Vitamin Discovery Aids Scientists at Bellevue Meeting
Dr Walter H Eddy of Teachers College Columbia University outlined isolation of a crystalline substance believed to be vitamin bios or vitamin D, produced from moist autolized yeast. The work, aided by R R Williams and Ralph Kerr, was demonstrated with four specimens at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, while ongoing analysis seeks full composition.
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New York
Walter H. Eddy
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Eddy
Society For Experimental Biology and Medicine
Bellevue Hospital Medical College
Wilcher
Columbia
R. R. Williams
Chemical Laboratories
Western Electric Company
Ralph Kerr
Williams
Tides Predicted Years in Advance
The United States coast and geodetic survey in Washington explains a tide predicting machine that forecasts high and low tides for Astoria for 1926 and beyond. The device, built with 37 component parts, traces future tides on paper as dials turn automatically, illustrating years of research by Dr. R. A. Harris and Dr. E. G. Fischer. The survey publishes annual tide tables and charts guiding mariners and harbor facilities, including mapping Alaska’s inside route for large steamers.
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Washington
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Astoria
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Earth
R. A. Harris
E. G. Fischer
United States
Alaska
Great Diamond Rush Now on in Transvaal
Paris reports a Transvaal diamond rush as over 10 000 prospectors stake claims in the Stompirs region after discoveries of enormous gems. A Rhodesian farmer found a dozen diamonds on seemingly worthless soil, including a 35 carat stone, sparking comparisons to the Kimberly find.
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Paris
Stompirs
Transvaal
Kimberly
Contested Naming of Yeast Growth Factor Sparks Debate
The discussion centers on Funk’s proposal to keep the name B and the yeast growth factor as vitamin D. Researchers like Dr. Fulmer of Iowa argue the yeast factor boosts growth but isn’t essential, urging a narrower vitamin category. Others, including Dr. McCollum of Johns Hopkins, advocate limiting vitamin to substances essential to mammalian nutrition, leading to dual naming of the yeast factor as Fulmer or McCollum suggest.
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Funk
Johns’ Hopkins University
Fulmer
Big Drive of Hogs Washington
The Department of Agriculture shows a graphic: 81,532,600 hogs killed for consumption last year. If placed end to end they would stretch 61,770 miles with four feet per hog, and if lined 21 abreast they would form a bristling lane from New York to San Francisco.
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Washington
North Pole
South America
Department of Agriculture of America
Department
New York
San Francisco
London traffic toll rises as 1923 hits record
London faces 1923 traffic chaos with 69 813 accidents including cars trucks and bicycles. A London Safety First council tally urges government action and police powers to curb hazards in streets as public discourse jokes about lethal risks and across the Atlantic legal cases update.
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London
New York
Safety First” Council
Woman Gets $3,000 in Extra Rib Plea Outcome
Philadelphia jurors return a verdict after brief deliberation in the personal damage suit of Lizzie. The case centers on an alleged extra rib claim and ends with a $3,000 award despite the plea failing.
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Philadelphia
Auden
Lizzie
Gas Use in Carbon Black Industry Totals 40 Billion CF
The manufacture of carbon black in the United States annually consumes 40,000,000,000 cubic feet of gas.
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United States
Spring coats of distinction for children in polo cloth capes
Fashion notes spotlight spring coats for girls six and up featuring tailored lines, cape ensembles, and fur accents. Polo cloth capes with arm slits and pockets dominate alongside elegant coats in tan beige gray and fresh greens. Leather trims rare, fur used subtly. colors stay light with quiet contrasts and decorative soutache braids.
Lydia E. Pinkham Remedy Promises Quick Recovery for Women
A testimonial from Mrs. James Wil(e)e of Rochester Minnesota describes rapid post operative recovery after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. The letter praises the medicine, notes decades of service, and offers a free private text on women’s ailments from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company in Lynn Massachusetts.
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James Wilee
E. Center Street
Rochester
Minn
Wilke
Lynn E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pikhamedicine Company
Lynn Mass
Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children ad
Mothers who value their own comfort and the welfare of their children should never be without a box of Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children. They break up colds regulate bowels relieve feverishness constipation teething disorders headache and stomach troubles. Used by mothers for over 30 years. Trial package sent free. All drug stores. Address Mother Gray Co Le Roy NY.
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Mother Gray
Mother Gray Co
le Roy
Calf Lost and Found After Bent Detective Tale
Paul John Romer of Mechanicsburg Pa advertised for a calf that was lost or stolen. A morning letter claimed the writer did not steal the calf but had stolen $10 from him a decade ago and enclosed the note. As Romer spread the tale in town, someone slipped into his barn and returned the calf.
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John Romer
Mechanicsburg
Romer
Wheat feed output and transport scale described
Flour mills in the United States produce about 4,750,000 tons of wheat feeds annually. Moving this amount would need 237,500 twenty ton railcars or a train roughly 1,800 miles long.
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United States
Proof Tim Are you fond of autos
A playful exchange about liking cars and a curious lunch choice is shared in a clipped dialogue. The speaker mentions a truck eaten for lunch while asking about fondness for autos, creating a humorous, informal moment.
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Casimir Funk
Chinatown
Mission
Donaldina Cameron
Audenried
Pring
Fulla Bottomley
Western Newspaper Union
Willie
Lydia E
Haarlem
Gotp
France
Onile
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