The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1905-02-09
Battle Creek Sanitarium.

Win Atni-Dfuiuou their hoWtng iuchH
with feathers OF tho porcnpine and
Wild eagle. that thqS might appear
more Wild. II possible. than before.
And a. they painted the cheeks and
braided the hair. the squaw women
~aharpened the flint arrow heads and
shaped new bows. that their lords
might do battle 70 the death with
other redmen.
And here a. Battle Creek, way up
In Michigan. a great battle one day
did occur. and when Il was over. and
che sun Kissed the range 70 the far
west the tomtoma were mufled and
the equaw-women wrapped their heads
IN varicolored blankets and wspt, for
with the going down OF the sun. many
Braves passed 10 the ~proverbial happy
hnnting grounds.
But that waa many, many moons
ago. as the Indians Measure time, and
q new era has hong since dawned.
True. Il Is Battle Greek" today. Just
as Il was decades ago, but. instead OF
the cry OF the savage. is heard the
hum OF industry; the throb Of life;
the greeting OF men and OF
che Anglo Saxon race--the shouts OF
happy boys and girls. who know OF
Battle Greeks former history only
BY tradition. And here on the site
OF the famous battle between the red
men stands now one Of the fairest
cities OF the great Northwest: = city
eought out among thousands. for In Il
dwell. month after month. as the
years cometand go. men and women
who ind within the charmed circle
that which they have long sought else
where-healih.
When one speaks OF health. the
mind naturally EtnEs itself 20 Battle
Greek. for up there health Is 10 be
found as at few other places on earth.
Forty years sEo there began In hat.
Gle Greek a return TO nature move
meuL. with purposes and p~ricinples In
many respects similar to those which
led % the famous Brook Farm Exper-
iment" twenty years before aud 10 he
Grahamite movement OF that period.
This movement. while religious. vas
ayoEedly non-sectarian. and was In a
broad sense philanthropic, altruistic
and reformatory. The immediate re
suits e the establishment Of a
monthly Journal now known as Good
Health and shortly Afterwards the
erection Of a health Institution called
The Health Reform Institute The
chief features Of the institute at this
early period were diet reform. dress
reform and the use OF water as q cura.
tive agent.
In 1876 the present Management,
took charge OF the institution and with
the consent and cooperation OF the
Board Of Directors tthe institution
having been Incorporated ten years
beforVl. a thorough reorganization was
effected. Broader plans were intro
duced. the methods OF treatment were
placed upon a substantial and thor
oaehiy scientific foundation. and the
name was changed 70 the Battle Creel
sanitarium. Since this time The
growth Of the institution has been con
slant and rapid.
From year 10 year accommoda
uons for patients and facilities 90
treatments were enlarged 20 NEE.
the Increasing pairsnage until Feb
ruary. 1909. when = great IRE aWep
away the two principal build
inss ~ the establishment. The cree
tion Of a noW building Was speedily
begun. and the following year, May 81
1908. the present freproof main build
ing. erected al a cost Of more thar
100000. was dedicated. The cost o
the entire establishment. ~includinl
equipment. twenty dormitories. co,
tsEes and ether buildings has amour,
ed TO more than n.20o.0oo.
The Battle Greek Sanltarium as :
stands today IL recognized the wori,
over "a the most complete and thor
ouEhly equipped establishment of 81
sort and the headquarters for phyaio
logic therapeutics or natural methods
Connected with the s~Anltariam Is
Training School for Nurses. Ia whicl
from two 90 three hundred nurses ar
constantly under training.
These principles and methods havD
penetrated 10 the rem0tost parts o
the civilized world. and scores Of mel
aud 1pmen Who have been trained 81
these methods are deyoting their live
20 medical missionary work in heather
ianaa.
The Battle Greek sanitarium may b,
regarded as an cpitome q the "retnrr
tonature idea 10 practical operation
lie ia the restoration of siel
people 20 health brings 70 q annuaill
many thousands Of mea aad wemeH
many % whom have been pronounce,
incurahie, but Who. nevertheless. Wit
rare exceptions. return a few month.
later % their homes prepared 10 ento
again upon the battle Of life,
There are many s~anithriums IN IN
world. but few, II any, that aro con
Quoted on the same plane as that a
Battle Greek This haven Of rest an
health IS Ia no sense q money.mai
ing scheme. and every sent that 4
made from patients Who are able q
pay for their accommodations h. use.