Malta fever claims an American research veteran
Washington December 18 Special Writer Uncle Sam loses another top public health researcher to Malta fever. Dr Edward Francis a veteran of nearly 80 years in the Public Health Service battles the illness at Naval Hospital while facing an estimated five years of pain. He previously isolated tularemia known as Francis disease and planned further work as hunting season widens. He remains confident he will recover and return to research.
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Washington
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U. S. Public Health Service Research Laboratory
Edward Francis
Malta
Naval Hospital
Francis
U. S
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Malta Faver
G. C. Lake
B. C. Lockrider
West
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Thought for Today Quote and Paraphrase
A biblical verse warns leaders cause their followers to err and face destruction. A misattributed maxim humorously notes a city fares better with a single strong man than with complex laws.
Speed mania blamed for student deaths in Athens Ohio
Editorial harshly criticizes rapid driving across the region noting the recent fatal crash involving university students. It warns drivers, both young and old, that speed across hills and curves invites disaster. Authors urge steady, moderate speeds and caution against thrill seeking on fast cars.
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Athens County
Middle West
Ohio
The Diplomat in an Argument Wins Without Boasting
The text argues that the best debaters admit the other side is right at first and then prove their own point. It compares open mindedness to a skill of influencing minds without provoking anger. It suggests customers or opponents stay when one can consistently win a calm, factual reconciliation.
Remember Names When You Meet Them In Business
A discussion on the value of recalling names in daily life and business. It argues that greeting others by name fosters goodwill, repeat visits, and smoother interactions, noting that attention to introductions helps names cling in memory if one keeps an orderly mind.
Saving Names and Dates for Future Reference
The text reflects on the value of storing names dates and events in memory for future encounters with strangers. It emphasizes that remembering specifics can prevent embarrassment on later occasions.
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Miliar
Today a good king dying and empire legacy
Britain mourns as King George III lies unconscious with slim chance of recovery. His eldest son returns from Africa to be near the monarch, seen as a wise and devoted ruler. The column weighs royal qualities and contrasts with historic kings while reflecting on domestic housing debates.
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Britain
Africa
George
Suggestion to free women from kitchen drudgery
The piece argues millions of women tied to stoves should be freed by community kitchens. Cooking would be done properly and scientifically, delivering food to homes and allowing women to use their brains for thinking instead of labor.
Not a New Idea in Food Production Helping Workers
Those in manufacturing prepared foods breakfast soups and preserved fruits seek to minimize kitchen slavery through better processes and oversight, signaling ongoing efforts to improve workplace conditions in food production.
Boundary clash sparks call for war amid Kellogg pact debate
Paraguay and Bolivia clash over a border dispute that has killed 25 men and prompted a drastic call to arms. Observers warn the proposed war would cost 25,000 more lives, even as the Kellogg treaty to outlaw war is presented to the Senate as a cure.
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Paraguay
Bolivia
Dilemma of Confrontation and Arbitration
A speaker argues that powerful nations should refrain from forcing war on smaller states. He notes the United States could intervene with air power, but would not, since planes are scarce. Bolivia refuses arbitration, highlighting limits to peaceful resolution.
Oil leaders favor end to wasteful price wars, says executive
Mr. Axell Byles head of Tidewater Associated Oil at a New York dinner with Paul Shoup and Herbert Fleishhacker said big oil men now see no sense in throat-cutting competition. He saw no hard and fast agreement among producers or exporters but noted dawning common sense in the oil industry.
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Axell Byles
Tidewater Associated Oil Company
New York
Metropolitan
Paul Shoup
Herbert Fleishhacker
California
Oil policy debate and election vote tallies
President Coolidge denounces oil waste while Herbert Hoover explores a plan to safeguard the oil industry. Debate notes export pricing, foreign benefits, and depletion risks. The piece also cites Norman Thomas gaining 300 thousand votes alongside Smith and Hoover tallies, with Debs' 1912 near 900 thousand.
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Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Norman Thomas
Smith
Debs
Socialists Rally Amid Prosperity and Political Debates
The passage notes socialists face a tough race against prosperity, Coolidge’s popularity, and hot issues like wet versus dry policies. It suggests voters’ busyness leaves little time for socialist contemplation.
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Coolidge
Wireless portrait to chase criminal at sea
The steam ship Aquitania 600 miles at sea received by wireless photographs from Daventry. A criminal leaving his country under an assumed name may have his picture broadcast to every ship at sea.
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Aquitania
Daventry
Sched
President Coolidge Praised After Vermont Speech
President Coolidge receives favorable criticism for a speech in Bennington Vermont. The article notes he is the father of John Coolidge and highlights public reaction.
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President Coolidge
Bennington
Vermont
John Coolidge
Mechanical man street car motorman tested in Cleveland
A prototype robotic motorman is tried in Cleveland with promising feasibility. The narrator notes riders have long been culture of routine, and humorously adds that America will not broadcast bagpipe music.
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Cleveland
America
Health and Foot Exercises From Dr Frank McCoy Advice
Dr Frank McCoy shares home guidance on foot health and overall fitness. He links flat feet and obesity to nervous energy loss, recommends toe inward exercises, arch supports only as temporary aid, and daily walks to build strength. He notes massage and cycling devices can aid reduction with walking for muscle hardening.
Answers on post ulcer diet and vein inflammation remedies
A reader asks about ongoing throat acid after duodenal ulcer surgery and left leg phlebitis. The respondent notes unclear “careful diet” and offers to send articles on gastritis and phlebitis after confirming full name and address. A second question from Mrs O G about bananas remains incomplete.
Candles and quirks mark New York fashion week
By the Way in New York notes trends born on Monday mornings. Candles scented with perfume, matching bathrobes and furnishings, and designer pieces proliferate in society circles. Old-fashioned playthings and puzzles also resurge amid a broad array of revived arts and entertainments.
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Gilbert Swan Messenger
New York
Signor
Ajello
Ribbon Prize Colors and Notable Facts From a Debated Page
Blue first prize red second prize white third prize. The James River bridge near New Port News spans four and a half miles with a twenty two foot concrete roadway. It uses reinforced concrete piles, ten deep water piers, and a lift span of three hundred feet. Cost about five million dollars, opened November seventeenth after starting last March. The Croix de Guerre is cited as the most prized French military decoration. Kipling allegedly provided a happy ending to The Light That Failed. A significant share of voters abstain for varied reasons.
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James River
J. Meco
Rudyard Kipling
Johnston Forbes-Robertson
Legislative terms across nations puzzle shows Spain’s legislature
A crossword style question asks for the name of Spain’s legislature and the upper house, plus other international equivalents. It lists clues like country capitals and government terms, aiming to identify proper nouns such as Sweden’s full legislative body and similar entities.
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Spain
College friend host and local notices from Chillicothe era
Professor F B Gullum of Chillicothe High School attended by college friends. An ad notes a lost brown skirt between Elmwood Driveway and Carpenter Street on Thanksgiving evening. Charles Cameron at Glouster Trimble. President Roosevelt asks Congress for larger reserve army ten years ago. Camp Sherman demobilized soldiers return home. John J Schmidt of Cincinnati to lead two Cline Sca Cream plants in Athens and Charleston. James Gabriel of Carbondale reported killed in France on November 6. Wilson sails from New York harbor with the Peace Commission toward Geneva.
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Elmwood Driveway
Carpenter Street
John 8. Schmidt
Cincinnati
Athens
Cline Sca Cream Company
Charleston
W. Va
Voting Rights and Tax Bar to Franchises in Early 1900s Q&A
The text discusses restrictions on voting due to tax qualifications residency and employment. It notes that over 300,000 people are deprived of the franchise for reasons like insanity pauperism imprisonment educational deficits and mentions District of Columbia residents lacking votes. It also includes a Q A section on forestry banking telegraph damage and Hawaii's flower emblem Pua Alalo.
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District of Columbia
Hawaii
Continental Congress votes to build 13 war frigates
On December 13 1775 the Continental Congress voted to construct thirteen war frigates. In 1893 the House passed a bill admitting Utah as a state. In 1912 the government assumed control of all wireless stations within its territory.
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Continental Congress
House of Representatives
Utah
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