Red Cross leaders plan global fight against tuberculosis
Paris hosts Cannes talks where Henry P. Davison and other experts back a league of Red Cross societies. Plan calls for dispensaries, school inspections, sanatoriums, and open air programs to diagnose and treat tuberculosis, improve housing and nutrition, curb dirty milk, and create farm colonies for patient employment.
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Star
Western Newspaper Union
ARIS
Paris
Red Cross
Henry P. Davison
United States
Jongue
Hotel Regina
American Red Cross
France
Wis Heli
Cannes
League of Red Cross Societies
Red Cross Societies
Davison
Red Cross Society
United States Public Health Service
Rockefeller Foundation
Europe
England
Holland
Denmark
Serbia
Poland
Roumania
League of Red Cross
From Far and Near Items of Global Interest
Reports on mining dust reduction trials in South African gold mines aim to cut miners phthisis. A European inventor patents a one-sided wheel to aid mounting a bicycle. The word magnet traces to Magnesia. Blue diamonds labeled as unlucky in Orient. Mrs. Porter of Leon Kansas finds eight young wolves. Griffith notes potential sale of portable houses to sugar mill owners in Cuba, limited by Spanish patio architecture.
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Magnesia
Asia Minor
Orient
M. J. Porter
Leon
Kan
Griffith
Santiago de Cuba
Hallway Measures Futile in Fighting Poultry Tuberculosis
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture, the notice argues that there is no treatment for poultry tuberculosis and urges the immediate destruction of entire flocks followed by thorough disinfection. It explains TB in fowls, transmission risks from infected birds and eggs, and recommended control through extermination and burning of carcasses.
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United States Department of Agriculture
T. B
Prevent Spread of Virulent Diseases on Farms
Farmers must properly dispose of dead animals to stop spreading virulent diseases like anthrax and tuberculosis. Burials should be deep with lime, or burning used when feasible, especially in winter when scavengers spread pathogens further.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Means Death of Grammar in Modern English Style
The Spokane Spokesman Review laments a decline in grammar due to speed and mass readership. It cites writers like Cobbe Coleridge DeQuincey and Hazlitt as evidence that journalism once retained literary strength.
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Spokane
Cobbe
Coleridge
DeQuincey
Hazlitt
Lindley Murray
Feeding chicks with greens and proper shade
Green feed such as alfalfa clover cabbage and turnips aids chick nutrition. Provide shade for chicks and mix bran shorts with milk or beef scrap for protein. If feeds vary the hen will balance her ration. Avoid dusty dry housing. a light sprinkle improves health.
Happy Dream Comes True from Pepgen Relief
Miss Myrtle Johnson of Muncie Indiana reports six months of nervous dyspepsia relief after using Pepgen. She praises renewed appetite, better sleep, five pound gain, and renewed strength following initial doses, with Pepgen available at leading drug stores.
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Myrtle Johnson
Seventh Street
Muncie
Ind
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Advertises Kidney Relief
An old remedy claims to ease kidney trouble with symptoms like headache indigestion and back pain. The ad touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules imported from Holland and promises refunds if relief is not found in sealed packages.
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Haarlem
Holland
Bennedictine Proviso Sparks City Conversation
A Buffalo News blurb recalls a lost bill requiring marriage qualification tests. The note mentions a prospective groom declaring he would soon become a Benedictine and reflects on the proposal’s fate and public reaction.
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Buffalo News
Buy a Farm Now Explore Farming Opportunities
The Rail Road Administration offers free information to homeseekers on farming opportunities. No sales or loans are offered, only guidance. Interested readers should specify the state they want to learn about and contact J. L. Edwards, Manager, Agricultural Section, Room 70, Washington DC.
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J. L. Edwards
Raiihroad Administration
Washington, D. C
Adv
How He Judged
A witty exchange on judging men by appearances. Mrs. Bacon notes she never judges by a man’s clothes, but by his wife’s. The quip reflects social satire in a brief humorous vignette from Pearsons Weekly.
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Mr. Bacon
Mrs. Bacon
Allen's Foot Ease Promises Quick Foot Relief
Shake into your shoes and in foot baths for swollen and painful feet. Relieves sweating, bunions, corns, and tired aching feet. Makes walking a delight. Sold everywhere.
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Allen
It is hard for a man to support a sealskin wife on a muskrat salary
A pithy saying contrasts income with expectations, noting the struggle of maintaining a fashionable household on modest earnings. The line reflects social humor about marriage and finances without naming people or places.
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nMraAmr
Freon Children
Happy
Weil Ceanses
Ly Company
Chicago
U.S.A
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