Miss Maxwell Relates Red Cross Nurses In France
Miss Esther Maxwell, a local young woman, writes from Lyons France that Red Cross nurses remain busy after the fighting ends. She describes a November banquet with leaders and the chateau hospital with 3,000 beds, orphanages for 800 children, and her Pacific voyage with nurses tending influenza patients at sea and in war zones.
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Red Cross
France
Esther Maxwell
Lyons
Miss Maxwell
Phoebe Maxwell Levereng
George Leverenz
New York City
Montreal
Quebec
St. Larence
Final Report of Local Red Cross Work Ends War Era
With the war ending the local Red Cross workroom closes its large Commercial club shop. The Surgical Dressings Department ends shipments and the Hospital Garment Department prepares refug ees garments. Knitting will wind down while thanks are offered to active workers and supporters for sixteen months of service yielding 164 613 surgical dressings from Washington county chapter.
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Central Division
Chicago
Washington County
Sarah Babcock
Julia Cavender
W. A. Gibson
Red Cross
Hospital
American Red Cross Society
Auxila
Ers
Health Board
New York
American Red Cross
Washington
C.D. Bailey
Estelle Donaldson
Moving Day for Cripples at University Hospital
The Perkins children, a large family receiving free medical care, prepare to move February 1 to a new $150000 children’s hospital overlooking the Iowa River. The facility, once used as a convalescent hospital and later barracks, now houses 150 single floor rooms with sun porches for sun treatment and space for wheelchair movement. Nurses quarters will be added and orthopedic training integrated in the new building.
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University Physicians
World's Greatest Cataract on the Iunazu River
The Iguazu cataract on the Iguaçu river, forming part of the Brazil Argentina border, plunges 210 feet and spans 13 125 feet. It far exceeds Niagara in height and width with about 140 million tons per hour compared to Niagara's 100 million.
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Brazil
Argentina
Niagara Leung
Niagara
Iguazu
Not Teetotal Lobsters Take a Nip If Given Chance
A Boxton Transcript remark notes lobsters normally drink water but will take a nip if offered. The casual line hints at crustacean behavior in a lighthearted context.
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Boxton Transcript
Women Workers Return to Homes in Washington Postwar Shift
In the wake of the war, women clerks flood through Union Station as they head home or to new posts. The U S Employment Service coordinates 900 branches to place returning workers, with many transferring within bureaus and many seeking permanent positions.
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Washington, D. C
Union
United States
United States Employment Service
Margaret Neale
District of Columbia
Washington
Army
Navy
Employment Service
Red Cross Aids Over One Million French Civilians in Year
New York Dec. 31. The American Red Cross in France reports dramatic reach from June 1917 to armistice. Direct medical relief and material aid assisted over 620000 people, with food clothing and lodging provided to tens of thousands. The effort extended to 273 tuberculosis institutions and a 100 bed hospital for army care, while front line canteens served up to 10000 troops daily amid challenging logistics.
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New York
American Red Cross
France
Sarting
Europe
America
Red Cross
Army
The
Motiles
Prophecy on William II and changing course of history
The piece recalls Dr. James McBuckley predicting William II would unsettle Europe with warlike aims and anti Jewish stances. It notes the prophecy’s irony as history then shifted the young king and his era, with blessings arriving in disguise as the Burlington Hawkeye commentary observes.
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William II
Germany
James McBuckley
Christian Advocate
New York
France
England
Prince Bismarck
William
Burlington Hawkeye
Training Little Children Suggestions by Kindergartners
A child starts self centered but can grow generous with firm kind guidance from mothers. Emphasizes fostering self reliance, allowing safe exploration, and limiting over sympathy for hurts. Encourages letting children play alone, developing initiative, and giving mothers moments of respite.
Optimistic Thought On Schoolmaster As Republic’s Chair
A schoolmaster’s chair is described as the throne of a republican government signaling faith in citizen leadership and education guiding public rule.
Police Women Needed for Washington Police Bureau
Washington December 31. Major Pullman chief of police appeals to the United States employment service to hire thirty policewomen for the district. He reports success with traffic officer Leola N King and plans to use women in crowded streets and other tasks. The bureau is headed by Mrs Arthur B Spingarn and seeks educated, socially conscious recruits to elevate police work and handle complex social problems.
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Washington, D. C
Washington
Major Pullman
District of Columbia
United States Employment Service
Department of Labor
Leola N. King
New York Probation and Protective Association
United States Employment Office
Woman's Bureau
Ancient Equipment Causes Boardinghouse Exit
Tillie Clinger says she must quit her current boarding house because the dining room chairs are so low she must bend under the table to say grace after the blessing in Dallas.
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Tillie Clinger
Dallas News
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