Noted Surgeon Fights AMA Ethics Clash and Autonomy
Obituary and opinion piece honors Dr. Augustus Charles Bernays a pioneer surgeon who died in St. Louis. It condemns the American Medical Association for excluding him over ethics and warns of a looming medical bureaucracy pushing closed shop rules and restrictive regulations. The column defends Bernays’s record in Caesarean and abdominal surgeries and urges physicians and the public to oppose AMA power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamet
Augustus Charles Bernays
St. Louis
United States
Missouri
Gernays
American Medical Association
Congress
The
Association
How Some Ships Are Lost
The loss of many English fishing boats is linked to helmsmen carrying special forged fishermen knives with strong magnetic properties. These knives deflect a compass needle by two or three points, making the ship appear to steer a true course while actually veering off course.
Cantaloupes and the Rust Disease in Rocky Ford
A detailed report on rust resistant cantaloupe seed testing and selection across the United States. Growers from Texas Ontario Maryland Minnesota New Jersey and North Carolina share results noting improved field health earlier ripening and reduced rust with Pollock rust resistant lines. The article discusses cooperative trials in Canada and Rocky Ford and methods for seed tracking and future testing.
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Rocky Ford
United States
E. C. Green
Texas Experiment Station
J. D. Fraser
Leamington
Ontario
Charles L. Goodrich
Glendale, Md
H. D. Haskins
Hatch Experiment Station
Amherst
Mass
F. L. Stevens
North Carolina
Raleigh
N. C
A. van Wagenen
Sioux City
New Jersey
Byron D. Halsted
New Jersey Experiment Station
Canada
C. P. Gillette
Yellow and Black Pearls Novelty Jewelry for English Women
The London Tribune notes a rising craze for pearls and diamonds among fashionable women. Jewel caskets for one to three pearls rise in popularity, along with gold safety pin brooches and purses designed to imitate fabric with fringe.
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London Tribune
Mineral Wealth of Illinois Outshines West Coast Mines
The 1905 United States geological survey reports Illinois produced minerals worth 105,065,567 dollars, far exceeding California at 42,406,258 and Colorado at 50,280,944. Illinois trails in precious metals but leads in cement, clay, coal, pig iron, stone, lead and zinc.
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Illinois
California
Colorado
United States Geological Survey
Ilinois
Finors
Peculiar Arctic Phenomena Sea Smoke Described by Explorers
Explorers report sea smoke in arctic conditions from water vapors at 15 below zero forming icy particles in the air. At 40 below trunks crack loudly and rocks shatter while smoking water erupts from fissures and even knives fail to cut butter and cigars extinguish on ice.
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Arctic
Ostrich Farming Expands in South Africa With Permits
Nineteen permits were issued to capture 943 ostriches for domestication and farming. Ostrich farming is described as an emerging industry in the Enkeldoorn district with requests for government aid in fencing wire and related support under consideration.
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South Africa
Enkeldoorn
Sunflower Used as Fever Remedy in Europe and Russia
The common sunflower native to Peru and Mexico is gaining favor in parts of Europe as a febrifuge. In Russia, where sunflowers are grown for seeds and oil, a physician reports alcoholic extracts of sunflower leaves and flowers cure fever as quickly as quinine in 100 children aged 1 month to 12 years.
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Peru
Mexico
Europe
Russia
Denver City Park Zoo Claims World’s Largest Open Bear Pit
The Denver zoo in City Park boasts the largest open bear pit of any zoo. Bears exercise among trees said to reach fifty feet, with wolves and coyotes in the same enclosure. The aviary and buffalo herd are also claimed to be the largest in the world.
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Denver
New Guinean War Canoe Preserved at Matupi
At Matupi the last great New Guinean war canoe is preserved. The immense craft measures seventy feet long and carries several hundred natives and about six and a half tons of cargo on deck and outrigger.
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Matupi
World’s Largest Animal Reported in Ocean Discovery
A Pacific Ocean discovery describes the largest animal ever seen, a blue whale measured at ninety feet in length and thirty five feet in girth with an estimated weight of 294 600 pounds.
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Pacific Ocean
Rum Trade Curtailed in Town Notably
In a town discussion a resident asks if all rum selling has ceased. The official replies that it is strictly prohibited, not an outright stop.
First Life Insurance Company Founding Cause
The Society of Assurance for Widows and Orphans is cited as the first known life insurance company, established in London in 1699, marking a pioneering moment in insurance history.
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First Life Insurance Company
The
Society of Assurance For Widows and Orphans
London
Large Philippine Cigars Reach Remarkable Lengths
The article notes that the Philippines yields some of the longest cigars, with specimens reportedly measuring up to eighteen inches, highlighting extreme sizes among Philipine tobacco products.
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Philippine
Philippine Islands
Hall's Catarrh Cure Adverts in 19th Century Paper
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. Endorser statements from Waldoing Kinnan & Marvin purport to guarantee obligations. Claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Price 75 cents per bottle and available from all druggists.
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FE. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding. Kinnan & Manvin
O. Hal
All Druggista
Hall
Kindred Soul Talk Signals Trouble for Woman
When a woman begins talking about a kindred soul it signals trouble for her and implies she likes the looks of it. The remark hints at impending complications or risk as she pursues the idea.
Free catalog ad from W. Hide & Fur Co Minneapolis Minn
An advertisement for a free catalog from W. Hide & Fur Co of Minneapolis Minnesota lists items such as guns traps decoys and related gear at low prices. The line hints at the motto hypocrisy is the gold of virtue used to gild vice.
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W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneapolis
Minn
Shortlind Business Education and Bookkeeping Opportunity
An ad promotes business education at Capital City College St Paul offering bookkeeping and Peleg raphy courses. It claims purity cannot come from polishing and encourages enrollment.
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Capital City College
St. P
Eye Doctor Rides Walls of Fargo Mentioned in Odd Ad
An odd classified snippet cites Dr J H Rinolau b specialist in ENT in Fargo North Dakota and includes unrelated marketing lines about Winslow's Soothing Syrup and Crescent Creamery Co. It mixes playful idioms with generic advice and a call to ship cream to St Paul Minnesota.
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CREAN
Crescent Creamery Co
St. Paul, Minn
Phonograph Dealers Wanted in St Paul Ads
Multiple vintage ads seek phonograph dealers for Victor Edison or Zonophone products. W J Dyer & Bros and Miller & Holmes of St Paul advertise mail orders and daily cash pricing. Pitches emphasize home sermons, cream pricing, and moral reflections.
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Phonograph
Victor, Edison
Zonophone
W. J. Dyer & Bros
St St. Paul, Minn
Miller & Holmes
St. Paul, Minn
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Medical Association
Dodds
Guar
Colorado Experiment Station
Samuel B. Green
Minnesota Experiment Station
St. Anthony's Park
Elas
A. Long
Row’ S
J. H. Rinolaub
Fargo, N. D
Carson, Wood & Weill
South St. Paul
Minnesota
Heaven
Ceylon
Wm McMurray
St Paul
Bears
Led
New York
Castoria
Centaur Company
New, York City
eSame
Norman
Lichty Mfg
Des
Moines
Nerden, Fitters
Carters
Itle Iver
Standard Com Co
Fea
Olmson
Johnson & CO
Boston
Mara
Rae
W. L. Douglas
Peice Goon Not Veeke Eat
W. Js. Douglas
Aboo
Brockton
Mags
W.L. Douglas
WOODWARD @ CO
Grain Commission
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