Dust Particles Harm Humans Linking Granite Dust to Disease
Harvard Medical School and the United States Public Health Service warn that sharp dust particles from granite and other materials irritate mucous membranes and inflame nasal and sinus passages. Respiratory diseases are markedly higher in granite workers, with mortality rising as dust exposure increases. Authorities discuss prevention, including calcium chloride binding on highways to absorb moisture and act as a dust binder and germicide.
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Harvard Medical School
United States Public Health Service
Insurance Companies
L. R. Thompson
Dr. Thompson
United States
Like Father Like Son Applied to Agriculture in the South
A review of last seasons shows father and son pairings winning top spots in agriculture across several states. Winners include W. T. Bell in Arkansas State Five A tests and Darnell and his sons Watt and John winning cotton and corn contests. The piece highlights three keys to yields: thorough cultivation, good seeds, and fertilization with nitrate of soda.
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Arkansas
W. T. Be
Histner
Strickland
Georgia
Inuit- Thomas
Statough
Solempir
Jewell and Sons
Glen Allan
Darnell
Watt
John
Nitrate of Soda Imports Rise in Record Year
The current nitrate year ending June 30 will be among the most prosperous in nitrate of soda history. About 9,000,000 tons will be exported worldwide in twelve months. Domestic nitrite consumption rose 65 percent in the fiscal year. US deliveries before June 30 total 1,176,000 tons, vs 754,277 in 1926-27. Europe, a longtime Chilean nitrate buyer, increased imports 47 percent. Herbert C. Brewer of the Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educational Bureau cites strong farmer satisfaction, especially in the South where it is used on cotton.
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United States
Com- Rites
Chile
Europe
Herbert C. Brewer
Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educational Bureau
South
Cotton and Co
Jokers in Old Laws Highlight Quirky Statutes
A look at old laws reveals comical outtakes. Massachusetts grants authority to judge who drives on public highways under liquor influence. Kansas railroad rules require two approaching trains at a crossing to stop until the other leaves. A proposed amendment would redefine Chinamen as girls under eighteen.
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Massachusetts
Kansas
Pathfinder Magazine
Early American chess tournaments spark notable rivalries
The 1889 New York international event saw Russia's Michael Tschigorin and Austria's Max Weiss sharing first and second prizes after a grueling contest. It would be 15 years before the next U.S. masters event, the 1904 Cambridge Springs congress where Frank J. Marshall won the first prize of 1000 dollars without a defeat across 15 games.
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America
New York
Michael Tschigorin
Russia
Max Weiss
Vienna
United States
Cambridge Springs
Frank J. Marshall
Proper Ten year old Jean Finds Quiet Bath Question
A humorous exchange unfolds when ten year old Jean asks for a bath on a hot June day. She wonders if people who sweat are called perspiring and if those who cry are said to weep, prompting a playful comparison of words and meanings.
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Jean
FOR JUDGESHIP RACE TO THE PEOPLE OF CHATT A HOO CHEE CIRCUIT
A candidate for re election to the Superior Court in the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit asks voters for endorsement in the upcoming Democratic primary on September 12. He praises his record, pledges faithful unbiased service, and signs GC F McLAUGHLIN.
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Chattahoochee
GC. F, McLaughlin
Charles R. Crisp Seeks Re election in Third District
Charles R Crisp announces candidacy for re election to the Seventy first Congress from the Third District subject to the Democratic primary on September 12. He vows to faithfully represent the people, act with motive to serve the public good, and seeks voters support in the upcoming primary.
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Charles R, Crisp
Georgia Taylor County says Windham seeks year’s support
Mrs. R M Windham has filed for 12 months support for herself and three minor children from the estate of R M Windham, deceased. The application will be heard at the July term of the Ordinary’s court, to be held on the first Monday in July 1928. Witness provided by L T Peed, Ordinary, dated June 18 1928.
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Georgia
Taylor County
R. M. Windham
R. M.indham
L. T. Peed
Ethel B. Kirksey
W. C. Kirksey
L. T, Peed
Carry Layfield
T. F. Layfield
L. T
Have You Found Complete Relief from Pellagra Treatment
Parts of an old advertisement claim relief from Pellagra symptoms such as nervousness stomach trouble and skin irritation. It cites patient testimonials from Mrs. R. R. Robinson of Stigler Oklahoma and Mrs. W. S. Hi Eagleton Arkansas praising drastic improvements and urges readers to act now by writing to a “Rountree Labor” doctor for the treatment praised over many years.
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R. R. Robinson
Stigler
Okla
W. 8
Eagleton
Ark
Drountree
Legal ads for tax sales in Taylor County Georgia
Property to be sold at the courthouse on the First Tuesday in July for 1927 state county and school taxes. Items include 102 acres of land part of lots 16 in McCants survey and bounded by Joiner Windham and Jennie McCants estate. 100 acres south half of lot 238 in the 12th district. 101 acres half of lots 29 and (Susan McCrary and Ann Fowler) in the 14th district. one house and lot in Reynolds known as Perk Williams property. Levied by Sheriff R P McGuffin with tax collector G A Roberts. June 5, 1928.
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McCants
Taylor County
Jennie McCants
T. B. Joiner
C. A
J. L. Windham
C. H. Harris
Said County
D. M. Harris
Susan McCrary
Ann Fowler
Reynolds
Perk Williams
G. A. Roberts
Sara Cross
L. C
R, P McGuffin
Kirksey Estate Support Filed for Mrs Ethel Kirksey and Children
Notice filed in the Ordinary’s court at the July term 1928 states Ethel B Kirksey applies for support for herself and four minor children from the estate of W C Kirksey deceased. Official signature dated May 30 1928 by L T Peed Ordinary.
Mrs Carry Layfield Seeks 12 Months Support From Deceased Spouse
Mrs Carry Layfield applies for twelve months support from the estate of T F Layfield, deceased. The petition will be heard at the July 1928 term of the Ordinary court, on the first Monday in July. Witnessed and signed May 29 1928 by L T Peed Ordinary.
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Irmick & CO
Baltimore
TYBEE
Savannah’s Beach
Florida
Butler
Jacksonville
Miami
Tampa
Central of Georgia Railway
Philadelphia
Boston
John W. Blount
General Pas
Central OF
Savannah
Portland
W. T. Beall
Elsther
Leon
Congress
Wats
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