Guard Health of America and World Sanitation Efforts
In Dr. Alvah H. Doty’s New York quarantine office a globe studded with tacks shows current or recent cholera bubonic plague and yellow fever cases, mapped to reveal origins and responses. The piece praises American medical work and credits Germany and Japan for global disease control efforts.
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Byew York
Alvah H. Doty
Port of New York
Doty
United States Marine Hospital Service
Washington
Army
Germany
Japan
Pacific
Australia
Hawaiian Islands
Wyman
Navy
Suez Canal
America
New York
Mediterranean
United States
Land of
Czar
Port of
Vigilant health sentinels guard U S ports from plague and cholera
Dr Doty praises Japanese sanitarians while detailing global health vigilance. A sentinel system monitors ships from Port Said to New York, with daily reports guiding quarantine. Immigrant ships from Libau and Mecca pilgrim voyages illustrate how inspections curb outbreak spread and protect American waters.
Japan's Heavy Burden In War Time Trade
The piece compares Japan's global burden to Germany's, noting Japan's many ships and multiple nations to monitor in Europe and India. It highlights cholera and bubonic plague controls by Japanese sanitarians, the decline of plague and cholera, and praise for American Army doctors under Col Hoff in Manila with optimism that cholera will pass soon.
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India
Europe
Japan
Manila
Col. Hoff
Plague Fight Seen Across India and China
The article argues that India and China face the hardest battle against modern plagues. It notes India’s long history with disease and doubts about complete eradication, linking outbreaks to the Indian empire and Muslim populations as described by Dr. Doty and colleagues in public health work.
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China
India
Doty
Global medical effort praised in yellow fever fight notes
The piece honors Allied medical personnel from Australia to Scandinavia and the United States for their role against plague and yellow fever. It highlights Surgeon Blue of the army in San Francisco and officials like Ga, Funston, Gorgas, Moore, Woodruff, Lazare, Doty, and Surgeon General Wyman, noting progress in eliminating disease and safeguarding major ports.
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Scandinavia
Great Britain
France
Mediterranean
San Francisco
Blue
Funston
Department of California
New Orleans
Mobile
Brunswick
Porto Rico
Isthmus
Cuba
Panama
Gorgas
Moore
Woodruff
Lazare
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Atlantic
Seattle
Pacific
Doty
Wyman
Army
Birthright Pension Plan Attracts Residents To Klingenberg
The Westminster Gazette notes a Bavarian scheme in Klingenberg near Aschaffenburg where locals born in the parish receive no upkeep charges and a yearly $60 pension. If invested at 3 percent, that sum could grow to about $7,800 by age 60, boosting appeal for residency.
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Klingenberg
Aschaffenberg
Bavaria
Westminster Gazette
Railroads and Y M C A Welfare Work Spread Across the Nation
The Y M C A railroad welfare program covers about 80 percent of U S railroad mileage and grew from Cleveland origins in 1872. Companies fund about 40 percent of operating costs, with 60 percent from members, now a nationwide network with buildings from grand to simple. Also noted is new Mexican rail growth, Guadalajara to Mexico City, and Harriman plans expanding toward the Pacific coast and Yucatan.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Trans
Railroad Department
Cleveland
International Committee
Hell
Keepi
St. Louis
Guadalajara
Chicago
Republic of Mexico
Southern Pacific
Mexico
E. H. Harriman
Mexico City
Pan-American
Yucatan
Harriman
City of
Mexican Central
S. M. Felton
Mexican Cempral
Irapuato
Felton
Republic
The
Luxury on the Line Pullman Train to Brighton
London Tic-Bits notes a new Pullman train de luxe to debut on the London to Brighton line next November. The lavish service, costing £40,000, will include four drawing-room cars two composite smoking cars and a bullet feature, aiming to outshine the existing Sunday Pullman Limited and crown the finest train in the world.
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Brighton
London
Medical Assurance Dialogue Row
A courtroom exchange humorously questions self awareness during mental decline. The judge notes that a person could lose their mind without noticing, while a doctor responds neither the patient nor friends would detect the change.
Holy City rail line opened at Medina amid imperial ceremony
The Damascus Medina railroad known as the Holy City opened with dawn prayers at the prophet's tomb and a flags of victory. Field Marshal Kiazim Pasha praised the work while Ali Djevad Pasha conveyed the sultan's congratulatory message. Ali Kiamil lauded constitutional progress and Mukhtar Bey pledged to extend the line toward Mecca. A 21 gun salute closed the ceremony as dignitaries took oaths to support expansion. Medina is described as Medinat al Nabi and al Munawwarah, sacred sites tied to Mohammed.
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Damascus
Medina
Holy City
Constantinople
Kiazim Pasha
Ali Djevad Pasha
Ali Kiamil
Holy
Djevad Pasha
Imperial
Mukhtar Bey
Mecca
Porte
Hadjaz
Medinat al- Nabi
Tayyibah
al- Munawwarah
Islam
Mohammed
Yambu
Red Sea
Human Elements In Cars
An elderly locomotive engineer contends engines and electric street cars show almost human traits. He recalls a B R T electric train where each car, though identical, behaves with distinct individuality and must be paired in specific sequences to avoid bucking or misbehavior. Overhauls fix the sulky cars, revealing a matter of temperament rather than pure machinery.
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Bridge
Coney Island
Mile-a-Minute Ben Prefers Rails To Auto Travel
Veteran engineer Benjamin Day of the Delaware Lackawanna & Western, famed for the Millionaires Express, says time governs speed and that he fears riding in an automobile. He has driven at 75 mph on rails, but prefers steel rails and a locomotive over cars and speed trials. He trusts testing no chances and remains wary of auto travel.
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Benjamin’ Day
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Road
Hoboken
Morris Plains
Day
Willow Trees to Replace Snow Fences Along NP Railroad
Willow trees will be planted along the Northern Pacific railroad in North Dakota as an experiment to replace snow sheds. One hundred thousand golden willows are being planted this year, with hopes they will prove as effective as regular snow sheds and not subject to the same failures.
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Northern Pacific
North Dakota
Sefe
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Alcker
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Oean
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Philippine
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