Strange Malady Sweeping Haiti
Haiti health mystery baffling doctors with a disease causing swelling dropsy like symptoms. Dr. W L Mann and American gendarmerie medical officers study three forms including swollen parts emaciation and sudden deaths. Prison diet and nutrition linked hypotheses tested but cause remains undetermined. Risk shown in male inmates with women rarely affected, research aims to save thousands yearly.
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Port-au-Prince
Haiti
W. L. Mann
United States Navy
Austin
Tex
d’Halti
Mann
Harvard Medical School
Halti
Munn
New York Tribune
Millun
Frederick M. Wise
United States Marine Corps
d'Haold
John Russell
Doctor Mann
Hatti
United States Public Health Service
Rockefeller Institute
Holtl
Bever
Chimes at St Mary's Washington Honor Late Reverend Glatt
A memorial bells project at St Mary’s Washington will ring with a large Westminster clock to honor Rev George Glatt. Bells range from two to five feet, connecting to the clock to strike the hour in cyblines.
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St. Mary's Church
Washington
George Glatt
Westminster
Man Keeps Green Prospective Grave
In New Carlisle cemetery J Herbert Day 50 a well known citizen and music teacher ordered a grave to be prepared for himself and his casket. He had the caretaker construct a stone vault and cover it with a broad stone then Day heaped the mound and placed the sods. The grave is empty waiting for death’s hand at his own burial.
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New Carlisle
J. Herbert Day
Making World Safe for Democracy in Cincinnati
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Hotarians and Bob Chapman, with references to price limits and charity. The text is unclear but suggests a group in Cincinnati debating a phrase or word and a charity effort led by Bob Chapman and eight members.
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Cincinnatie
Hotarians
Bob Chapman
Aning
Kings and pets across history and mythic tales
A Washington Geographic Society bulletin reflects on King Alexander of Greece’s rumored death from a monkey bite and recalls famous pets through history. It cites various cultures keeping eagles, lions, wolves, and hawks, notes dogs and horses in World War I, and recounts Dick Whittington’s cat.
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Alexander
Greece
World
Washington
National Geographic Society
Pisa
Italy
Romulus Remus
Genghis Khan
Prof
Garner
Susie
Solomon
France
Puss
Dick Whittington
London
Read Your Notes Upside Down
A novice stenographer cannot read the president’s letter on the notebook cover. The president suggests reading the dots and dashes upside down, revealing the solution. The moment he realizes this, the mystery is solved and embarrassment follows.
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Chicago Tribune
American Methods Boost YWCA Campaigns in Four French Cities
Four French YWCA foyers St Etienne Tours Bourges and Mulhouse conducted finance campaigns in true American fashion. American secretaries mapped and directed efforts while French directors carried them out. Total funds for the 1021 budget are in the bank with Mulhouse reporting 12000 francs raised for joint Y M A and YWCA work.
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France
St. Etienne
Tours
Bourges
Mulhouse
Y. M
Yearning for prominence in a frock coat remark
Quote recalls a boastful stance on public esteem as passengers, conductors, and officials are joked about. The narrator notes people like to be seen as great figures, cabinet officials or celebrated leaders, even if undeserved.
Pay Dirt Joke Sparks Farm Advice Exchange
A quip about chasing gold copper and diamonds leads to a farmerly punchline. The speaker jokes they cannot strike pay dirt and is advised to try farming, reflecting a lighthearted rural exchange.
New Rifles for Jap Army Size and Barrel Change
The article notes Japanese infantry to upgrade rifles to a larger caliber, replacing the 225 caliber with variants closer to British .303 and French 314. It also mentions shortening the machine gun barrel and includes quips about amateur theatricals and daily routines.
Replacing Wear and Tear on the Human System
An old health advertises a blood tonic claiming to replenish daily wear on the body. It touts S. S. S. as strengthening blood and boosting vitality, with a lead to contact Chief Medical Adviser in Atlanta for literature.
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Swift Laboratory
Atlanta, Ga
In The Way He Should Go
In Chicago a proud father aims to shape his son into a captain of industry. He violently scolds a boy after catching him in a lie, declaring he will break every bone to teach honesty, while the mother witnesses the scene.
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Chicago
James
Harry
Patriot’s Definition Echoed In Rural Dialogue
In a candid exchange, a father explains patriotism to his son, defining a patriot as someone who loves and serves his country regardless of election outcomes, underscoring steadfast civic duty in a small community setting.
Census Bureau Clerks Count Census of Census
The remark notes the census bureau employs about 4000 clerks. It quips that it is quite a job to take the census of the census, underscoring the scale and effort involved in national data collection.
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Census Bureau
Ambition of a Hudson Island Grower Ends in Bankruptcy
A hundred years ago Dr. C W Grant bought an isolated Hudson Island opposite Peekskill deemed useless. He started Delaware grape cultivation and made the island famous to growers nationwide. He then pursued a plan to bloom Magnolias and rhododendrons, hoping to seed homes nationwide, but his ventures led to bankruptcy and the island returned to barren rock. The writer notes the moral that even the smallest peasant can teach something.
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C. W. Grant
Hudson River
Peekskill
Doctor Grant
Delaware
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