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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1913
Page
4
A popular electricity piece extols RESPIRONE for delivering medicines through the nose and nasal passages. It likens the nose to a multi room apartment and notes mucous membranes are easily irritated by germs and particles. The article claims volatilized medicines reach the site of trouble and calls RESPIRONE the most modern device for this purpose.
The Journal of the American Medical Association reports a steady drop in medical student numbers since 1903. US totals rose from 11,826 in 1880 to 18,412 in 1912, with 17,277 in regular schools and 4,483 graduates in 1913, while eclectic and homeopathic enrollments show shifts.
J W Buchanan of Asheville demonstrates a new suit style life preserver in the Hudson river. The diver’s union-suit design includes feet and an inflation tube, with an air chamber at the waist to keep the wearer afloat.
The Scientific American describes an invention by W D Scott of Springwells Michigan that produces a warping effect to steer an airplane without weakening the main wings. It presents a universal mechanism to coordinate steering and warping devices and includes a tail carry setup.
A historical note explains that using a soft pillow while writing in a speeding railway carriage reduces jarring. The pillow can rest on the lap or a table and supports both the pad and the guiding hand, smoothing motions and allowing legible, comfortable writing.
A small boy named Bobby watches a Shakespeare tragedy from the front balcony with his mother Mrs. Simmons. He notices sixty nine men in the audience have bald spots and jokes about copying them. The scene captures a child's curious, humorous reaction to live theater.
The author describes building birdhouses with slanted roofs and round entrances, placing perches and limbs, and hanging strings for nest building. Birds began nesting on Friday April 11, 1913, with four of six houses used within two weeks. The report notes 18 barn swallow nests in the barn the previous year.
Jacob Rabinowits, 54, of Philadelphia, employed an 800 pound safe and a wooden prop to hang himself. He placed a corded neck device and toppled the heavy object, injuring himself fatally before medical aid arrived. The death followed a legal lawsuit he had lost.
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