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Newspaper

Washburn Times

Location

Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1920

Page

7

Nurses Honored With Florence Nightingale Medal

Six American nurses receive the Florence Nightingale medal for distinguished service since 1914. The list: Helen Scott Hay Washington. Florence Merriam Johnson New York City. Martha M. Russell Boulder. Alma E. Foerster Chicago. Linda K. Meirs Boston. Mary E. Gladwin New York. Details cover training, Red Cross service in Europe and Russia, and wartime nursing leadership and deployments.

Hav Plone International Committee of the Red Cross Geneva America Florence Nightingale Florence France Germany Europe Ue Ragged Schools London Seutart Red Cross Society Helen Scott Hay Washington D. C Florence Merriam Johnson New York City Martha M. Russell Boulder Colo Alma E. Foerster Chicago Linda K. Meirs Boston Mass Mary E. Gladwin Miss Hay American Red Cross Commission For Europe North- Western University Minois 1 Town State Hospital For the County’ Instiations Dunning Pasadena Hospital Miipols Red Cross Klef Russia Bureau Ins American Red Cross Army School For Nursing War Department American Red Cross Commission Balkan States Johnson Department of Nursing Teachers’ College Columbia University Smith College New York Hospital Cornell University Medical Dispensary Ithaca N. Y New York M. Y. A B. H. Dispensary Association For the Improvement of the Harlem Hospital Atlantic Division Russell American Red Cross Nursing Service Atlante Division Department of Nursing University Hospital Miss Russell Medical Hospital New York Norton Infirmary Louisville Henry Street Providence Pittsburgh Sloane Maternity Meirs Army Nurse Corps Jouy sur-Norin Chateau Thierry Toul Pleury-sur-Aire Marine Hospital U. S. Public Health Service Merrs Philadelphia Hospital Prince's Hye, Ear and Nose Hospital Springfield Pueblo Coto Mayo Protakers Rochester Minn American Hospital Mexico City Unit “G Fort Bliss el Paso Texas Roumania Gladwin Nis Serbia Boston City Hospital Woman's Hospital Ohio

Shouldn't Be Old at 70

Dr. Harvey W. Wiley advocates longer life in Good Housekeeping League for Longer Life. He notes life expectancy and healthy efficiency are shorter than ideal, with two critical danger points in mortality: under one year and around seventy five.

Harvey W. Wiley Good Housekeeping League For United States

Humorous Local Snippets Spark Light and Nonsense

A collage of jokes and quips from newspapers and cartoons features a washing machine agent in a hamlet asking about life, a tavern landlord boasting busy days, and lighthearted exchanges about boarders, rising prices, and oddball misunderstandings. The playful chatter includes misheard phrases, eccentric characters, and tongue in cheek lines that echo vintage humor.

Grudge

King Solomon in Feathers on the raven’s wily nature

The piece extols the raven as a wary clever bird famed in natural history. It notes its formidable beak used as weapon tool and carving knife, its omnivorous diet from worm to whale, and its habit of raiding nests and even newborn livestock when food is scarce. The text discusses intellect and cautions that ravens rarely attack humans.

Noah Elijah

Marine Glue Cement Improves Water Proofing and Flexibility

Marine glue is prepared by dissolving one part India rubber in crude benzine and mixing with two parts shellac and heat. The resulting cement is waterproof and elastic, useful in house construction and furniture. It bonds easily when warm and sets quickly as it cools, originally intended for shipboard use and well known in Europe.

India Europe

A Lady of Distinction and Burmese Ear Ornaments

An advertisement style snippet notes a lady’s refined image tied to perfume and Cuticura soap routine for clear skin. It then describes Burmese ear adornments with holes bored large to wear wood, jewels, or rolled precious metal. It closes with a cheeky remark on wife lectures on the platform.

New Use for the Phonograph and Odd Anecdotes

A garbled collection of sayings about a phonograph related to Coney Island and a merchant, plus miscellaneous quotes. The text references hiring skepticism, selling glasses to eyes on a potato, and a reluctant host. It mentions Dickens Hawthorne Pepys and the Garter, with a mix of humor and social commentary. The piece presents a collage of fragments and remarks rather than a single coherent story.

Expert Mice Catchers Report Barn Owl Pest Control

A Brooklyn Eagle clipping notes that barn owls with young defend nests by catching mice at about 12 minute intervals. Hunted by both sexes across dawn and dusk, a total of around 40 mice per day is a conservative estimate for a single nesting owl pair.

Brooklyn Eagle

Gargoyles and their Gothic role in cathedral design

The piece notes gargoyles as drain spouts on roofs, once common in Gothic architecture. It mentions modern metal pipes replacing them and references the famous gargoyles at Notre Dame as notable examples.

Notre Dame

Old Cup Carved of Wood and Noted Antiquity

A century and a half old wooden cup owned by Airs Margaret Schultheis of Montebello Park Baltimore, exhibited at Vienna 1776 and Philadelphia 1876, crafted by L. R. Wildenforce, with a silver cup inside and Bacchus and nymphs carved on the lid. Also note a report on iron extraction from street dirt rugs walls roofs and even inhabitants’ skin in smoke and dust studies.

Margaret Schultheis Montebello Park Harford Road Baltimore Vienna Philadelphia American Forestry Magazine Washington, D.C L. R. Wildenforce Bacchus Ion

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