The Red Cross Work and Clara Barton’s Legacy
A compact overview of Clara Barton and the Red Cross in war and peace. It traces the movement from Solferino to Geneva 1863, the 1864 treaty, and later national red cross efforts in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain, and the United States. It notes Barton’s leadership, U S adoption of the treaty in 1882, and civil as well as military relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Red Cross
Switzerland
Japan
America
Ciara Barton
American National Red Cross
International Red Cross
United States
Cuba
Europe
Ufe
Austria
Spain
France
Great Britain
Netherlands
Prussia
Sweden
Italy
Portugal
Denmark
Germany
Sadowa
Pardubitz
Napoleon III
Rhine
German Red Cross
Irmy
Sedan
Paris
Servin
Montenegro
Turkey
Red Crescent
Russia
Danube
Plevna
Servian Red Cross
Belgrade
Roumania
Persia
Bolivia
Peru
Transvaal
Pampeluna
Red Cross of America
Henry W. Bellows
Sanitary Commission
Hayes
Arthur
Garfield
Bern
Ity
Manila
San Francisco
Red Cross of
California
Seaboard
Cretan Stamp History Reflects Its Ancient Ideals
Dwight Burroughs surveys Crete's stamps from 1900 to 1905 showing mythic and historic themes. Mercury, Minos, Ariadne, Jupiter, Juno, and St George appear in designs tied to Crete's independence and heritage. The stamp series honors myth and past rulers, linking art to national identity.
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Crete
Dean Jupiter
Thor Ney
United States
Washington
Franklin
England
Greece
Mercury
Jupiter
Juno
Minos
Tilos
Ariadne
Britemartis
Calypse
Ulysses
Talos
Prince George
St. George
Universal Postal Union
Cnossos
Britomartis
Cynosure
Triton
Silepta
Theseus
Artemis
Naxos
George
Dionysius
Europa
Phoenecia
Arcadian
Mount Ida
Idean
Dwight Burroughs
Neighbors Find Devil Bill in Riverside Well Disaster
In Orington Maine Mr Staples nicknamed Devil Bill was digging a well with neighbors when earth caved in overnight. The crew found his coat and hat buried in soil and believed him dead or alive until Staples reappeared saying he was recalled to work just as they dug him out.
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Mr. Staples
Orington
Bill
Staples
False Teeth at Sixteen in Immigrant Tenements
A discussion in the North American Review by Rev. Perry S Grant argues cities filled with aliens breed deteriorating physique in the next generation. He cites mill towns and foreign settlers, noting sixteen year old girls among cotton operatives with full false teeth.
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United States
Rev
Perry S Grant
America
Butter. Sheridan Famed Editor Wins Butter Shortage Tale
Mattie Sheridan, editor of a New York periodical and Hungry Club leader, dines at the Billy Goat where a fellow guest complains of no butter. Her surprised reaction turns into a rapid solution as the butter shortage is addressed.
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Mattie Sheridan
New York
Billy Goat
American Banking Power in 1806 Report
Comptroller Ridgley’s 1806 report shows U S banking power at 16.46 billion dollars in capital surplus and circulation. Foreign banks total 22.95 billion, about 6.49 billion more than the United States. US banking power rose 219 percent in sixteen years while foreign powers grew 102.6 percent.
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Ridgley
United States
Note From Suicidal Man At Chalk England
An extraordinary letter from a man who died by his own hand at Chalk England reveals his long struggle with inability to work and relief that his family is cared for. He thanks God that his wife and children are spared want and requests the jury not assess insanity but blame want of work.
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Chalk
Eng
Pouter Fish Inflates to Fend Off Intruders on Nile
A strange Nile water fish inflates itself when approached by an enemy. The creature’s defensive display is noted as a remarkable adaptation observed in its habitat along the river.
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Nile
Prodigies In Fasting Across Centuries
A French girl Christina Mich elot reportedly lived from November 1751 to July 1755 on water only after a fever. Twenty years later Monica Mutchet erla of Swabia endured two years on curds and whey and water amid nervous disorders and insomnia. In 1762 Ann Walsh, a 12 year old from Harrogate England, survived 18 months on a daily third of a pint of wine and water.
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Christina Michelot
Monica Mutcheterla
Swabia
Ann Walsh
Harrogate
England
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Clara Barton
Joseph B. Bowles
Napoleon I
Scutara
Florence Nightingale
Lombardy
Napoleon Til
Henri Dumont
Renova
Eouch
Lycnrwns
East
Convent of
Arcadion
North American Review
American Banking Power
Pouter Fish
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