Conqueror of Two Plagues General Blue Honored
The article lauds Rupert Blue surgeon general of the United States public health service as a leading figure who banished bubonic plague from the shores and led major sanitary efforts. It notes his North Carolina birth, University of Maryland medical degree, service since 1892, and two San Francisco campaigns in 1903 and 1907 plus a squirrels-driven flea control zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorgas
Rupert Blue
United States Public Health Service
San Francisco
General Blue
United States Service
North Carolina
University of
Great Italian Statesman Sonnino Exerts Global Influence
The article portrays Baron Sidney Sonnino as Italy's key foreign minister and a leading statesman with British inclinations shaped by English education. It highlights his role guiding Salandra's cabinet, restraining Italian passions, and steering diplomacy against German and Austrian officials to position Italy for a decisive role in Europe.
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Italy
Baron Sonnino
Sidney Sonnino
Oxford
Salandra
Europe
Prince von Buelow
Baron Macchio
Rome
Has Fine Fighting Record for Possible France Expedition
General Bell, rising from lieutenant in the Spanish war to brigadier, is named as a likely commander if an expeditionary force goes to France. He led a division of information north of Manila and saw heavy action under fire for months, later commanding a veteran U S volunteers regiment in campaigns that helped crush the insurrection. His merit and lack of influence-peddling are noted as factors in his rapid advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Bell
Philippines
Manila
United States Volunteers
Doctor Gorgas Honored for Canal Zone Sanitation Wins Global Fame
The article praises Dr. Gorgas as head of army surgeons for cleaning up Cuba and Panama. Under his leadership the Canal Zone death rate plummeted from 6541 per 1000 to 2148 per 1000, showcasing remarkable tropical sanitation. He declined offers from the Rockefeller Foundation to work in Serbia and as adviser, choosing to serve his country. Known as a mosquito hunter, he identified mosquitoes as disease carriers and developed methods to destroy them and curb tropical fevers.
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Gorgas
Cuba
Panama
Canal Zone
United States
Tropics
Rockefeller Foundation
Serbia
Western Mining and Oil News Highlights Arizona and Colorado
Western Mining and Oil News reports rising copper output in Arizona crossing 700 million pounds this year. Jerome’s Venture Hill Verde Apex shaft shows ore and Shannon Copper opens ore at Yaeger Cafton mine. In Colorado, Crested Butte tellurium vein at Brush creek and new ore shoots at Isabella Mines Company in Cripple Creek are noted along with active ore processing at the Argo mill in Idaho Springs.
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Jerome
Superior
Arizona
United Verde Extension
Shannon Copper Company
Yaeger
Golden Edge
Idaho Springs
Argo
San Juan
Brush Creek
Crested Butte
Jack Gunther
Creek-Sage Mining Company
Copper Creek
Gothic
Gilson Gulch
Highland Mary
Cunningham Gulch
Silverton
Carnduff and Duncan
Victor
Granite Gold Mining Company
Leadville
Boulder County
Congress
Evans Basin
Gunnison County
John Herr
Bayfield
Colorado
Cripple Creek
Isabella Mines Company
Lee
Rich strikes reported at Carlisle and Last Chance mines in New Mexico
The Carlisle mine at Steeple Rock reports a rich strike at the 500 foot level with ore rich in lead and silver. A 637 foot level strike and 900 foot level development at Last Chance are underway with promising results. The Black Hawk camp near Tyrone shows nickel cobalt arsenides and native silver with potential revival.
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Carlisle
Steeple Rock
Last Chance
New Mexico
Albert A. Leach
Black Hawk
Bullard Peak
Tyrone
Bilver City
Oil Boom Expands At Wyoming Dry Creek Fields
In Dry Creek two propriétés are now active as Prudential Oil down 2.20 feet at Silver Tip and large firms plan to boost gas and oil output. With spring, several major companies will commence work around the Wor land oil field, signaling a busy season ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Hoyts
Dry Creek
Prudential Ol Company
Oil Feldy
Worland
Prison Life in Iberia and the Rise of Marie Sukloff
A long account recounts Maria Spiridonova’s release from Siberia and the life of Marie Sukloff, a Jewish girl turned revolutionary. Sukloff, educated by a rabbi’s daughter, helps print and distribute revolutionary material, endures exile, and participates in an assassination plot against a governor. The narrative follows her escape from Siberia, years of prison, and a final daring escape from Russia with aid from sympathizers.
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Hertchinek
Siberia
Maria Spiridonova
Chita
Luzhenoffsky
Tambov
Russia
Marie Sukloff
Miss Sukloff
America
Century Company
Marie
Odessa
Zhenia
David
Grigory
Nicholas
Ivan
Myself
Ciyela
Zhenta
Marie Suklof
Kishinev
Tasemila
Siberian
Japan
Vilna
Suklef
Geneva
Omliny Stehotil
Kiev
Tchernigoff
Nicholai
Shuelzman
Irkutsk
The
Dienry
Russel
Things That Are New From The Modern Inventions Page
An eclectic list of new devices and ideas including electric stool rollers, a novel inematescent spiral, and clarified uses for gold plate. It notes electric garbage trucks, a steam generator for medical use, and an auto horn beacon device, with various claims on efficiency and novelty.
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Ferses i Epeerichos
Gieruincce
Piven
Electeletty
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Medical World
Mining and Oil News
Union News Service
New York
St. Louis
Boulder
Steeplerook
Iberia
Dulze
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