Influenza Pandemic and the Sisters
...7, 1917- Feb. 12, 1920, CHRC An account from an IHM nun recalls entering houses and finding entire families sick in bed together with no one to care for them. When this happened the sisters would bathe the sick, clean the house and then prepare food and medicine for the
The Day the Bronx Bomber Played in Kensington
...p right field. It was easily the longest ball ever hit at Ascension Field. Newspaper reporters said it would be a certain home run at Shibe Park. Some fans said it was the longest ball ever hit. Estimates ran as high as 600 feet. Ruth was stunned when the umpire
Herman Joseph Heuser Papers
...ons about the new constitution for her order. Katharine Drexel to Herman Heuser, front Katharine Drexel to Herman Joseph Heuser, inside Katharine Drexel to Herman Joseph Heuser, back Poet and essayist Louise Imogen Guiney (1861-1920) frequently wrote to Heuser regarding her articles in the AER and The Dolphin. Below she
1832 Cholera Outbreak in Philadelphia and Duffy’s Cut
...he outbreak. The sisters declined the offer, instead asking that the money used to make the plates be used as funds for the orphanages and schools that the order administered. In his diary, Bishop Kenrick commented on the noteworthy efforts of the sisters and priests during the outbreak: “…displaying an