Fo e of Childhoods Enemy in Rockefeller Institute Laboratory Quest
In the Rockefeller Institute near New York Dr. Simon Flexner and assistants pursue a vaccine for infantile paralysis, using hundreds of monkeys to study the disease. They report isolating the microbe and anticipate a preventive and curative serum to curb the epidemic that haunts children and may cause permanent deformities. The disease, anterior polio myelitis, strikes mainly ages 10 to 3 but can affect older youths and adults, with high rates of permanent paralysis and a growing medical focus since the 1907 epidemic.
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Rockefeller Institute
New York
Simon Flexner
United States
America
Advocates Good Highways Call for Road Improvements
W Page director of the United States office of public roads and president of the American Association for Highway Improvement says the U S loses 40 million dollars yearly due to poor road methods. He cites farmers paying higher transport costs and notes the association has opened Washington offices after a major conference of road engineers railroad presidents and auto interests.
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W. Page
United States
Europe
Page
American Association For Highway Improvement
Washington
Duke of Connaught Named Next Governor General of Canada
The duke of Connaught will succeed Earl Grey as governor general of Canada in September for a two year term possibly extendable. Ottawa welcomes the choice, noting his royal status and wide popularity will add social and political prestige to the capital. The duke, sixty, field marshal, surviving brother of the late King Edward, has served in the Fenian raid of 1870 and is grand master of the English Free Masons.
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Duke of Connaught
Earl Grey
Canada
Dominion
Ottawa
Empire
Edward
Free Masons of
England
Earl
Sussex
United Kingdom
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Duke
Saxony
Louisa Margaret
Prussia
Townsend Succeeds Burrows in Senate Bid
Charles H. Townsend, a Michigan native aged fifty four, rose from Jackson County lawyer to congressman in 1903 and aligned with insurgents against Speaker Cannon. He led a state wide campaign to unseat Julius Casar Burrows, defeating him in primaries and earning a Senate seat.
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Julius Caesar Burrows
United States Senate
Charles HE. Townsend
House of Representatives
Cannon
Townsend
Congress
Uncle Joe
Michigan
Julius
Jackson County
Burrows
Senate
Elijah's Flight and Divine Encouragement
Historical lesson on Elijah after Carmel, his flight to the wilderness, and God sending an angel after fatigue. Notes stress patience, divine cheer, and the power of inner renewal over impressive outward signs. Includes figures like Jezebel and Hazael and links to broader spiritual reform themes.
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Isa
Mount Carmel
B. C
Horeb
Jezreel
Samaria
Beersheba
Jerusalem
Sinai
Elijah
Ahab
Carmel
Jezebel
Baal
Paul
Christ
Gethsemane
Niagara
God
Israel
Damascus
Hazael
Benhadad
Syria
Harvard
Simplicity of Expression Told by Martin Lomasney
A Cape Cod travelers dinner recounts a remark by Martin Lomasney heard by Representative Pope of Leominster. The tale contrasts his preference for oral talk over writing, and nodding over speaking, with humorous asides about the bearded lady and a razor catalogue from a safety factory.
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Martin Lomasney
Cape Cod
Pope
Leominster
Lomasney
Boston Record
Chicago Tribune
Garfield Tea Health Advertisement
Promotes Garfield Tea as pure and healthful made from herbs and claims it aids liver kidneys and bowels. Warns about the pest of friends and emphasizes reform comes slowly, citing Seneca and a teething syrup reference in a period style.
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Garfield
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the Centaur Company
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Boston Transcript
Hood
Cera Uy Thompson
Moor
Waycross
Ware Ga
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New Rich South
Deen Land
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Deen, Realty & Improvement Co
Legrande Bldg
Georgia
Geo.w. Deen
Pres
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Provement
Grande Bidg Sycross
Putnam
Ieee
Quinny
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