Sleeping sickness mortality and experimental remedies in Paris
Pere Besuchene the missionary priest dies at the Pasteur Institute in Paris from sleeping sickness contracted in Africa. Twenty six cases observed. fourteen others treated. Atoxyl shows temporary relief but a toxin triggers selection of resistant trypanosomes. Other serums tried. no definitive therapeutic agent yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pere Besuchene
Pasteur Institute
Paris
Africa
Chicago News
Doctor’s Test of Food Says Grape-Nuts Aids Recovery
A Kansas doctor reports using Grape-Nuts to treat his four year old son with pneumonia, noting rapid improvement and weight gain. An elderly patient with stomach trouble also improved after starting the same cereal with milk and a touch of sugar, gaining weight and strength. The letter claims many similar cases and ends with an invitation to read The Road to Wellville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Ile
Sam
Wellville
Suburban Diplomatists Hen Plot Ends In Quip
Cyrus Toppan returns from visit to nephew and recounts the tale of Henry and Emily who lease a pretty suburb corner lot to keep hens. Emily plans a garden as the hens move in and a neighbor confronts a man over his hens, while Henry writes in his study as the hens roam the lawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus Toppan
Henry
Mr. Toppan
Providence
Emily
Hens and hospitality after a chimney corner talk
In a rural exchange, Emily and Mr Brown arrange a humane solution for hens. The man offers to keep the birds overnight, sorted by his staff, and promises to repay the trouble with a friendly gesture. Emily thanks him and suggests not keeping hens long. Henry overhears the exchange with a chuckle as he departs.
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Fruity
Esau
Domfknow
Sour Volta
Henry
Ray
Emily
Brown
From social drills to rugged drills the National Guard tale
Before the Spanish American War many Guardsmen joined for sociable drills and weekly gatherings. Today drills dominate, focus is on physical fitness, discipline and tactical instruction. Visitors scarce, state camps replaced by army maneuvers and strict conditions. The old Guard mixed pleasure with business. the modern Guard exists for business only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Uncle Sam's Magazine
Pearls of Thought from The Gentle Cynic
A collection of aphorisms on virtue, publicity, temper, and success. It contrasts wealth and happiness, pride and humility, and the limits of personal stature with sayings about marriage, generosity, and miserliness attributed to The Gentle Cynic in the New York Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Min Wu
New York Times
Early Foot Races and Notorious Pedestrian Troupes
A historical note recalls 19th century professional pedestrian racing, citing Redskig and Peg Foot as part of a paid troupe controlled by a single organizer, likened to Olympic era amateurs. It contrasts with past fame and the influence of figures like Shrubb and Lang, and mentions Apache fans in Arizona reacting to policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indlin J. Bennett
Pegfoot
Shrubb
Ty Lang
Newoarket
Buntly
Pure clothes law and hospital fund drive noted
A Denver campaign funds a Santa Claus Hospital for children led by Mrs T S Hayden and Miss Ad Claude Reynolds Taldeman, while New York Press discusses a call for a pure clothes law to label gloves pigskin and expose false claims about swan down. Also covered are a female marriage license officer in St Louis, a Chinese women’s medical college in Shanghai, and comments on women’s clubs balancing health culture with intellectual pursuits.
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York Press
Santa Claus Hospital
Hospital For
Denver
T. S. Hayden
Misa Ad- Claude Reynolds Taldeman
Hospital
Legion of Honor
New York Press
Slater
Mary Joy Cullimore
St. Louis
United States
Hlardog
Cullimore
Nile Herenir
Pash Nl
Neeuses
St. Louls Republic
China
Shanghai
Li Ping Shu
Lide College
Canton
Hongkong
Philadelphia
Empire
Europe
America
Velvet poinsettia fad sways in society pages
In New York fashion notes a dramatic velvet poinsettia accent brightens hats and fur muffs, priced around five dollars, while Christine Roosevelt and other society figures are contrasted with modest dress. Guardianship laws in California stir debate as citizens discuss parental rights and protections. A surge of women’s clubs is noted, with thousands of members, amid essays urging steadfast purpose. Modern bathhouses in New York showcase luxury spas with marble, music, and ornate decor, as prospective brides seek advice on marriage licenses and social rituals.
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California Club
California
New York Sun
New York
Lincheon
Various old fashioned recipes from New York World collection
A collage of culinary instructions and domestic tips from the New York World, including Sabina Chocolate Pecan Cake, poached eggs in cream sauce, meat and mushroom dishes with bouillon, cornmeal batter desserts, cream fillings for cakes, and kitchen hygiene or embroidery hints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Books Hatred of Crows At Gray's Inn Story
A London correspondent notes a curious incident at Gray's Inn where carrion crows settled in a garden rookery. Benches ordered their removal using arsenic and strychnine, but the crows fed and multiplied before the birds later perished. The next week no crow appeared, then they returned as if revived by telepathic means.
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Tomassin
Ineventor
Tomassha Saya
Foplissly
London Evening Standard
Gray's Inp
Rooks
London
Gray's Inn
Telearai
Manchester
Guardian
National banks report $380 million in savings deposits
Washington records show an aggregate of $380,494,598 in savings deposits across 6926 reporting national banks as of June 23, led by Pennsylvania with $96,203,678 and Eastern states totaling $173,712,832. The report notes growth in bank numbers and regional deposit distributions.
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Washington, D. C
Comptroller of the Currency
Middle States
Southern States
New England
Pacific States
West
Island
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Pennsylvania
Free medical exam ad and a Hague joke anecdote
An advertisement offers free diagnosis via a medical examination blank from Munyon’s in Philadelphia, urging immediate mail return for a verdict on cureability. The piece also recounts Dr James C Carter recalling a Hague birth celebration prank where a royal salute was delayed by a misfired gun, leaving onlookers in darkness.
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Munyon's
63D and
Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
Hague
Juliana
James C. Carter
Duluth
the Hague
Walters
Washington Star
Baby skin eruption cured claims Cuticura remedy
A mother from Winchester Tennessee recounts her two and a half year old daughter’s itchy sore skin, saying two doctors failed but two weeks of Cuticura Remedies cured the condition in February. She notes no further outbreaks in fourteen years and endorses the product. Also mentions Hamlin’s Wizard Oil as a trusted household staple and cites a British government figure of 25,000 sanela.
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R. R. Whitaker
Winchester
Tenn
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Cuticura
Boston
Mass
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Baby
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Kurt
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Roy
Confessions OF A Clown
Dan Itice
Marla Ward Brown
Dao Rice
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Address Book Publishing House
Leonard Street
Minneapolis
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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Second
North
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Lydia
Pinkham
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Froge Leton
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Tharasor
HOUSE
Stirs
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Oward St
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Bait
Boor Publishing House
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