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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1895
Page
6
An exchange in a Chicago Tribune piece shows Miss Fiffie choosing frugal living by bicycling to save car fare and postage, planning in advance to avoid dresses and receipts, while her brother stirs with a comment on bicycle bloomers. Her suitor laughs, noting walking saves more. Baseball info and a candy company ad follow.
Social notes detail the Assembly club’s formal Library hall affair praised for elaborate blue draperies and palm arrangements. Host Mrs J R Hanklin led a reception with Mrs J R Hanklin and Miss Mary Horner cited for decor, while guests included Miss Lon Neely and Mr J A Clark.
The Grana Concert by the Shaker Concert Co. at Crawford's continues to attract full crowds despite warm weather. Five more nights remain, with lectures by the Shaker Doctor and Prof Welch on phrenology. Admission is ten cents. The Shaker Doctor greets many visitors daily at Copeland Hotel. cheap wallpaper sale noted at Van Hoares's, 20 Kansas Avenue.
The article argues nursing is a viable lifelong career for educated women, with demand for trained nurses and salaries from twenty one dollars weekly upward. It emphasizes passion for care, education, and personal qualities as key to success, citing Florence Nightingale and the value of a strong foundation in nursing skills. It also includes brief recipes and a local note on horse meat consumption in Kansas.
An excerpt emphasizes the essential role of hospital trained nurses in patient care and the belief that every physician would welcome such skilled nursing for all patients, noting the scarcity of access as a luxury beyond most pets.
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