Physician Proposes Substituting Laboratory for Electric Chair
Dr George G Ram band director of the Pasteur Institute argues for experiments on condemned prisoners and volunteers as humane substitutes for animal tests. He cites hydrophobia and other procedures to illustrate risks, noting intracerebral injections and Graves disease cures were pioneered through bold human experiments. He urges replacing executions with sanctioned experiments in Sing Sing and other prisons.
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Carrel
Flexner
George G. Ramband
Pasteur Institute
Wei
Rockefeller Institute
Sing Sing
Mr Vincent Astor Examines Estate for Moral Safeguards
Mr Vincent Astor recently reached his majority and began a personal, quiet inspection of his inherited wealth. He aims to learn each property thoroughly and ensure buildings are not used for immoral purposes, setting an example for other large owners amid New York City vice investigations.
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Mr. Vincent Astor
Mr. Astor
New York City
Astor
An Even Break in a Fish Story Exchange
A joke exchange shows Mr Jinks tallying 14 mortal hours and 35 dollars with little to show beyond a hat worth 3.50 while Mrs Jinks cites a five day, 118 dollar spree ending in a fish story and a cold. The quip appears in Country Gentleman.
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Mr. Jinks
Mrs. Jinks
Nation mourns Whitelaw Reid death of a valued servant
Whitelaw Reid dies, end of an era for a prominent public figure. The nation notes the loss of a longtime journalist and diplomat who served in various roles, shaping national discourse and policy.
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Whitelaw Reid
High Cost of Living Drop Predicted by Livestock Chief
Daniel QO. Lively, head of the Panama-Pacific Exposition livestock department, told an international livestock show audience in Chicago that the high cost of living should fade in two years. He blamed underproduction of cattle and urged western farmers to return to beef production, predicting a revival of cattle ranching and perhaps the old style cowboy.
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Daniel QO. Lively
Chicago
Lively
Vast Land Sale Draws Oklahoma Indians’ Lands to Settlers
The United States government conducts its largest land sale in Oklahoma, including Choctaw and Chickasaw nations. About 900000 acres across 22 counties will be sold at county seats from Chickasaw to McCurtain, with unallotted lands, coal and asphalt tracts, and timber blocks on the block. Timber appraisers from British Columbia note natural reforestation and point out contrasts with northern pine forests.
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Oklahoma
Chickasaw
Octabel
McCurtain
British Columbia
Northwest
Forestry Bureau
Recipes for the Housewife Fruit Cookies
Housewife style fruit cookies made with butter sugar egg and flour, flavored with vanilla. Drop batter on a buttered sheet bake, then flatten and hollow centers for decoration with blanched almonds citron and raisins. For a festive touch add candied cherries green citron and more almonds.
Seafoam Fudge and Butter Cookie Recipe Instructions
A dated recipe describes making Seafoam Fudge by boiling light brown sugar with water until a soft ball forms in cold water, then folding in beaten egg white and syrup, shaping on buttered paper. The second part gives a butter cookies dough with butter sugar flour raisins lemon peel eggs and vanilla, baked as small rocky lumps on a greased tin.
Honey Ginger Snaps And Honey Caraway Loaf Cake
Directions for two old fashioned treats from Country Gentleman detail Honey Ginger Snaps with honey butter ginger flour and baking powder and a Honey Caraway Loaf Cake with butter sugar honey eggs flour baking powder and caraway seeds baked in a shallow loaf pan.
Honey Angel Cake Recipe Steps and Tips
A Country Gentleman recipe instructs to sift 1 1/2 cups flour four times with 1 teaspoon cream of tartar, beat 11 egg whites stiff, fold in 1 1/2 cups fine white honey and flour, keep beating until pan is filled, then bake in a moderate oven.
Honey Mousse Instructions From Country Gentleman
Beat the yolks of four eggs then heat in one cupful of strained honey. Heat gradually while stirring until thick. Remove from fire and cool, then fold in the stiffly whipped whites of four eggs and one pint of whipped cream. Mix well pack in ice and salt and freeze without stirring.
Simmered Sausages Recipe Card
Select plump sausages prick with a fork and place in a frying pan with barely enough water to cover the bottom. Cook gently until browned all over turning constantly and serve with a gravy made from the pan drippings. Ida C Allen.
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Ida C
B, Allen
Chicken Italian dish from Ida C. B. Allen recall
A recipe entry lists one fowl six green peppers two avions two cups tomato pulp salt and pepper and olive oil. Boil the fowl until tender disjoint and skin it. Shred peppers and onions and cook in olive oil until soft then mix with tomato pulp and season well. Serve very hot over chicken.
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Ida C. B. Allen
Banana Layer Cake With Banana Filling and Frosting
A vintage recipe lists mixing sugar butter egg orange extract salt with baking powder into flour, then alternates with milk to form batter. Bake in two layers, spread banana filling, and ice with plain frosting.
Banana Filling Using Banana Pulp and Sugar
Four bananas with two tablespoons sugar and a pinch of salt are mashed and pressed through a potato ricer. The mixture is scalded with sugar and salt, cooled, then lemon juice is added to use as a cake or sandwich filling associated with Ida C. B. Allen.
Boys Tell Truth or Lie About Wood Piling
A Mother questions two boys about their work. Joe aged 12 claims he did nothing while Jim 10, arriving late, fibs that he has been piling it up. The exchange is framed as a Country Gentleman anecdote about honesty and effort.
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Jim
Joe
Natural Flesh Tints Soap Promises Pure Skin Emollients
A century old concept inspires a soap made entirely of natural emollients and detergents that skin readily responds to. The piece argues that depictions of natural flesh tones succeed best when aligned with nature behind the seeker's beauty.
The Bell Ready-Cooked Whole Wheat Snack
A ready-cooked whole wheat snack is described as convenient and nutritious for school mornings. It is shredded and baked to a crisp golden brown, claimed to contain everything a child needs for study or play.
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Johnny
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Puget Sound
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Uneeda
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