Melting Snow with Flame Thrower Linked to Adult Brain Disease
Professor Lanarelli discusses a distinct disease resembling but separate from cerebrospinal meningitis and spotted fever. It has appeared in 1917 to 1919 in scattered regions, with hundreds of cases in English cities in 1918 and a June end to that outbreak. The illness begins with depression and sleepiness, leading to prostration, drooping eyelids, crossed eyes, and unresponsive speech, then deep sleep. Lanarelli is a Bologna faculty member and former microbiology and public hygiene professor at Montevideo, previously Italy’s agriculture official.
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Lanarelli
Italy
Mantua
Bulgaria
United States
University of Bologna
University of Montevideo
Agriculture
Sleep Malady Follows influenza Across Italian Cities
Italian scientists study a sleeping sickness linked to influenza waves in Rome and other cities. Prof. Giuseppe Lanarelli says high resistance wards off the illness, which affects those in run-down condition. He cautions against alarm and notes uncertainty about contagion and germ discovery.
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Rome
Giuseppe Lanarelli
Benedict XIII
Benedict XIV
Leo XII
Lanarelli
Fish, Given Drink, Comes Back to Life in Norfolk
In Yarmouth a bream inside a 20 pound pike, caught by Robert Watling of Coltishall, surprised onlookers. After Watling poured brandy down the bream’s throat and changed the water regularly, the fish revived and swam actively again, earning the moniker Jonah No. 2.
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London
Yarmouth
Robert Watling
Coltishall
Norfolk
Barton Broad
Watling
Young man walks 2600 miles for Oakland job
John Thornton, 20, began a 2600 mile hike from Toronto to Oakland seeking work on his brother’s California ranch. Lacking train funds, he camps outdoors and plans to reach his brother by March 1920, averaging 18 to 20 miles a day.
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Chicago
Ill
Toronto
Canada
Oakland
Cal
John Thornton
Thornton
Hyder Alaska Wild Nights Back Under Lid As Spring Rush Looms
A miner reports Hyder Alaska briefly ran a freewheeling boom with bars dancing and gambling. United States Marshal John Rowan closed it, sending crowds to Stewart Canada while royal mounted police may patrol next spring. The town's population plummeted after the lid went on.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Hyder
Stewart
Royal Northwestern Mounted Police
Dawson
John Rowan
Territorial
United States
Reading Psalms Test for Immigrants at Ellis Island
New York reports the Psalm literacy test for immigrants, with 1,000 daily readers near the Statue of Liberty. Inspectors use multilingual Psalm cards to assess ability to read 30 to 40 words and require expanded staff and funding to enforce the rule.
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Ellis Island
New York
Sam _ will
Miss Liberty
Department of Labor
City Seeks Size and Salary Hikes to Retain Skilled Workers
The plan aims to expand size and raise salaries for current staff to prevent skilled workers from leaving for private employment, ensuring continued service capacity and expertise.
Ex-Duke Wins Lawsuit Over Confiscated Estate
The former reigning duke of Gotha defeats the free state in court after property was confiscated and absorbed into state assets without compensation. The People's Commission claimed prerogatives but the tribunal ruled the seizure illegal. A special commission will negotiate a compromise.
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Berlin
Germany
Gotha
Free State
People’s Commissioner
German agate fishing guides outclassed by Chicago lapidary
A Chicago lapidary develops a modern drilling method to mass produce agate guides for fishing rods, claiming superior quality and faster production than German-made guides previously monopolizing the market. The piece notes German methods were slow and often failed to ensure uniform quality, with red-dyed imitations misrepresented as genuine agate.
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Germany
Chicago
America
Amsterdam
Uruguay
Faith and Fear Not in The Mastery of Will
Quote extols power of will and soul to shape destiny and conquer obstacles. It contrasts the fearful with the brave, noting that hope and courage sustain perseverance and endurance, turning challenges into stepping stones toward success.
Fish Story Grows Beyond Ordinary Bounds
Yonkers Statesman reports a tale so sprawling it mocks typical fish stories. The narrative centers on a legendary catch and the bustling reaction of a local community to the improbable tale.
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Yonkers
McKinley Birth and Death Timeline and Quotations
The text notes William McKinley born January 29 1843 in Niles Ohio and shot September 6 1901 at the Buffalo exposition by Leon Czolgosz dying eight days later. It cites his major acts including the Spanish American War and territorial acquisitions. It ends with a motivational quote about striving for high standards.
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William McKinley
United States
Niles, O
McKinley
Buffalo Exposition
Leon Czolgosz
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