New Hospital Building Contract and Nursing Training Plan
Springfield December reports on state hospital construction at Witness General Hospital for the Insane South Bartonsville with a $41,225 contract. Architect W Cav ers Zimmerman outlines two story fireproof brick tile design with glass wards sunrooms and comprehensive hydrotherapy. The State Board of Charities also releases a committee report urging one year compulsory uniform training for attendants, standardizing texts, and proposing nurse supervision by graduate nurses, with eight hour shifts and hospital affiliations to improve efficiency.
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Tinnis
Tate
State Board of Charities
General Assembly
Witness General Hospital For
South
Bartonville
W. Cavers Zimmerman
Chicago
State Board of Chalities
Cook County Hospital
M. Helena MacMillan
Presbyterian Training School
Helen Scott May
Witness Training
Frank Billings
Julia Lathrop
State Board of Public Charities
Hosplital
General Hospital
Board of Registration of Nurses
General Hospitals
Ffeenttal
Elgin
Presbyterian Hospital
Illinois
Michigan
America
Association of Superintendents of Training Schools
Tinos
Miss MacMillan
Why Arabs of Sahara Lose Eye Shade
The Los Angeles Times recounts a traveler’s note on desert sun glare among Sahara Arabs. The kard explains the Koran forbids eye shading, so villagers avoid headgear with peaks, leading to greater blindness in the desert.
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Sahara
Fez
Los Angeles
Crisis and a Craze in Modern England
A London Truth reflection notes two forces driving progress: crisis and craze. It argues today’s attention economy favors attention-grabbing acts over greatness, citing Shakespeare, Cromwell, Garrick, and the Duchess of Devonshire as examples of public prominence shaped by publicity across eras.
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England
Shakespeare
Cromwell
Garrick
Duchess of Devonshire
London
Mighty Power Surpasses Human Strength in West Indian Cyclone
The Chicago Journal notes horsepower was estimated as developed in a West Indian cyclone, vastly exceeding what steam windmills water and human or animal effort could match. The report highlights the overwhelming force of this natural power beyond man’s range of capability.
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Chicago Journal
Words with Astrological Roots in English Usage
The passage traces how disaster and predominant reveal astrology in English, noting phrases like in the ascendant and my stars. It also explains influence as astral power and reveals petrel derives from rock oil via Saint Peter, linking the bird’s name to walking on waves.
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Petra
St. Peter
Bossless carriages wished for by farmer and son
The farmer and his son discuss an imagined bossless carriage in a Sporting page aside. The farmer remarks they already have one and suggests fetching a load of turnips from the three acre lot. This light exchange appears in the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Spain Railways Charge For Standing Tickets
The New York Sun notes Spanish railroads sell billetes de anden for platform use only, typically 5 centimes. Passengers entering trains cannot evade conductors, and attempting to ride without a ticket risks a penalty twice the fare from discovery to last inspection.
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Spain
New York Sun
Popular play Julius Caesar translated many times
The snippet reviews Julius Caesar translations into German French Italian Greek Latin Swedish Croatian Danish Dutch Irisian Polish Romanian Russian Magyar Portuguese and Yiddish with seven to eight English editions. It notes Buckingham's 1722 split into two plays and Pope choruses that failed to improve the work. The piece then segues to a joke exchange and advertises DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills sold by Wm. F. Jungkunz at 85 Stephenson Street.
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Julius Caesar
John Sheffield
Duke of Buckingham
Caesar
Marcus Brutus
Pope
WaAnr Ed Tenants for a few vacant office rooms in Rice Building
M B Marvin advertises available office rooms in the Rice Building. One or more spaces remain for tenants seeking small business offices in a central location.
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Rice
M.B Marvin
Woorentt
Klee
Sport
Bubba
B. Marvin
Explosive Reaction From Iodide of Nitrogen on Violin Strings
The Chicago Record Herald reports that damp iodide of nitrogen on bass viola strings exploded when a matching instrument vibrated at sixty cycles per second. The explosion occurred with the CG string but not the E string, showing a specific resonance trigger.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Typhoid Patient Convalesces Hungry for Food
A convalescing merchant, bedridden with typhoid, demands food despite dietary limits. A nurse and doctor enforce rationing while the patient, irritable and tearful, pleads for tapioca pudding and a stimulant to ease his wishes amid the care in Tharpers Weekly.
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Virion
Slere
Force of a Cyclone Power Reveals Vast Energy
A careful estimate of a cyclone’s force and the energy needed to sustain a hurricane shows a power that dwarfs human effort, suggesting a colossal natural energy. The text cites a force equal to more than 400,000,000 units.
Red necktie tale from London Answers
A widow visits a haberdasher to buy a necktie for her late husband. She selects a bright red tie and the young salesman hesitates. She insists he will wear it, explaining with finality that her husband is dead.
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Missus
Ife
London
Irish life and the priest in literature
Katherine Tynan cites Stephen Gwynn stating that the Irish priest holds the secret of Irish life and that any true rendering of Irish life must include the priest, as discussed in the Fortnightly Review.
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Stephen Gwynn
Katherine Tynan
Fragmented Dialogue Fragments on Singing and Praise
A collection of brief quotes from newspapers and exchanges. Miss Kreech is cited regarding singing to stave off consumption. Mr Knox adds support from authorities. A remark about Shakespeare provokes hurt feelings. A London Telegraph chatter notes. A playful exchange ends with Miss Chellus and a compliment about someone’s appearance.
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Miss Kreech
Mr. I Knox
Philadelphia Press
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Washington
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Stearns & Zip
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State
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Hell
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Douglas Avenue
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Be. Brown
Cirlene Ave
Geo. Bordiner
Clark Aye
Liddin
Diider
Jay
Ste Carroll St
Orxchange
Court Hotel
Witl
W.P. M. Jour Linlotiiee
Philadelpha Press
Brazil
C. G. Schoeffel
Magnolia
Florida
Burrell Brothers
Stephenson St
Freeport Loan Co
Room
Freeport Gas Light & Coke Co
F. A. Schulz
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