George Thatcher dies pioneer of negro minstrelsy
George Thatcher longtime minstrel star in New Jersey dies at 64 from cancer. Born 1849 in Maryland he toured with Thatcher Primrose and later led his own troupe The Little Rebel in New Orleans. Survived by wife Zenaido Williams and daughter Mrs. Joseph K. Parker. Funeral set for East Orange.
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George Thatcher
Joseph M. Thatcher
Glenwood Avenue
East Orange
N. J
Thatcher
Rebel
Pany
New Orleans
Dustin Far
Huntly
San Francisco
Thatcher, Primrose & Est
George Ades
Zenaido Williams
Bones
Celeb Wright Thatcher
Lees
God Ans
Joseph K. Parker
Little Silver
Old Dr Osler in pitiable plea for poor rich
Sir William Osler laments English neglect of the poor and contrasts with American care. He urges reform and calls officials pig-headed and ignorant for failing to modernize hospital and welfare approaches.
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DR. Osler
William Osler
England
Sir William
Woman's Tibia Used to Strengthen Spine in Operation
Kansas City surgeon reports success in a procedure on Miss Jo Knudson aged twenty four to treat spinal curvature. A piece of tibia from the front of the bone was removed, shaped, and strapped between the spinal cartilage to support the spine.
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Kansas City
Jo Knudson
State Bankers Opposed to Currency Legislation
Mew London June 27 State bankers at the Connecticut Bank Association annual meeting pass a resolution opposing currency legislation reported from Washington as a bill to be introduced in Congress. The action preserves option for future steps and notes demand for new currency of the right type to avoid unsettling business interests.
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London
Connecticut Bank
Stf Association
Washington
Congress
Sea Serpent Described Again in Stratford Today
Stratford reverberates with revived claims of a sea serpent seen on the Sound 200 years ago by Rev. Samuel Russell. Capt. Thene Judson corroborates the 1710 description, asserting the creature may be half woman, with a long serpentine body and a mackerel color, seen near the Housatonic mouth during summer.
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Stratford
New Haven
Samuel Russell
Samuel
Thene Judsor
Stratford Light
Capt
Thene
Capt. Judson
Connecticut
Judson
Housatonic
Saratoga
Dominic Russell
Miss Sea Serpent
Peanuts Vendor Duped in $660 Handkerchief Scam
In New Haven a Syrian peanut vendor John Woowoota at 215 Commerce Street was duped when a stranger offered to stake $4,500 and paid with counterfeit bills for $6 in cash and newspaper. The pair vanished after a dinner arrangement failed, using the handkerchief game known for years in immigrant markets.
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New Haven
John Woowoodta
Commerce Street
Woowoota
Skiba faces contempt in ongoing rural chicken case
Fairfield reports Justice Wakeman hearing Martin Skiba after neighbors accuse his roaming chickens of invading yards. The case was continued to Saturday amid other alerts, including a possible manslaughter charge linked to a separate driver, Pizzipio. Field day events at Mill Plain and community notices fill the day with school sports and local updates.
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Fairfield
Martin Skiba
Justice Bacon Wakeman
Elwood
Justice Wakeman
Skiba
George O. Pizzipio
Clitus King
Jack Shepherd
Pizzipio
Mill Plain
Grover C. Bowman
William H. Donaldson
Sherman
Greenfield Hill
Southport
Nichols Terrace
Stratfield
George F. Sherwood
Lyons Plains
William Mushet
California
Mushet
Sherwood
Greenfield Hil
S. H. Wisner
Hayden’s Hill
A. S. Mertens
Bridgeport
Golden Gate
J. B. Elliot
Oaklands
Fairfields
McGarry’s
Florence Flinn
A. W. Hall
H. Rose
Peter Cletus
Endra Koczay
Max April
New York
M. Menchen
Irvin K. Flesser
New Haven
Laura Hall
May Connelly
Frank Ferris
L. Bock
Ward
Efficiency in the Public Health Campaign
An essay argues that public health should be guided by vital statistics, comparing it to business bookkeeping. It notes total US deaths around 732,538 in a registration year and 174,470 from minor, hard to classify causes, stressing directed efforts toward major diseases like cancer.
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United States
Health officer targets external factors in disease control
The health officer emphasizes focusing funds on the second class of diseases where external controllable factors predominate. He argues for directing resources to areas where public intervention can yield the greatest benefit, recognizing the limits of current practical control over certain illnesses.
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Peanut Vendor
Aemer
Pitipio
Val
Tisle Hose
Oes SC Wahic
Ons
Rs Buu
Panama
Sie
Chile
Aesar Misch
Golden Hill
Middle Streets
C.a
B. A. Winslow
The
North American Review
Kansas City Journal
Manufacturer’ S Outlet
Cothing Ain
Golden Hill Streets
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