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Newspaper
Carey Times
Location
Carey, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1911
Page
7
Berkeley student Taylor Pendleton was elected captain of Princeton University’s freshman football squad. He is a quarterback in his 61st year at Princeton and leads the new group as captain. The piece notes his role and the team’s status within early collegiate athletics.
Scottish curlers travel to Winnipeg Manitoba arriving February 8 with the opening of the national bonspiel slated for February 9. The gathering aims to select Olympic hopefuls for Stockholm 1912 amid ice concerns.
The article discusses tuberculosis as a global disease not restricted by climate. It argues air quality and clean living help but medical care, rest, and nourishing food are essential. emphasizes prevention through pure air, dust-free indoor environments, and supportive treatment.
A public health notice urges universal effort against tuberculosis noting it is curable and preventable while stressing its communicability. The message warns against contrary ideas and calls for widespread circulation to promote prevention and treatment.
A National My Yeosis Association committee concludes climate factors in tuberculosis care. Pure air and sunshine top the list, with dryness ranked highly. wind is harmful only when directly exposed. Cold dry weather aids the patient, and comfort and happiness in sunshine support recovery.
The article explains that in 1882 Robert Koch identified the tuberculosis germ, Bacillus tuberculosis, proving it infectious. It notes predisposition exists in those with below normal health, refuting the hereditary view and stating that hereditary risk is limited to a weakened body often acquired rather than inherited.
A health exhortation urges immediate physician consultation for consumptive symptoms. It advises outdoor life, wholesome food, rest, avoiding fatigue, proper hygiene with sputum disposal, separate dining ware, sterilized bedclothes, rejecting fake cures, avoiding alcohol, sleeping outdoors when possible, and keeping windows open to improve air and sun for improved well being.
A fragment from the Epworth Herald quotes Mrs. Minor Mann praising Doan's Kidney Pills for backache and kidney trouble cured after three boxes. It notes the price and Buffalo NY agents Oster Milburn Co. It also includes a travel anecdote about American porters handling luggage and a caution to care for company property.
A cluttered advertisement page offers Chamberlains Cough Remedy and Hanford liniments for sprains and aches. It promotes Cham berlain s as a reliable medicine and lists J D Ewing and C W Brayton as sellers. Also touts Dr Thomas Eclectic Oil and Dean s Ointment for skin issues with minimal safety language. It ends with a New Jersey farmer selling a raspberry cow due to ill health.
In a geography question for law exam hopefuls, a student suggested ten Arctic animals and answered with five polar bears and seals, noting the prompt did not require distinct varieties. The piece mixes quips about life, ads, and a testimonial about a bowel regulator from Altoona, Pennsylvania.
An American physician in St Peters burg earned a lucrative practice finding baronial patients but faced a wrongful death suit after a baron died under his care. He was fined 1000 roubles and sentenced to thirty days in prison, prompting departure from Russia.
The passage notes medieval knights wore heavy armor making them nearly invincible to standard weapons. Dismounted, they could only be harmed by the misericordia. A thin dagger could pierce armor, and in battles knights fell but could not be killed until their armor was broken with axes and hammers.
A man named Growther voices a cautious view on women in politics after a porch discussion. He teases that if women begin an investigation they might uncover undisclosed facts, implying scrutiny could reshape political roles.
A reflection on friendship emphasizing courteous, gentle conduct that avoids domination and coercion. It highlights that steadfast effort can advance a friendly purpose, preserving respect while pursuing mutual aims.
A warden stated that all arrivals are washed and ironed at the prison laundry, remarking that no fuss would be tolerated, in the Leanisville Journal.
A Louisville Courier Journal snippet presents a wry exchange about a play ending and a quip about a wife’s lost handkerchief and glove, highlighting light street humor in a brief editorial note.
A clipped dialogue shows Blobbs asking about a person’s name while Belle notes they speak to each other. Blobbs asks for the name, and the exchange hints at a local miscommunication in a Philadelphia context.
Obadiah Gardner of Rockland Maine becomes the first farmer and first Maine Democrat to join the U S Senate filling the seat after William Frye. Gardner, age sixty one, born in Port Huron Michigan, has led Maine agriculture and served as master of the state grange. His term expires March 1918 with a June primary to name his successor.
The new New Mexico governor W G C McDonald, native of New York and 53, is the first elected by the people of the state. A Democrat, he moved to the territory 30 years ago, worked in mining and civil engineering, led a large company, and served one term in the territorial legislature before attaining the executive post.
Edward M Townsend once a noted writer, later discredited by a scandal tale, sent abroad to cover a distant city with promised space-rate pay. After days of work he earned only $20 to $25 weekly, returning to file an expense including the quip To Man Is Not Made Of Stone with value.
Local readers praise Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the best cold medicine on the market. Mr B W L Hall of Waverly Virginia reports strong faith in its efficacy and recommends it to friends. Advertisements note sale by J D Ewing and C W Brayton and claim quick relief and prevention of pneumonia risk.
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