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July H. Thomson
July Hargadine Thomson Collins (December 9, 1872 – October 16, 1929) was the founder and manager of the Night and Day Camp, a St. Louis city camping for the cure of tuberculosis targeting the poor women population of the city. Biography July Hargadine Thomson was born on December 9, 1872, the daughter of William Holmes Thomson (1837–1920), vice-president of the Boatmen's Bank and a leader in the St. Louis Veiled Prophet organization, and Anna Lou Hargadine (1851–1934). In 1895 she married Charles Cummings Collins (1872-1922), an attorney. Her children were Anne Collins Taussig (1896–1951), July Comfort Collins Anderson (1897–1929), Mary Virginia Collins Glogau (1903–1978) and Elizabeth Cummings Collins. July H. Thomson became interested in the charity work in 1911 and at once began energetically raising all the money necessary to erect and equip a Night and Day Camp for poor girls of St. Louis who were threatened with tuberculosis. Since the opening of the camp she had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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July is the seventh month of the year in the Julian calendar, Julian and Gregorian calendars and is the fourth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. It was named by the Roman Senate in honour of Roman general Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., it being the month of his birth. Before then it was called Quintilis, being the fifth month of the calendar that started with March. It is on average the warmest month in most of the Northern Hemisphere, where it is the second month of summer, and the coldest month in much of the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the second month of winter. The second half of the year commences in July. In the Southern Hemisphere, July is the seasonal equivalent of January in the Northern hemisphere. "Dog days" are considered to begin in early July in the Northern Hemisphere, when the hot sultry weather of summer usually starts. Lamb and mutton#Classifications, Spring lambs born in late winter or early spring are usually sold before 1 July. July symbols ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
