Tuberculosis Kills Five Daily in Maryland
State Health Department figures for 1926 show 1808 deaths from tuberculosis in Maryland, about five per day. Estimates indicate at least nine active cases per death, totaling over 16000 active cases statewide. The white plague threatens families and the economy, with the Maryland Tuberculosis Association and health agencies coordinating prevention and eradication efforts. Dr. Riley of the State Health Department urges expanded work to bring the disease under control and eventually stamp it out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Health Department
Maryland
Maryland Tuberculosis Association
R. H. Riley
State Department of Health
You purchase Christmas Seals once a year
A concise sales notice encouraging annual purchase of Christmas Seals, asserting their enduring work throughout the year and urging continued support via yearly purchases.
Ancient wine making and preservation methods
The article notes similarities between early and later wine production. Plastering helped when grape juice was thin, sometimes boiled to concentrate. First receptacles were skins treated with oil or resin to hold wine, later earthenware vessels, with wooden casks and glass bottles not common until much later.
It Had So Many Feet A Scottish Professor Confusion
A Scottish professor, after a long walk, baths his feet then dries them. He alternately re-dips each foot in hot water, unaware that he has two feet in the basin. He suddenly exclaims, realizing he did not know it had so many feet.
Inhuman Affiliation Compractfices Band in Europe
A Seventeenth century nomadic group in Europe known as Inhuman Affiliation Compractfices bought and sold children. Children underwent surgical deformities to create peculiar appearances for humor. The organization operated mainly in England, Spain, France and Germany and had its own oaths and formulas. The name roughly translates from Spanish as buyers of little ones.
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Europe
England
Spain
France
Germany
Great Pyramid of Cheops Monument Recounts Ancient Builders
A historical note recalls the Great Pyramid of Cheops covering about 13 acres with a 500 foot apex. It cites a workforce of one hundred thousand over thirty years and ninety million cubic feet of stone, dating back about a thousand years before Moses led the Exodus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Pyramid of
Cheops
Moses
Israel
Red Sea
Restful Alaska Talk Lacks Interactive Rest for Gorton
A neighbor asks Mr. Gorton about a lecture on Alaska. He recalls the radio talk as peaceful and restful, though he found it hard to speak during the two hour session. Afterward he lightened his mood by gathering kindling in the wood shed and felt calmer.
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Alaska
Zeb
Mr. Gorton
Kansas City Star
Storm damage hits Peninsula telephones over fifteen thousand
A severe ice and wind storm damaged more than 400 telephone poles and 1200 telephones on the Peninsula. The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company reported heavy losses along lines from Cambridge to Norlock and Easton to Preston, with restoration crews rushing in from Baltimore Frederick and Hagerstown. By Tuesday most lines were back in service though temporary fixes remained to prevent further interruptions.
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R. C. Harris
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Baltimore City
Cambridge
Norlock
Easton
Preston
Centerville
Chestertown
St. Michaels
Broad Creek
Queenstown
Millington
Delaware State Line
Baltimore
The
Telephone Company
Washington
Frederick
Hagerstown
Harris
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Calvert C. Merriken
Wilbert L. Merriken
James B. Fluharty
Lulu C. Fluharty
Circuit Court
Caroline County
T. Clayton Horsey
Clayton Horsey
Auditor’s Order
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Charles A. Rampmeyer
Mary Rampmeyer
Equity
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Strow
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Americas
Dodge Brothers
Columbia
ASDA
P- Whitby
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R. H. Gibson
Queen Anne
Cole
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Allen
R. H. Stafford
Burrsville, MD
Denton National Bank
Denton, MD
Member
Federal Reserve System
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Hammermill Bond
Denton Journal
C. L. Godwin
Trappe, Md
Journal
Call Journal Office
K. F. Everngam
Denton
Bird Defrank, R. D
Ella Boone
John Irwin
Denton , Maryland
Main Street
Sixth
Harry S, Clark
John L. Everngam
Luke Reilly
Wall
Farmers Supply Co., Inc
Webster S. Blades
Moses W. Rosenfeld
Eugene Frederick Blades
Rosenfeld Attorneys
Fidelity
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John H. Fletcher
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