Ignorance a Refuge and Diphtheria Report Sparks Debate
A Philadelphia Record note criticizes faith healers for controlling contagious cases and cites a Kansas City diphtheria incident where 4 physicians were bypassed. The health department arrested, but a court ruled the contagious case reporting ordinance applied to physicians only, leaving the healer unaccountable. The piece warns faith healers may threaten public health. It also parPs unrelated items from ads and notices, including perfume claims and wedding gifts.
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Philadelphia
Kansas City
Health Department
Start a Better Life on Small Income Says Advice Column
A Rockford Register reader asks how a 35 year old man with a wife and four children can begin to rise from an income under 400 dollars a year. The response favors frugal living, saving at least 100 dollars, securing a steady job, keeping poultry, and starting a small garden with a cooperative wife to build toward a better future. The piece notes cultural comparisons to England and the continent and stresses self denial as a first step.
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Rockford
Solomon
England
Jess
At Least That Judge and the Misa Seveleaf Joke
A playful exchange features Alice asking about Misa Seveleaf's age and Anne replying that she is certainly over 40. The banter centers on self references and friends with the phrase are girls.
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Alice
Misa Seveleaf
Anne
Remarkable Kidney Pills Restore Valley Man to Health
Perry Nelson of Valley Missouri suffered kidney troubles and poor health. After trying Dodd's Kidney Pills he reports a complete restoration to vigor. He used six boxes and endorses the remedy highly to others.
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Valley
Perry Nelson
Dodd
Sidney
Nelson
Fire walk miracle explained by professor Langley
Professor S P Langley describes the Oceanean priests fire walk as a heat test where Papa Ita stepped on a stone that boiled water in twelve minutes. He notes the stone’s high porosity and non conductibility, with a small fragment held like wax, while the other end glowed red hot, attributing the feat to poor conduction.
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S. P. Langley
Tahisi
Papa-Ita
Oceaniea
Papa- Tru
Washington
Ovarian Troubles Cured Without Surgery Says Chicago Club Woman
Mrs L A Harris a prominent Chicago woman declares Lydia E Pinkham s Vegetable Compound can cure ovarian troubles without operation after eight years of pain and costly treatment She urges trying the remedy first to avoid surgery and lists numerous symptoms it relieves including irregular menses weakness and nervous debility.
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L. A. Harris
Chicago
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mars
L. A. Hanns
31St St
Lydia BE. Finukhamn
Romance Worries At Christmas Dinner Roles
In a Prosaic Erg column from the Washington Star, Miss Matis Brown laments fewer romances this season. Mr. Erastus Pinkly notes the trouble lies in social hints about Christmas dinner arrangements rather than interest in mistletoe or romance.
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Washington
Treasure Island Chapter Eight Nine Overview
Jim Hawkins describes joining Long John Silver and the crew at the Spyglass tavern in Bristol and meeting Silver’s wary yet promising leadership. Silver identifies potential dangers with Black Dog and the crew’s loyalty, while Hawkins begins to glimpse a voyage on the Hispaniola under Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey, despite captain Smollett’s growing resistance to the voyage.
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Silver
Long John
Tyro
Livesey
Hawking
Redruth
Briatal
John Trelawney
John Silver
Arrow
Bispantola
P. P. S—Hawking
Old Tom Redruth
Old Redruth
Benbow
Aquire
Mother
Algo
Admiral Benbow
Royal George
Dale
Bristol
Tom
Mr. Trelawney
Squire Trelawney
Black Dog
Mr. Sliver
Tallory
Admiral Hawke
Mgr
Trelawney
Ben
Harry
Morgan
Tom Morgan
Pew
Syas
Sliver
Cap'n Trelawney
Ban
Keel
Old Bailey
Long John Silver
Pajot
Cap's Trelawney
Squire
Dr. Livesey
Hawkins
Treatment for lockjaw saves man with new toxin therapy
In Trenton a former councilman William Chumar survived lockjaw after receiving sixty cubic centimetres of tetanus antitoxin injected into his back. Doctors say the method differs from the Paris approach, noting quick improvement in two days and ongoing hospital care. The St Francis hospital has had three cases, with two recoveries and one death.
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New York World
Trenton
Wiliam Chumar
Chumar
St. Francis Hospital
Martin H. Reddan
St.Francia's Hospital
Bauer
Paris
Italy
Reddan
Prussian Government Plans EU Credit for Weatphalian Deal
The government announced plans to submit to the EU for authorization a credit of 68 million marks about 28 million dollars to purchase the Weatphalian deal telas. The Frusulah government already owns large parts of the Rhedish and Sneslah coal rhinos, with mines run by the state to model employment.
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Céal Flatda
New York Journal
Beetle Dubie
Wewalon
Hotes
Commétes
Ler
Alaska Warmer Climate Linked to Japan Current Shift
Chicago Chronicle reports Alaska's climate growing milder since 1899 due to a eastward turn of the Japan current caused by submarine upheaval. Mariners note warmer winters and rainier summers from Nome to Juneau. The tale links earth tremor on Alaska’s western coast to a new current path and a milder regional climate.
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Japan
Chicago Chronicle
Tacoma
Wash
Alaska
Pacific Ocean
Alaskan
Puget Sound
Nome
Juneau
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