Vaccination Seen Vital to Stop Smallpox Spread in Georgia
Atlanta special reports that smallpox remains highly contagious but preventable by thorough vaccination. The Georgia State Board of Health urges universal vaccination, contrasts Georgia’s incomplete data with nationwide cases, and recounts smallpox history and the Jenner cowpox breakthrough as the enduring method to curb outbreaks.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Georgia Suite Board of Health
Florida
Tennessee
North Carolina
South Carolina
Alabama
Europe
America
Ohne
Gedson
United States
Edward Jenner
P. Tactuil
Germany
Vaccination and Quarantine Plan for Smallpox Eradication
The text argues for displacing near-traveling disease spread, advocating broad vaccination starting at about three months, with booster doses at seven years and periodic revaccination. It claims that if early vaccinations succeed, subsequent exposure will yield mild or no infection, and cites that communities and nations practicing this system have eradicated smallpox, suggesting Georgia could end the disease.
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Tran Georgia
United States
Georgia
Plea for Break in Prolonged Camorra Trial
The Camorra trial yields a dramatic plea as a prisoner asks that lawyer Livy shorten his lengthy oration after ten days of speeches. He cites years in jail, illness, and several deaths, urging a quicker verdict to spare the defendants further strain and danger to their health. The report notes jurors’ growing impatience.
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Livy
San Francisco
Rivers Up and Down in Minnesota Drainage
The Indianapolis News notes Minnesota’s vast northern flat area where waters sometimes reach Hudson Bay or the Gulf of Mexico. It describes headwaters of the Mississippi and lakes with dual outlets, making the divide between Hudson Bay and Mississippi basins vague and interdependent for water use planning.
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Minnesota
Hudson Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Red River
Rainy River
Lake Winenipeg
Mississippi
Tudson Bay
Indianapolis News
Still Slaughter Whales In Vast Ocean Hunts
The article notes a 20 000 whale catch last year across South Georgia, South Shetland, South America and Africa, with other fields yielding substantial harvests. It laments the rapid decline of whale populations due to gun-driven harpoon fishing, contrasting with the prior safer, slower methods and questioning the idea that whales were already extinct.
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South Georgia
South Shetland
South America
Africa
Ife
Optimism and Insurance Boost Man in Adversity
An editorial quip pairs optimism with misfortune, noting that positive attitude aids acceptance of hardship alongside the practical aid of accident insurance. The remark underscores resilience and practical planning in facing unexpected events.
Miniature trees from orange peels charm the nobility
For centuries a Japanese village has cultivated tiny trees grown inside orange peels. Shellacked halves hold rich soil with tree seeds. Roots grow through the peel and are clipped flush. Oaks take two to four years. pines and firs about a year and a half.
World population census figures reported by Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune notes global census efforts show about 1.7 billion people worldwide with sex ratios where 1,000 males to 990 females are recorded for 1,088,000,000 of the population. Europe 1,027 women per 1,000 men, Africa 1,045, America 964, Asia 661, Australia 937, Uganda highest female ratio at 1,467 and Alaska gold fields and Malay states lowest at 891 and 389 respectively.
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Counies
Europe
Africa
America
Asia
Australia
Uganda
Alaska
Malay States
Chicago Tribune
Better Meat Now Aids Health Claims By Armour
J Ogden Armour defended modern packing-house methods at a Chicago luncheon claiming meat is more wholesome now. He recounted a farm boy joke about countermanding a mutton order as evidence that sheep are improving.
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J. Ogden Armour
Chicago
Boston guest clashes with club member over bromidion remark
A club meeting scene features a guest from Boston correcting a member who calls a statement a cheap bro mide. The guest politely asserts the term is bromidion, prompting mild tension in the exchange.
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Boston
SOME FAULT IN RECKONING ON THE DESERT TRAIL
The narrative describes misjudged distances on desert travel. Travelers in the Southwest gauge miles by mounts and routes rather than sun observations. An expedition crossing Arizona recounts varied mile estimates to Hatch and beyond, with hopeful then dashed hopes as each guide offers a different distance.
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Desert
Wallace
Rockies
Arizona
Seaman
Hatch
Sevier River
Remark on Independence Day Sparks Witty Exchange
Murray Wheeler, vice consul for Russia in Mobile, called a bell ringer's death joyful but inspiring. A young English remittance man mocked the idea of dying from joy. Wheeler retorted that he once knew a Yankee heiress found dead across her husband’s coffin, Lord Taclands.
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Murray Wheeler
Russia
Mobile
Mr. Wheeler
Lord Taclands
Swiss Eat Little Meat
The article notes there is little chance of a sharp drop in per capita meat consumption, but if cuts are needed the duration will be long before rationing matches Swiss levels. The Swiss average seventy five pounds per person and still function well with that amount.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Bride Remarries Second Husband Amid Nude Pearl Necklace Tale
Brief item reports that the bride did not receive a pearl necklace from the groom. Instead boxing gloves were exchanged as part of the ceremony. The piece notes she married her second husband again, under judicial oversight.
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Prue
Judge
Pleasant for Boreleigh in inheritance dialogue
In a brief exchange, Boreleigh assures Miss Keen that her call has not tired her, adding that she inherits a wonderfully strong constitution as a testament to resilience and health.
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Boreleigh
Miss Keen
Corner Theory Sparks Quiet Street Car Debate
In a street car discussion Jinks declares the world has four corners backed by science while Blinks warns against loud talk lest a rich magnate seize the idea and corner all the corners.
Proposals for North Georgia Agricultural College Building
Sealed bids due December 19 1912 at Gainesville office for an industrial building including electric wiring and plumbing. Bond of 10000 required. plans available with 10 dollar certified check. Governor Brown to approve bids. board reserves right to reject all bids. Architect J Frank Moorertey.
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Gainesville
North Georgia Agricultural College
Jos. M. Brown
State of Georgia
G. R. Gueng
Meeting on school improvement at Yahoola church
Dewey Yahoola Liberty and Freebell school patrons and neighbors are invited to meet the Board of Education chairman and County Superintendent at Yahoola church by noon on Saturday before the 8th Sunday in December 1912 to discuss improving schools. Promising outside aid to establish an agricultural and domestic science school in Lumpkin county.
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Dewey, Yahoola
Liberty
Freebell
Board of Education
Yahoola Church
Lumpkin County
Dee
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