Pasteur Expert Pro Claims Cure for Contagious Malady
Paris reports Dr. Nicolle director of the Pasteur Institute of Tunis describes a gonorrhea vaccine made from micrococci. He says experiments began in 1912 with over 200 cases treated in a year, injections given every few days, and rapid cures in chronic and acute stages without fever. The method remains undisclosed but touted as applicable to other infections.
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Paris
Academy of Defence
Nicolle
Pasteur Institute of
Tunis
New Painless Dentistry Method Promises Pain Free Work
Dr Poole offers a gas based painless dental system using nitrous oxide and oxygen to insensitize patients during fillings crowns or other procedures. The ad claims instant relief from toothache and emphasizes health benefits of good teeth with low cost and no obligation. Fifth and Central Ave.
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Poole
Northcliffe predicts Atlantic crossing by air next year
Lord Northcliffe, owner of the London Times and Daily Mail, predicts aviation will soon cross the Atlantic. He notes French pilots with about 1,000 trained aviators have flown nearly 1,000 miles in a day and expects a French attempt to win the prize next year.
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Atlantic
New York
Lord Northcliffe
London Times
The
Daily Mail
Fifty Barbary Coast Women Threaten Suicide Pact Over Dance Hall Closures
Mrs. Lottie Lane says fifty Barbary Coast women have signed a death by own action pact if dance halls close. The San Francisco resident, a former dancer with two daughters, says unemployment drives mothers to consider suicide after losing work and support. She survived a gas-filled room attempt, recounting the plight of mothers facing ruin.
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San Francisco
Oct
Lottie Lane
Barbary Coast
Lane
California
Nevada
October on a thousand hills and beacon fire’s glow
The poem lines speak of October lighting beacon fires and winds like lyres, evoking a nameless longing with a pulse of song and flame. A note adds the United States shoe production surpasses England France Germany and Italy, with others following.
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United States
England
France
Germany
Italy
Michigan coal output may be nearing end
State Geologist R C Allen believes Michigan will cease coal production in fifteen years. He notes almost all output comes from Saginaw and Bay counties and could last beyond fifteen years only if production stays at recent rates. He appraised Saginaw and Bay coal properties at 1 250 000 dollars for the state tax commission. Four former Jamestown mayors have been sworn in as policemen.
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Sing
Mich
R. C. Allen
Michigan
Saginew
Bay Counties
State Tax Commission
Allen
Saginaw
Jamestown
N. Y
Urge Germans in U S to become citizens and vote
The National German American Alliance Convention urged all Germans in the United States to naturalize promptly and support only American citizens for alliance offices. It backed easier naturalization, a farming labor bureau, and rural credit, and condemned efforts to push for national prohibition.
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St. Louis
The
National
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Women's Society
E. J. Dornhoefer
New York
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Alliance
Large Crops In Turkey Outpace 1912 Harvests
Turkish agriculture this year shows exceptional yields with warmer districts already harvested and Asia Minor beginning grain collection. Despite many men of fighting age mobilized, 20 percent more land is under cultivation than in 1912 and several crops may be four to five times larger than last year.
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Asia Minor
Sewing Machine Exports Reach 10 Million in 1912
The exporting of sewing machines totaled 10 million dollars in 1912 with over 4 million dollars shipped to Europe. The data highlights a strong international demand and indicates a significant trade surplus from machinery exports.
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Europe
Famous bull fighter Bombita to quit the arena
Madrid observer notes Ricardo Torres known as Bombita, Spain's famed toreador, will retire after killing his last bull on October 19 for the Bull Fighters Pawn Shop founded by him. He earned about 600000 dollars from bullring feats, has gored thirty eight times, and his departure coincides with Mazzantini's return to bullfighting following eight years in politics.
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Madrid
Spain
Oct
Rombtta
Bull Fighters
Bombita
Ricardo Torres
Bomblie
Paris
Puerta del Sol
Barcelona
Toreader
Mazzantini
Arkansas Sets Speed Record On Atlantic Run
The battleship Arkansas, flagship of the Atlantic fleet, averaged 21.49 knots for four hours on the New York to Hampton Roads voyage, beating its 20.5 knot contract. A northeast storm hindered further improvement. Rear Admiral Winstow congratulated the crew after the run.
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Norfolk
New York
Hampton Roads
Arkansas
Winstow
Monkey at Johns Hopkins Escapes With Rare Disease
Baltimore reports Woodrow Maccus Rhesus, a Johns Hopkins monkey in the Hunterian Laboratory, vanished and reappeared with two black eyes and whisky odor. The tale notes several hospital deaths from a rare disease, prior inoculations, and the monkey’s return to lively chatter after the mysterious disappearance.
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Baltimore
Woodrow Maccus Rhesus
John Hopkins University
Hunterian Laboratory
W. M. Rhesus
University Hospital
Woodrow
Bourbon tobacco crop nearly all under cover in Bourbon County
Paris Kentucky October 8 The tobacco crop in Bourbon County is almost fully under roof. Growers are relieved from frost fears though drought and dry weather lowered final acreage to about 70 percent of average. Despite late season and dry spells losses occurred, the crop remains of fine quality and is curing fairly well despite potential house burn risks.
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Paris
Bourbon County
Bourbon
Pigeon Flies 1100 Miles With Note Home
Havre De Grace Maryland reports a carrier pigeon found in a local office window. Clerk T Stanley Vanneman fed the bird and attached a note asking for the owner to contact. The bird returned home to Topeka Kansas on September 28, proving a 1100 mile distance.
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Havre de Grace
C. EB. McFederick
T. Stanley Vanneman
Woman suffrage in Australia inspires satire in Sydney Bulletin
A Sydney Bulletin poem mocks the federal explanatory booklets sent to voters. It portrays a woman voter named Mary using the pamphlets as a fashion accessory rather than a guide, suggesting confusion and partial reading while humorously implying the government’s outreach may not achieve its intended purpose.
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The
Sydney Bulletin
Our
Mary
Glinging Skirts May Force Changing Football Stands
In New York a college official notes tight skirts hinder fans climbing stadium stairs. Managers fear higher attendance worsens the problem and consider adding steps to improve crowd movement during games.
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New York
Carlisle Woman Celebrates 101st Birthday
Mrs Samuel Sipe longtime Carlisle resident and friend of Molly Pitcher marks her 101st birthday in Carlisle Oct remembers Monmouth heroine and asserts Pitcher is buried there born in Switzerland in 1812 came to Carlisle at age eight retaining full faculties and century of memories
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Carlisle
Samuel Sipe
Molly Pitcher
Sipe
Monmouth
Switzerland
Cartidle
Fadeaway slide saves Pitman player in train crash
Pitman New Jersey October 8 A fadeaway slide that has helped the Pitman baseball team win many games this season saved Harry Skinner second baseman from injury when a train on the Salem branch of the West Jersey Railroad struck an automobile carrying him and three companions near Mount Royal J Owen Carter Woodbury surveyor drove the car and speeded across in front of the locomotive He and two others jumped Skinner on the side grazed by the engine threw himself forward just before the crash He limped home with a section of the splintered tonneau
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Pitman
N. J
Harry Skinner
Salem
West Jersey
Mount Royal
J. Owen Carter
Woodbury
William Fisher
E. C. Masters
Skinner
Grocer Louis C Klemme assigns to creditor’s committee
Louis C Klemme a grocer of 3588 Liston Avenue made an assignment in the Insolvency Court to Horace W Harmeyer for the benefit of his creditors. He reports assets of 750 dollars and liabilities of 2000 dollars. His business near the garbage reduction plant has driven residents away due to odors. A stray sentence notes young snakes are born venomous.
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Louis C. Klemme
Liston Avenue
Grocer
Horace W. Harmeyer
Klemme
Kremme
Eaid
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E. Murphy
Walsh
Canal 1800
Cincinnati
E. 7Th ST
Woman's Auxiliary
Turkey
Will
Australia
Inquire
Cincinnati American
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