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Foreign News
July 5, 1856
Nebraska Advertiser
Auburn, Brownville, Calvert, Nemaha County, Nebraska
What is this article about?
Article praises Florence Nightingale's heroic work in the Crimean War, noting her name's popularity for girls. Quotes Lord Ellesmere's House of Lords speech lauding her mercy at Scutari, as the war's hospitals empty and her mission nears completion.
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FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
Florence will, hereafter be a favorite
name for girls. Thousands of mothers
are naming their daughters after the
noble and self-sacrificing woman who
went to the Crimea to soothe the suf-
ferings and bind up the wounds of those
who had no other friends than the hos-
pital nurse. They bestow the name
on their children in the hope that they
may, in some degree, resemble her.
In a clever speech of Lord Ellesmere,
lately made in the House of Lords, he
refers to Florence Nightingale in these
words:
"The vegetation of two successive
springs has obscured the vestiges of
Balaklava and Inkermann. Strong
voices now answer to the roll-call, and
sturdy forms now cluster round the
colors. The ranks are full, the hospitals
are empty. The angel of mercy still
lingers to the last on the scene of her
labors, (hear, hear:) but her mission is
all but accomplished. Those long
arcades of Scutari, in which dying
men sat up to catch the sound of her
footsteps or the flutter of her dress, and
fell back on the pillow content to have
seen her shadow as it passed, are now
comparatively deserted. She may
probably be thinking how to escape,
as best she may, on her return, the
demonstrations of a nation's apprecia-
tion of the deeds and motives of Flor-
ence Nightingale."
Of course this allusion was hailed
with repeated cheers.
Florence will, hereafter be a favorite
name for girls. Thousands of mothers
are naming their daughters after the
noble and self-sacrificing woman who
went to the Crimea to soothe the suf-
ferings and bind up the wounds of those
who had no other friends than the hos-
pital nurse. They bestow the name
on their children in the hope that they
may, in some degree, resemble her.
In a clever speech of Lord Ellesmere,
lately made in the House of Lords, he
refers to Florence Nightingale in these
words:
"The vegetation of two successive
springs has obscured the vestiges of
Balaklava and Inkermann. Strong
voices now answer to the roll-call, and
sturdy forms now cluster round the
colors. The ranks are full, the hospitals
are empty. The angel of mercy still
lingers to the last on the scene of her
labors, (hear, hear:) but her mission is
all but accomplished. Those long
arcades of Scutari, in which dying
men sat up to catch the sound of her
footsteps or the flutter of her dress, and
fell back on the pillow content to have
seen her shadow as it passed, are now
comparatively deserted. She may
probably be thinking how to escape,
as best she may, on her return, the
demonstrations of a nation's apprecia-
tion of the deeds and motives of Flor-
ence Nightingale."
Of course this allusion was hailed
with repeated cheers.
What sub-type of article is it?
War Report
What keywords are associated?
Florence Nightingale
Crimean War
Lord Ellesmere
House Of Lords
Scutari
Balaklava
Inkermann
What entities or persons were involved?
Florence Nightingale
Lord Ellesmere
Where did it happen?
Crimea
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Crimea
Event Date
Lately
Key Persons
Florence Nightingale
Lord Ellesmere
Outcome
hospitals are empty; her mission is all but accomplished
Event Details
Mothers name daughters after Florence Nightingale for her work soothing sufferings in Crimea. Lord Ellesmere's speech in House of Lords praises her as angel of mercy at Scutari, where dying men sought her presence; now scene deserted as war ends.