Origin of Sleeping Sickness Puzzles Medical Men
Public Health Service report from Washington outlines sleeping sickness or epidemic encephalitis as a puzzling disease with limited US cases. It notes two main theories of cause, limitations in data, and a 29 percent fatality rate among observed cases. New York, Louisiana, Virginia, and Ohio provide most of the double figure totals.
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IGT & Comme
Public Heatth Service
Washington
United States
Publi Health Service
New York
Louisiana
Virginia
Ohio
Public Health Service
Bank Robbers Foiled by Alarm at Mansfield Co operative Bank
Four armed men attempted a Mansfield Rhode Island bank robbery but a bystander triggered the fire alarm. The robbers fled in a Rhode Island registered car after staff reported the incident and the alarm scared them away. Bank employees described gunmen restraining staff while Charles Crane alerted authorities as the car sped off.
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Mansfield
Web
Mansfield Co-operative Bank
Wille Varto
Providence
Charles Crane
Bereeper
Henry E. King
William Molec
Crane
Mansfeld
Morrow Denies Effort to Fix Coal Price
WARHINGTON Feb 14 Hearings on the Calderal to regulate the coal industry before the Senate Manufacturers Committee heard statements denying any intent to fix prices or restrain production. The chairman noted no clear plan to report to the Senate, while the association denied attempts to influence price or industry output.
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Glenwood
Glenwood Club
Morrow
Warhrington
Senate
Ito
Funeral of Brockenbury Girl Hele in Milford
The Milford funeral progresses for a Brockenbury girl. Details of the service and interment appear in fragmented text, with mentions of hospital transport and local mourners. Interment is noted at Milford cemetery. several relatives and community members are referenced.
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Brockenbury
Hele
Milford
Former Banker Now In Movie Business
Former banker turned sales manager for John L. Guyer. He held fiscal agent roles for Consolidated Inrms Laboratory and ran a branch office at the Liberty building. He studied foreign trade and investments at Harvard, later joining National Shawmut bank Boston and now aligns with John L. Guyer Jr. in Boston.
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I John L. Guyer
Consolidated Inrms Laboratory
Peakpeny
Giberty
shis_city
Gonncat
Pirst Bridgeport
Foreign Department
National Shawmut Bank of Boston
Tarvard Univty
John L. Gwyer, Jr
Boston
Boylston Street
Connecticut Hungarian Murdered in Budapest
A Hungarian from Connecticut is killed by an organized murder gang in Budapest. Disguised as guides, gang members lure arrivals at railway terminals, robbing and sometimes murdering them. George Bodnar, who had just arrived from Connecticut with 2006 dollars, was found dumped in the Danube.
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Budapest
United States
George Bodnar
Danube
Bodnar
Connecticut
Three Investigations Start Into Brooklyn Railroad Wreck
New York February 5 three separate inquiries began to determine fault in the Long Island railroad collision in Brooklyn last night. Fifteen persons were seriously injured and many more lightly hurt. Edward Costello motorman faced felonious assault charges and bail was set at five thousand dollars. Investigations are by police the Brooklyn district attorney and the railroad company. Costello allegedly ignored a danger signal and steered his train into the express, which was ripped in two. One severely injured passenger William Van Twistern had an arm torn off and was taken to hospital in critical condition with poor prospects of recovery.
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New York
Long Island
Brooklyn
Edward Coshello
Brooklsn
Costello
Wiliam van Twistern
Lady Howe Council Meeting Postponed to February 24
The Lady Howe Council of the Daughters of Liberty announced that its Thursday night gathering is postponed and rescheduled for February 24. The change affects all members and nearby observers.
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Lady Howe Council, Bb
Lady Howe Council
Daughters of Liberty
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