X ray Germ Kill Promise Prompts Medical Debate
Report from Chicago physicians Pratt and Wightman claims Roentgen rays killed eight deadly bacilli in tubes and promise future cures for diphtheria cholera influenza pneumonia typhoid tuberculosis and more. They describe tests, laboratory setups, and plans for human trials while noting variable results and calls for cautious proof.
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Chicago
W. P. Pratt
Hugh Wightman
Bennett Medic
Crookes
Pratt
Wightman
Asia
Representative John A. Cockerill remembered as famed editor
The piece recalls Colonel John A. Cockerill of The Post-Dispatch and The World, detailing his fearless journalism, key clashes including the Slayback shooting, his stint as war correspondent, and anecdotes from Yokohama and New York.
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J. B. McCullagh
Globe- Democrat
Charles H. Jones
Post-Dispatch
Missouri
John A. Cockerill
Cockerill
St. Louis
Joseph Pulitzer
Sein
Pulitzer
Post- Dispatch
Market ‘Street
Grand Opera House
Alonzo Slayback
Slayback
New York
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Mercer
Nebraska
Japan
New York Herald
Bunker Hill
Atlantic
Washington Post
Bridegroom Harrison Advised to Shun Politics for Love
The Memphis Commercial Appeal urges Bridegroom Harrison to keep love free from political ambition. It warns against letting public honors threaten his Eden and notes a good marriage as preferable to political success, stating it is better to be right than president.
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Harrison
Memphis
Williamsburg Man Elected to Seven Offices
The offices or the citizens of Williamsburg Maine are involved as one man was elected there unopposed to hold seven different offices. This shows a unique local political outcome highlighted by the New York Sun.
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Williamsburg
New York Sun
New Jerusalem on Estero Island Promises Equal Rights
Chicago Tribune describes Cyrus Teed and the Koreshan Unity establishing a communal, egalitarian settlement on Estero Island Florida. The community owns land runs its own industries and practices shared living with women equal to men. Visitors are welcomed and some become members or investiga tors.
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Cyrus R. Teed
New Jerusalem
Holy Land
Florida
Estero
Lee County
Koreshan
Chicago
Edward Bellamy
Kansas
Cyrus
Teed
Victoria Gratia
Koreshan Unity
Jacksonville
Punta Gorda
St. James
Unity
Mississippi
Gulf
Chicago Tribune
German chemist patents curious two way mirror
An ingenious German chemist has patented a two way mirror enabling one side to show a reflection while the other side appears transparent. It could be used at a drug counter so clerks can see out while customers cannot. Herrmann reportedly ordered several for new stage illusions to astonish the public.
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Herrmann
Kentucky girl weds after early year proposal at 1 02
A Kentucky girl who accepted a proposal at 1 08 am on New Year night and married at 6 30 am, then returned to her mother, reportedly fled back after a barbed wire escape with a hoe handle.
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Kentucky
Mamma
Springfiel
European travel call to Americans boosts annual export drive
The Boston Journal notes strong signals that European travel will draw many Americans this year. Cabin lists are already low for the season, suggesting high demand and record interest in making the trip abroad.
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Bostur Journal
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Concord
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G. Keith
Middlesex County
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Harry Richardson
Merrimack ST
Lowell, Mass
J. Bb. Deane
S. S. Strout
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