Hit Influenza at Its Source Says Dr Flexner
New York reports Dr Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller Institute urged eradicating influenza at its source to end recurrences. He traced epidemics to Eastern Europe and border regions between Russia and Turkestan and warned that cities are invaded by travel routes and that the next pandemic would spread as swiftly as modern transport.
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New York
Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Congress of American Physicians and Burgeons
Inter
Amestran Medical Association
Europe
Russia
Turkestan
Ita
Publc
Munich
America
United States
Flexner
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Memphis
Havana
Panama
Guayaquil
Sugar Found in Fir Trees of British Columbia
Discovery reported in American Forestry Magazine reveals sugar growth in Douglas firs near Vancouver. Professor John Davidson of the University of British Columbia indicates specimens show a high percentage of a rare sugar variety. Indigenous peoples have long used the substance. An illustration depicts sap oozing from bark.
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British Columbia
American Porestry Magazine
John Davidson
University of
Mules Save Potts From Tree Crash in Owensboro
G W Potts farmer owes life to his mules when a giant maple toppled onto his wagon. The team bolted and yanked Potts free just as the tree fell, sparing him serious injury or death.
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Owensboro
G.W. Potts
Potts
Worst Blizzard Shuts Western Railroads Across Region
A six year worst blizzard grips northern Nebraska Wyoming and surrounding area from Billings to Broken Bow halting Chicago Burlington and Quincy trains. Snow drifts reach eight feet near Girard with three to six feet in Alliance. cattle feed shortages threaten heavy stock losses.
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Alliance
Neb
Nebraska
Wyoming
Billings
Mont
Broken Bow
Neli
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Girard
R. M. Hampton
First National Bank of Alliance
Herman Krause
Denver
Colorado
Sueblo
Colorado Springs
Leadville
Boulder
Nederland
Colo
Longmont
Fort Collins
Cheyenne
Wyo
Senate committee to probe housing scarcity nationwide
A five senator panel is authorized by a Senate resolution led by Sen Calder of New York to investigate housing conditions. The measure cites unprecedented demand for consumer goods and luxuries drawing capital away from home and industrial construction, risking further housing shortages.
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Washington
Senate
Calder
Republican
New York
Red Cross to Help Discharged War Workers Return to Civilian Work
At Secretary Baker's request the American Red Cross and its state chapters will assist hundreds of Washington war workers discharged by the War Department before June 30 to rejoin civilian employment.
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Washington
Baker
American Red Cross
War Department
Local Flier Killed In 500 Foot Chanute Field Fall
Lieut James Welsh 22 from Corpus Christi Texas died instantly when his plane side slipped and fell 500 feet at Chanute field government training station. The body was sent to his home for burial.
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Champagne
James Welsh
Corpus Christi
Texas
Chanute Field
Dr Markoe Shot in Church in New York
Dr James Markoe a noted surgeon was shot and killed while collecting offerings at morning service in St George Church in New York. Parishioners pursued and captured the assailant who was identified as Thomas W Shelby and claimed to have escaped from Eastern State Hospital for the Insane in Williamsburg Virginia.
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New York
James Markoe
St. George Protestant Episcopal Church
Twenty-second Street
Thomas W. Shelby
Eastern State Hospital For the
Williamsburg
Dancing Upon a Volcano at Brest Barracks
Young people in Brest were dancing at a large American barracks when they learned they had been dancing on boxes labeled dynamite Lyddite gun cotton and detonator in English. The incident highlights the danger of unexploded ordnance left by occupying troops.
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Brest
Breach of Promise Suit Wins Miss Pellers Big Sum
Miss Jennie Pellers of Fall City waits twenty years for marriage to Lon Howe of Lincoln. A jury awards her 22,000 dollars for each year waited, totaling 822000 dollars in a breach of promise judgment.
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Lincoln
Neb
Jennie Pellers
Fall City
Neblis
Lon Howe
Jenith
Jennie Wand Lou
Secretary plots battleship buy in 1930 joke
In 1930 a lady secretary of the navy asks to interest the chairwoman of the naval committee in battleship shopping. The Louisville Courier Journal cites the quip as a humorous exchange about naval procurement and committee interest.
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Naval Committee
Louisville Courier-Journal
Kidney Health Advice Urges Salt Flush For Home Use
A wartime style advertisement advises Americans to reduce food intake and use four ounces of Jad Salts daily to flush and stimulate kidneys. It explains uric acid buildup from rich foods, potential back pain and cloudy urine, and promotes Jad Salts as an inexpensive, safe lithia beverage for bladder relief.
Prise Fight Rules Talk Sparks House Debate
A parliamentary remark notes many scraps at home as TJ considers posting brief rules for prize fighting. Loulaville Courier Journal reports the informal discussion and its local context.
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Loulaville Courier-Journal
Red Crcas Bag Blue In Grocery Ads Catches Attentions
A quirky ad copy discusses Red Crcas Bag Blue praised by grocers and hints at a social quiz about self focus. It mentions snowy clothes and trends among young men, noting lack of excuses for carrying a cane and a bold self emphasis in dialogue.
Remedy Fights Acid Stomach With Promised Relief
Advert says acid stomach damages body and offers Eatonic as a proven remedy. Claims over half a million sufferers found relief, with quick aid from the first tablet and a money back guarantee if unsatisfied. Available from any druggist.
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Newport News
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Montana
Western
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
Red Cross
Dr. Markoe
Lydia E. Pinkham
Rony
Lydia Bham
Fall River
Mass
Pinkham
Thomas Wilkinson
Columbia Street
Dr Halley
Ll. Wright
Tuscola
Stenagoet
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