The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1913-10-23
STATE HOSPITAL NO. 4
THE MORE PROGRESSIVE
STATE HOSPITAL No. /.

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Editor Times: On returning TO
the hospital from meeting OF the
Southeast Missouri Medical Assu-
citation, recently held Ia Charleston,
Mo, MY attention was called {" IA ,
nice uttlc wrlte-up concerning IN"
visit of Miss Mary f.. Perry, Of the |
Statr Board Of Charities ani Cor |
rectiDns, as well as to some nice |
thing, said concerning til" satlslac- |
tory management oi Hospital M. |
! /. However, from this article a |
person unfamiliar with Missouri
/ hospitals might, ! fear be led to IN
/ fer that Nevada Hospital No' 81
was the progressive 1T aud tnat
! Pennington Hospital No. was
! rather an inferior second-vtnss rhter,
IA decade hrhtud In hospital WORK
Suci l. not the case, regard ana
shal, c3dcaNor to make, our litli"
hospital at FarmiuGton really ~"
most up.to.date and progressive III
the STATE. Nevada Hospital Is cred
tied With having aud doing many
Ithiug- ! think the sam" can he shiu
of Hospital No. / lou viii re-
member that we have the best gar
den ul any State institution, "" TOOK
twenty y.One premiums Of the possible
twenty five, in competition with an
garlrus, at the recent state FMf'
The Statc Veterinarian says thht We
huNr. and ae has wished almost
every dairy herd IN ~" state. the
he~t erd of any oi the state lnsti'
ltutiuus, until today Sc N" Pfodue-
iug ,rr, pound uf milk thnt H. be-
ing used at the hospital, aud very
, largp per cent of fbutter. Recent VS.
its paid us by those who have We.
tied the other State iusl1lU-
tion, tell me that We give, ny Iai,
lTut BEST, the MOST WHOLESOME
| ana the MOST DIV EN~iFIED dlrt I"
uu, PATIENTS of any institution III
thr state; they also tell me that our
'' pntiuuts are the BEST CLOTHED, tat
BEST HOUSED, and that they have
I4ur best SANITARY ST kEDl NplN"-
OF amy similar class Cf patients III
y the state. +,
Now. Nj. Editor, To my mind
Il these things jas; enumerated c"hh'
more io methau does that ot broom
> mnkmg, basket making, and tn,
II training Of nurses, none ot which
}: In flr least deprecute, and all .
which are to hc very much desired
However. no tuuu can do great detd'
d witluu some money TIE trOuhI'
,c Inns been ut Hospital No. !, tina
e. they newer properly asked for, au'
as r rrsuit have never gotten adr
Iuualr appropriations. ! uoir INA
~ during the last Legislature Nevada
asked for -, 10000 Tor salary OF Su
j., pcrlotrndeut of nurses, and tn
same was granted We have u
such funds at our disposal, We haN
III mo- bulldiugs nor funds for uCcupd
,W tluu work, but we are doing grea
deaf along this line II you q
~, any one Interested, will kindly
any time visit the hospital, We vii
take personal interest ia shown
a. Won whnt progress W" are maxim!
aud what our future plaus for III
, proyemcut will ba, and most Of III
- We will show you how YOU aud a
Of the good citizens, not only ol lhI
community, hut q! all SoutEea'
Missouri, can help us in Eettin
what is needed and what Is rrall
N. unc Hospital No, / In the way
appropriations
as NV ambition will he hot tu striv
tn for IA record uf false, opprrssiu!
lis pagsimouiuuS economy, hut ralht
.,. for a record ui tender, tumelE, IN
VI" mnne care for all those untortul
'I ates committed unto our cust"d,
,st who are uuuhlr ia care Tor then
selves. aud tu uuIurCe their want
i..II ms do yUu and /. To this end AZ
'" H. no other do dedicate mysel
ne and | sincerely ask for the Kind
in consideration and tn" help of "A
g l. mood fttt,F.Is4 This tsnlntlttlntt