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...born, Britishrtrained. All must be good horsewomen, registered nurses, experienced in public health work. Living in nine nursing districts, they cover 700 sq. mi. of mountain land, galloping about in trim riding habits and overseas caps, fording such streams as Greasy Fork, Hell-for-Certain and Big Bullskin Creeks, spurring ahead when they hear from a cabin window the hoarse shout: ''Come on, ma'am! My woman's mighty bad." At first the mountain people were slow in accepting help from the Frontier Nurses, suspicious of such things as vaccination until it was pointed out that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: For Big Bullskin Creek | 1/2/1933 | See Source »

...Last winter he did not spend much time in his Brookline home (said to contain the biggest & best bedroom in Boston), could usually be seen in the office of M. J. Meehan & Co., Sherry-Netherlands Hotel, Manhattan. Last week he was to all reports still strutting in his new bullskin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Bear v. Bear | 6/22/1931 | See Source »

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