Two Week Closure Ordered for Hillsboro Relief Office
The Montgomery county emergency relief office in Hillsboro was ordered closed for two weeks amid demonstrations and threats of violence by county idle. The report notes county actions and local disturbances during this period.
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Montgomery County
Hillsboro
Fulton County
L. F. Lillie
Margaret Clower
Ira L. Vancil
Taylorville
Vancil
John Shelton
Ilinois
Carbondale
Mayfield
E. W. Williams
John A. Logan
Silas H. Altorfer
Peoria
Hinz
Anton Kumpik
Aurora
Lyons
Forest View
George H. Deems
Springfield
Bureau of the Census
Illlinois
Vincent Okaren
John A. Ball
Dana Grocer
Minoak
Ottawa
Edwin Marzuki
Donie Marzuki
Marzuki
Frank St. Ehrman
Forrest
Horner
Senate
Brain Trust
Washington
Winas
Illinois
NRA
Winois
Walter W. Wright
Wright
Hancock County
Mississippi Bluffs
Tannic acid burns treatment saves lives in early reports
Historical notes describe tannic acid compresses as a routine outpatient burn treatment since 1929, reducing deaths from burns to about four percent. The method aims to limit absorption of harmful substances, reduce fluid loss, and prevent systemic poisoning, with preparations including tannic acid solutions, mercury compounds, and boric acid tablets.
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P. H. Alitchener
London
Mitchener
Force the Child to Eat Says Dr Gipson Advice
Dr Gipson of Gadsden Alabama argues appetite drives growth not meal size. He urges small meals and foods that empty the stomach quickly to stimulate hunger at meal times and avoid long lasting foods like fried items and oats. Meats broths and extracts may boost appetite while sweets and starches harm it.
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A. C. Gipson
Gadsden
Ala
Test of Exact Age Claims From Voronoff Draws Interest
A reported method by Dr. Serge Voronoff to determine exact age attracts curiosity. The piece notes Zara Agha, a Turk exhibited in the U S, may undergo the test in Istanbul. It mentions Belle Rhynes of Savannah dying aged 123 and credits smoking a pipe since age eleven, and Peter Pollen of Trinidad turning 100 by diving underwater.
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Serge Voronoff
Zara Agha
United Press
Istanbul
Tropica
Some Men Seek Divorce Over Silent Spouse
A man recently sought divorce because his wife refused to talk to him. The case reflects domestic strains reported in the Washington Star style.
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Stone
Waeashington Star
Lightning calculator at Nantes asylum astonishes with rapid mental math
A doctor at a Nantes asylum reports a patient who cannot read or write but solves large-number arithmetic. When asked seconds in thirty-nine years three months and twelve hours, he answered correctly in 32 seconds, explaining a method to compute 30 years as 946,080,000 seconds using basic multiples.
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Nantes
France
Postum Free Week Offer Highlighted in Advert Page
The Postum Company promotes a free week’s supply of its health beverage to readers who write for the offer. The advertisement invites inquiry and promises a full week’s supply sent to applicants.
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Postum Company
Radios on Snowplows Aid Government Railways Traffic
Radios on snowplows were installed to communicate with stations and trains during heavy snowfalls in various parts of Japan. The wireless receivers proved highly efficient in maintaining traffic flow and coordinating snow-clearing operations.
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Japan
Modern Turkey’s turn sparks grim marriage crime trend
An Ankara report cited in a Vienna newspaper notes that more than half of about 700 women in Turkish prisons are jailed for murdering their former husbands. The piece questions why emancipated wives would so gravely exercise newfound freedom, offering little explanation.
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Turkey
Kemal Pasha
Ankara
Ge Vienna
Einstein Turns Fifty Five Filling Tax Return
The New Yorker quips that Einstein celebrated his fifty fifth birthday by completing his first American income tax return. The line imagines a great mathematician treating taxes as a festive milestone rather than a burden.
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Einstein
The
New Yorker
Monarch’s Treasures Value of King George V Dinner Service
The article notes that the state dinner service crafted from pure gold, associated with King George V, is valued at over 4.5 million dollars and would make him very wealthy if sold.
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George’ V
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Levaian Hombeldt
Han
Partners Accounting Service Box
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