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Any sighting of Laura is welcome.  But I keep wondering about this one.
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Deaconess Advocate
Vol. XXIII
Chicago, Illinois, May 1, 1907
No. 5

Deaconess Advocate.
Appointments of Deaconesses, 1907

ST. LOUIS CONFERENCE.
Epworth Evangelistic Institute, 3019 Bell Ave., St. Louis

*Anderson, Luna..........Evangelist
Bell, H. Rebecca..........Evangelist
Combs, Alice..........Epworth Settlement
Combs, Anna..........Stationed at Vandalia, Ill.
*Cady, Anna..........Evangelist
Davis, Deborah..........Assistant Principal
Dripps, Mary E. ..........Bible Teacher
Fry, Viola R. ..........Stationed at Altoona, Pa.
*Jared, Elsie ..........Epworth Settlement
Manley, Minnie L. ..........Union Church, St. Louis
Nourse, Emma..........Stationed at Webb City, Mo.
*Pearce, Luella..........Ozark Mts., Mo.
*Powell, Phrone..........Union Church, St. Louis
*Rendall, Caroline..........Visiting Nurse
*Rees, Rachel..........Bookkeeper
Robinson, Maude Z. ..........Evangelist
*Santee, Helen C. ..........Field Worker
*Shaner, Minnie..........Singing Evangelist
Scharf, Mrs. Rhoda..........Stationed at Joplin, Mo.
*Schwinn, Mary J. ..........Matron
Short, Mrs. Julia G. ..........Evangelist
*Stokey, Laura E. ..........Visiting Nurse
Wightman, Mabel..........Field Worker​
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  • *Stokey, Laura E. ..........Visiting Nurse
Elsewhere - very elsewhere - on the page, it says that the asterisk is for probationers.

Eva mentioned Laura's Deaconess work in a 1903 letter:
I suppose mama told you that Laura was going to St. Louis.  She went Tuesday morning in deaconess garb.  She is to do Traveler’s Aid work there.

Laura's obituary -  - says:
She graduated from Old Central High School, Epworth Evangelistic Institute in St. Louis, Mo. and the American School of Osteopathy in Kirksville, Missouri, Class of 1909 with a D.O. Degree.
So did Laura know when she first went to St. Louis that she was going to attend the institute?  Maybe Eva got mixed up (which is always a plausible explanation).

The item on this page was published nearly four years later, so it surprises me to see Laura listed as a probationer.  Laura had been a nurse in Canton hospital before going to St. Louis - see: ​Also I think Mama Margaret mentions Laura's hospital work in a letter or two to Will that I can't exactly remember.  So how much did Laura have to learn?

Also, Laura graduated from osteopath school in 1909, only two years after this.  Why wasn't she there yet in 1907?

I need to think about this some more.
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