College students deemed physically defective by doctor
Dr R Tait MacKenzie, physical director at the University of Pennsylvania gymnasium, says more than half of entering college men are defective though not deformed. He cites poor carriage, round shoulders, flat feet, spinal curvature, and weaker digestion and eyesight linked to lack of care and smoking. The piece also notes the 65th anniversary of the commercial telegraph and the growth of global communications from Morse to modern wireless systems.
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United States
R. Tait MacKenzie
University of Pennsylvania Gymnasium
Telegraphs and Private Use in Domestic Life
A 20th century concern notes that private telegram use, like the telephone, can become intrusive. Citing a divorce case, the New York Mail recalls daily telegram torrents that overwhelmed the wife and risked her nervous health. The piece argues telegraphs cannot replace mail in ordinary domestic correspondence and should not intrude on simple living.
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New York Mail
Rockefeller's lifetime dream of benevolence revealed
A century long arc shows Rockefeller origins from a sixty cent a day clerk to a global philanthropic plan. Ledger A chronicles early giving as he built a universal distribution system for Standard Oil. The piece frames his foundation as the culmination of fifty years of experiment and growth.
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Rockefeller Foundation
Cleveland
Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
United States
Europe
A Literal Fate Gas Leak Suspected After Panic
In Baltimore American a lighted candle was used to check for a gas leak after Jakes vanished from routine. Friends report he was not suffering nervously. he simply looked for danger. The scene reflects local concern over aPossible hazard and a suspected gas leak incident.
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Jakes
Baltimore
Hammond proposes Department of Public Works in U S government
Washington The idea from John Hays Hammond envisions a new Department of Public Works to supplant the Interior. It would control national resources and major engineering projects including the Panama Canal and public lands while directing conservation policy and health administration. A senator backs the plan and a bill will be drafted for summer study in Beverly.
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Washington, D. C
John Hays Hammond
Taft
Department of Public Works
Department of the Interior
United States
Beverly
Panama Canal
Forestry Bureau
Special Land Bureau
General Land Office
Bureau of Health
Patent Office
Ballinger
War Department
Navy Department
Hammond
Milliken Proves Electrical Facts In Groundbreaking Study
Chicago reports Professor Robert A Milliken and Professor Harvey Fletcher have isolated an individual ion and shown that electric charge has a granular structure. Through precise oil drop experiments in a horizontal air condenser, they measure ion charge by changes in droplet speed under known electric fields.
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Milliken
Chicago University
Chicago
Robert A. Milliken
Physical Department
University of Chicago
Albert ‘A. Michelson
Sigma XI Society
Harvey Fletcher
Los Angeles
Arthur T. Hadley
Yale
Southern California
Yale Club
United States
Butter Price Move May Hike to One Dollar a Pound
Chicago and Elgin butter interests plan to raise market prices after discovering meat packers hold contracts for about 8,000,000 pounds for delivery at Elgin prices. The aim is to force cancellation of contracts or suffer a financial loss. Butter may rise to one dollar a pound.
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Chicago
Chicago Meat Packing
Omaha
Elgin
Sign Language of Indians Faces Erosion by English Contact
The old sign language of North American Indians, a universal gesture system used for centuries, is fading as younger generations learn English and mingle with whites. Eastern efforts to print biblical signs failed, and western Oklahoma Cheyennes seek new signs for modern concepts with Dr. A. L. Edington of Watonga often aiding reaching out from Cantonment.
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West
Oklahoma
A. L. Edington
Watonga
Okla
Cantonment
Edington
Kansas City
A Doctor's Experience Medicine Not Needed in This Case
A medical letter argues coffee harms health and touts Postum as a cure. A 42 year old patient with nervous prostration reports improved sleep, weight gain from 146 to 167 pounds, and better energy after replacing coffee with Postum. The ad claims others, including the doctor and two children, benefited.
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Postum
Wellville
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