Rat Menace Threatens Human Health and Economy
The article cites Rhode Island as the worst state for physical unfitness among 1910 to 1923 applicants, notes health as a core national issue, and warns that rising rat populations threaten humanity. It recounts expert Nicholas on rats as disease carriers, their intelligence, color-based baiting, and large-scale poisoning campaigns, urging community action and rat-proofing.
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Mr. Nicholas
Mr. Nicholes
Nicholes
Lexington
Baltimore
Nicholas
Surgery Restores a Dead Man to Life in Eight Hours
A 1923 King Features Syndicate column recounts dramatic medical feats and tech wonders. It notes Dr. John Gannon reviving Frederick Curtin after eight minutes of death, plus broader reflections on science, Edison, X rays, and social ills facing Europe.
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Herbert Kaufman
Frederick Curtin
Hiss
John Gannon
Washington Asylum
Gannon
Curtin
Roentgent
Edison
Crookes
South Africa
Rand
King Features Syndicate
One Fifth of Class 1 Men Unfit for Service
Surgeon General Merritte W. Ireland reports that 20 percent of 4,000,000 selective service registrants were found physically unfit for any military duty. Bone and organ locomotion defects led the list of rejection causes, underscoring national health as civilization’s foundation.
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Merritte W. Ireland
Athens Day by Day as Seen by the Messenger Watch Dog
A humorous Athens slice shows residents reading valentines taped for the Messenger Watch Dog column. Local characters Abri gal, a Michigan or California man, a self-made worker, Justice Helwig, a chiopractor, and others receive playful verses and quips. The piece closes with a plug for old want ads.
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Athens
Michigan
California
Rats Multiply and Grow Fat
Washington scene reports a surge in rat populations despite extensive campaigns. The modern Piedene J. L. Nicholas notes surviving rats quickly rebuild families, claiming he helped rid the country of 10,000,000 rats last year per government counts.
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Washington, D. C
J. L. Nicholas
Nicholas
Questions and Answers in The Athens Messenger
Reader Q and A from The Athens Messenger information service covers Valentine origins polka dot names and other curiosities. Entries include origin of St Valentine date parliamentary law data Florida freezes peach origins and light year conversion with concise answers from various readers.
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Acta Santorum
Valentine
Rome
Umbria
Lubercalia
England
Chaucer
Florida
Key West
J. J
Colored man receives state statistician post in Ohio
Secretary of State Brown announces the appointment of Carl C. Jenkins of Wilberforce as special statistician in the secretary of state’s office. Salary set at $2,400 annually.
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Columbus
Brown
Carl C. Jenkins
Wilberforce
Secretary of States
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