Nightingale Centenary Highlights Nursing Shortage Crisis
The Grafton Sentinel notes the approaching Nightingale centenary and urges better nursing recruitment as Ohio hospitals face closures. It discusses nurse hours limits, training opportunities, and the need to attract young women to the profession amid wartime health challenges and postwar demands.
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Pittsburgh
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Florence Nightingale
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Angels of Mercy
Baltimore Sun Letter Sees Methodist Reform Aim
The Baltimore delegates at the General Conference urge a commission to improve the press and its attitude toward reform and clergy. The writer welcomes reform zeal but doubts the press can be guided to change, noting the newspaper’s belief it performs similar work and its impact on the pulpit and daily life.
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Baltimore Sun
Baltimore
Episcopal Church
Jevity
Jridicule
Methodist Commission
New York Against Wilsonism and Democratic Strain
A Pittsburgh Gazette Times salvo argues New York Democrats oppose Wilson despite party needs, citing Tammany Hall's hostility and ailing prospects for renomination while urging continued reform rhetoric and respect for war veterans amid disability and care debates. It notes 641,900 with service-related disabilities, including 12,500 with neuropsychiatric issues and 46,000+ tubercular cases, stressing national debt to veterans' care and moral obligation.
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Wilson
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W. Bourke Cochran
Europe
New York
Tammary
W. Rucker
Bureau of War Risk Insurance
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Army
Navy
The Old Straw Hat as Eye Protection
Bryn Mawr College experts, under an American Medical Association project, argue old straw hats better protect eyes than curved vented shades. Curved shaded glasses sharpen glare and distract vision, while broad, light straw shades reduce eye strain and glare on work surfaces.
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Bryn Mawr College
Te American
Emma Goldman Testimony and American Discontent Abroad
The article discusses Emma Goldman’s letter remark that she misses America and contrasts her disillusionment with Russia’s conditions. It argues she sought to awaken Americans to reform rather than destroy the country, noting common sense cautions against radical upheaval. It reflects on deportation, anarchism, and the idea that America, while imperfect, should not be destabilized by agitators.
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Ima Goldman
Emma Goldman
America
Russia
United States
Emma Coldwan
Puncturing Humbug and the Exodus From the Farm
Massachusetts moves to quick beer legislation then Governor Coolidge denounces the bill as Humbug noting it would not provide beer. The U S Supreme Court will decide V o lstead Act validity. Also, New York loses 35 000 farms workers while 11 000 move in, signaling a long standing urban drift and shrinking per capita food supply.
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Massachusetts
Bay State
Coolidge
Supreme Court of the United States
Federal Department of Agriculture
New York
Interdependence of city and country in farm labor needs
The article argues farm labor shortages persist as mechanization shifts work to cities. It notes farmers cannot rely on external help, cites war-related shifts, and warns that high urban wages will not sustain cheap farm products. It calls for increased rural incentives to keep production steady.
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Ecnoveh
Obsect Lesson Dinner Reveals Hunger Across Lands
A dinner in a New York hotel for aid to Jewish war sufferers used tables of four-by-two boards and a meager menu of thin soup and a lump of bread to starkly illustrate global hunger. The event aimed to spark generosity by showing diners the daily sustenance gap faced by millions abroad and argued that addressing real needs would outweigh minor domestic concerns.
Moore for Auditor Promotes Republican Candidacy
The article advocates A B Moore for State Auditor, asserting his three years as chief clerk qualify him. It notes a prior 1910 bid ending in a narrow loss and claims he has since gained essential training to handle the office's duties with efficiency. It emphasizes his Republican loyalty and patriotism and urges voter consideration.
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Moore
A.B. Moore
Foresters Here Led America In New Membership
The Independent Order of Foresters of West Virginia led the nation in new membership during April. Grafton ranked third in the state with Rienwood Fist and Clarksburg second, Catton third. The local order plans a May push to reach first in the next report due in June./Hach Menther will try his best in May.
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Independent Order of Foresters of
West Virginia
Foresters
United States
Grafton
Rienwood Fist
Clarksburg
Catton
Hach Menther
Baltimore and Ohio to Employ 100 Convicts as Track Laborers
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to hire 100 convicts from Maryland prison to work as track laborers under a contract with the Maryland prison commission. The state will be paid a daily rate per man.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Maryland Prison Commission
State of Maryland
Wall Street Prices Rise Amid Broad Market Turn
New York May 8 Oils and rails led gains in today’s stock activity amid broader movement. Royal Dutch rose to a new high as Mexican derivatives were heavily bought. Crucible Steel and Texas & Pacific contributed notable gains while Readine and Southern Pacific showed uneven performance. Volume neared 75,000 shares with a strong close.
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New York
Royal Dutés
Case
Etrorium
Crucible Steel
Texas & Pacific
New Haven
Rock Island
Missouri Pacific
Readine
Post Upholds Pure Justice In Deportation Talks
Assistant Secretary Louis B. Post told the House Rules Committee that excessive bail in deportation cases allowed by the Department of Justice kept aliens jailed. Reducing the bail amount to ten thousand dollars, he argued, still satisfied the constitutional prohibition on excessive detention while enabling government to obtain appearances when needed.
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Conniu
Louis B. Post
oHuse Rules Committee
Department of Justice
Beaver Judge Delays Decision on Railroad Brotherhood Injunction
Judge Waldvin said a ruling on the Freedom Location No. 34 injunction from the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen will come later next week due to busy court schedule. Striking yard and trainmen at Pittsburgh and Lake Erie are being replaced, while Pennsylvania workers report strikers drifting back.
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Beaver
Waldvin
Common Fleas Court
Brotherhood of Railroad
Pittsburgh & Laks Erie
Pennsylvania
Building Contracts Shows Major April Surge Across Territory
New York May report from B W Dodge Co notes a sharp April rise in residential building contracts north of the Ohio and east of the Missouri. April awards total 105 743 000 with residential work 31 percent of the pace, while overall four month building totals reach 144 957 000 in the same territory.
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New York
S—A
Ohio
Missouri
B. W. Dodge Co. Autisielms
Fish Territory
Westen
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Unfilled April Orders Rise at United States Steel
New York May 10 The United States Steel Corporation announced unfilled orders for the month ending April totaled 1,059,01T tons, up 467,672 tons from the prior month.
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United States Steel Corporation
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