State revives law to prevent infant blindness in Pa
Harrisburg notices that Health Commissioner Dixon reruns a 1895 act to require midwives nurses and health officers to prevent ophthalmia neonatorum in newborns. Instructions urge rapid physician involvement and a boric acid eye rinse until treatment begins.
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Harrisburg
Dixon
Diten
American Medical Association
Pennsylvania School For the Blind
State Department of Health
Healthy
Pennsylvania
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promotes Female Health
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for women's ailments including irregularities and derangements. It frames the medicine as a trustworthy, informative choice for those seeking knowledge about what they ingest and emphasizes its restorative effects for health and energy.
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Pierce
Lenis
Bio Media0
Cri
Penor Sivative
Roosevelt's guns may aim in vain at game
Allentown, Pa Dec 20 General Pearson, Boer war veteran and Boer case commissioner, weighs in on Resident Roosevelt's Africa trip. He mocks safari dangers and notes big game are scarce and hard to shoot while lions and other beasts are elusive in the wild. He says Roosevelt will see plenty of game but shooting may prove tricky due to distance and air clarity.
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Allentown
Pearson
Roosevelt
Africa
South
East Africa
Oysters Yield Big Revenue. New Lease Plan Proposed
Trenton December 28. Chief Bacon reports New Jersey oyster lands under water could be leased to seeders. He says seed access would boost state revenue and wages, with 375000 acres under water but only 10 percent used. Last year output reached 6 million dollars. leases cover 30000 acres across Atlantic, Delaware Bay, Ocean, Raritan, and Shark River areas.
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Trenton
Charles R. Bacon
Bureaus of Shell Fisheries
Atlantic County
Delaware Bay
Maurice River
Ocean County
Raritan Bay
Shark River
Bacon
Fine Cantata At Greystone Church Delights Large Audience
The cantata The Message of the Star presented at Greystone Church by a large chorus drew a big audience and was well received. Participants included organist Isaac Hamilton and a long list of choir members with names like Horence E tren mer Minna Wolfekeil Jeanette Carley Emma aged and others. The program featured stringed instruments and conducted by local volunteers.
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Btar
Rosy Sumlay
Greystone Terian
Isaac Hamilton
Horence
Minna B. Wolfekeil
Yadna
Schmidt
Jeanette Carley
Emma Ageee
Mary. Duncan
M. Ella Whittaker
Mary J. Oe
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Greystone Church
Berry & Company
China
Suis
Samuel Barr
Broad Street
Morris
Miron & Lifson
First St
Elizabethport
Stein & Markowitz
Bradbury
Bradbdr
Salenrooms
Broad St
Newark
Fred B. Bassett
Centemeri
Phoenix
Madras
Second Street
Sternberg & CO
Market St
Lectrical Ee Company
Ebtoal Ee
Asi LL
Electrical Contracting
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