Centenaries of Susan B. Anthony and Florence Nightingale Highlight 20th Century Influence
New York reports the coming year will mark centenaries of Susan B. Anthony and Florence Nightingale. Anthony helped found women’s temperance groups, fought slavery, aided civil war organizing, and led suffrage efforts into the 20th century. Nightingale, famed as “the angel of mercy,” is praised for her nursing reforms and leadership in nursing.
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Susan B. Anthony
Sworld
Miss Anthony
Woman's Temperance Society
Women’s National
Anthony
National Woman Suffrage Association
Florence Nightingale
Angel of Mercy
Miss Nightingale
Centenaries of Women of Arts and Letters Highlight 1820 Births
The article notes notable women born in 1820 across arts, letters, and education. It cites Jenny Lind the Swedish Nightingale, poet Jean Ingelo, writer Alice Cary, Anne Warner, hymn writer Fanny Crosby, actress Laura Keane, Anne Jemima Clough founder of Newnham College, and artist Elizabeth Pratt Greatorex. It also mentions the High Point Commercial School opening at 112 College Street with Mrs. W. F. Palmer as president and plans for courses in shorthand and typing.
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Alice Cary
Anne B. Warner
Susan Warner
Fanny Crosby
Bridgeport
Conn
Laura Keane
Abrham Lincoln
Anne Jemina- Clough
Newnham College
England
Elizabeth Pratt Greator
W. F. Palmer
College Street
Revival Spreads Across Wales In late December
A fresh religious revival began at a mission led by Stephen Jeffreys in Aberaman South Wales. Reports describe visions and divine healing prompting hundreds of conversions as believers travel long distances to witness the revival.
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Aberaman
South Wales
Wales
Stephen Jeffreys
England Still Under Wartime Restrictions On Living
London Dec 19 The end of the year finds the United Kingdom still under wartime controls. Most food bans have eased though sugar and butter remain rationed. Prices risen to pre armistice levels due to scarce necessities and currency issues. Butter is scarce with little home production and margarine bought. Meat ration relaxed recently after Australia and New Zealand supplies, but some limits remain. Beer and spirits sales stay restricted in quantity and strength.
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United Kingdom
Australia
New Zealand
Food Ministry
England
Prewar Center Decline Tied to Rationing and Prohibitions
Old center in ruins lowers pre war average and sobriety rises as whiskey remains underproof. Ministry controls wholesale prices for cheese, bacon, ham and more, acting as sole purchaser and distributor. Despite fixed caps, goods sell below limit, and the ministry’s huge expenditures net a small profit aimed at consumer benefit. Coal ration remains five tons per year starting July 20 1919 with gas and electricity tightly restricted.
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Food Ministry
Board of Trade
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