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LEST WE FORGET
the work of the hospital is done in the building under the care of the Sisters. At first the washing was done abroad, but it was determined to do it in the building, and the first week's bill showed a saving that paid for the stove that was used. There is no waste, no dirt, no useless hands about the establishment. Everything is substantial, clean, orderly and complete. We doubt if the splendid hospitals of eastern cities can show a more perfect arrangement for the sick than the little hastily organized hospital here."
Further details are subjoined, taken from "Greater Indianapolis" by Jacob Piatt Dunn. He says:
"When the volunteers began assembling here at the new State Fair Grounds (Morton Place) the first hospital in
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