll the son or daughter for the next school year. It extols high school benefits beyond business and profession, noting education helps citizens think clearly and participate in community life.
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Browning School Board
State Soil Conservation checks Linn County allotments
The State Soil Conservation has two representatives in Linn County this week with the county ACA Committee to review farm program listing sheets in preparation for releasing farm allotments. Baxter Hall and John Kendrick are conducting the checks and cards are prepared to fill leases and mail to farm owners operators and tenants on known tracks once allotments are finished.
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State Soil Conservation
Linn County
ACA
Baxter Hall
John Kendrick
Haseville Items Highlight Local Visits and Sheep Shearing
Dr. Mairs attended Mrs. J. A. Holser who is real poorly. Carl Rottmann from Kansas City visited relatives. Sheep shearing marked the week with cool weather for the sheep. Several residents visited kin in Kansas City and around Haseville. Multiple families shared Sunday visits and social activity around town.
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Mairs
J. A. Holser
Carl Rottmann
Kansas City
Haseville
Wm. Pendergast
H. Elliott
Harry Tromerhouser
Glenn Powell
Ora Holser
Marvin
Harold Cooper
John
Kenneth Jennings
Theo Holser
John Holser
John Rottmann
Irene
Beryl Warren
Hugh Warren
Grandpa Jacobs
John Todd
Sunday Dinner Guests and Local Visits Mentioned
Daughters attended Sunday dinner with Charley Tromerhouser and Margaret Jane. J C Sayers and Mattie Gillispie joined Lizzie Rottmann and family. Adolph Brehm and R F Gooch with Ralph Creason visited. Willie Burtch, Tom Kimbrough family hosted. Bill Triplett family and Leon Dennis visited Ralph Dennis. Don Shafer and C M Nichols visited W F Rottmann and Ted. Kimbrough sick with measles. Ed Sayers and Carolee visited Morris Crookshanks. Theo Holser and W E Sayers visited Kenneth Young.
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Charley Tromerhouser
Margaret Jane
J. C. Sayers
Mattie Gillispie
Lizzie Rottmann
Adolph Brehm
R. F. Gooch
Ralph Creason
Willie Burtch
Tom Kimbrough
Bill Triplett
Billie Jean
Leon Dennis
Ralph Dennis
Don Shafer
C. M. Nichols and Son
W. F. Rottmann
Ted
Billie. Kimbrough
Ed Sayers
Carolee
Morris Crookshanks
April Weather Frogs and Spring Hopes In SHAFTER
Local notes recount April mood with talk of ice melting frogs and fruit hopefuls. Families visit relatives in Purdin Linneus and Brookfield. School ends with a fine program led by Miss Lois McMickle. teachers meet Miss Hazel Cooper attends. Rev Batton delivers sermons at Mt Olive.
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Lois McMickle
Hazel Cooper
Climax
Brookfield
Batton
Mt. Olive
Roofing and home supplies sale ad touts Ruberoid products
A warehouse advertises asphalt shingles roll roofing and coating at 10 to 20 percent below wholesale. It notes local installations for Ola Knifong at the Lawrence farm and Johnie Stephenson's garage project, plus A D Peterson’s oak flooring and French doors. Fifty five wallpaper patterns are in stock.
Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Sunday Guests
Phyllis Phillips spent Saturday night with her grandparents Mr and Mrs Vernon Phillips. Morris Chappel attended Sunday school with sixty attendees. Lute Hulett made a business visit in Browning on Monday. Mr and Mrs Edgar Morris and Lawrence Tate visited Mrs Ida Tompson in Meadville Sunday. Mr and Mrs Sam Gooch and daughters Gladys Marie and Rosa lie were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs Fay Coulter and Alice Marie. Mr and Mrs Lee Ellis Hedges and sons Dail and Jerry were Sunday guests of Wayne Cooper family. Blaine Bennett and children visited the Meltons at Haseville.
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Phyllis Phillips
Vernon Phillips
Morris Chappel
Lloyd Bowyer
Elmer Hammock
Mt. Olive
Lute Hulett
Browning
Edgar Morris
Lawrence Tate
Ida Tompson
Meadville
Sam Gooch
Gladys Marie
Rosalie
Fay Coulter
Alice Marie
Lee Ellis Hedges
Dail and
Jerry
Wayne Cooper
Blaine Bennett
Lewis Melton
Haseville
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Training School For Nurses
National Poultry Producers Federation
Frank Priebe
S. Johnson
Line Street
Cash
J. B. Fleming
H. L. Adams
Mrs
Blanche Elliott
Carman Hedges
John Hedges
Purdin
Elizabeth Cooper
W. L. Baker
Baker
Harry Grimes
Lewis. Richardson
Linneus
Grover Murrell
Earl Jerome
Lorene
Henry Jerome
L. W. Arnold
Ola Knifong
Phoenix Mutual Life Ins. Co
Lawrence Farm
Johnie Stephenson
Reger
A. D. Peterson
Hillcrest Farm & Hatcher Hery Telephone
Browning Farm Club
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