The House Fly Campaign Against Disease
A lengthy article explains how the common house fly spreads typhoid and other illnesses, urging sanitation, proper waste disposal, screening, and education. It highlights scientific work by bacteriologists, posters, films, and campaigns led from Washington by Richard B. Watrous and the American Civic Association to reduce fly breeding and protect public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richard B. Watrous
American Civic Association
Association
N. A. Dobbs
National Geographic Society
Cobbs
Aly
United States
State Board of Health
Filma
Fly
Eighteen Die As Bedford Aground Off Korea
Eighteen men of the Bedford's engine room staff perished when the British armored cruiser ran ashore on Guelport island in Korea during full speed trials. The sister ships Minotaur and Monmouth could not aid due to heavy weather, and the Bedford appears badly holed from inrush of water. The vessel of 9800 tons, completed in 1903, carried 537 men and 14 six inch guns with a speed near 23 knots.
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London
Bedford
Guelport
Korea
Admiralty
Tokyo
Minotaur
Monmouth
County
Capital Taken by Rebels in Nicaragua Under Estrada
Revolt ends as Managua falls to insurgents led by Gen. Estrada without fighting. Madriz and advisers flee, Jose Dolores Estrada names himself acting president and forms a peace commission for Granada. Uprising began in October 19% with coast-to-coast activity. Secretary Knox reports Estrada’s pledge to the United States and amends for past actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nicaragua
Estrada
Managua
Madriz
Corrzto
Toledo
Vasquez
Ortiz
Montenegro
Julian Irias
Jose Dolores Estrada
Juan Estrada
Jose Estrada
Granda
Gen. Estrada
Atlantic
Cape Gracias
Bluefields
Gen
State Knox
United States
Zelaya
State health board fights child blindness in Ohio
Columbus reports the state board of health has launched a campaign against blindness in children. A letter with a sterilized dropper and nitrate of silver is sent to every registered physician with instructions to apply at birth. The Ohio blind commission attributes much early blindness to birth inattention and promotes silver nitrate use to prevent it.
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Columbus
State Board of Health
Ohio
Ohio Blind Commission
General Assembly
Quarrel Over Money Ends in Tragedy Near Knoxdale
In Punxsutawney Pennsylvania a money dispute escalated when miner Charles Cavalene was instantly killed. Bystander Mrs. John Bonner was shot in the hip and Dominick Vigni was wounded in the head. John Bonner, alleged assailant, is under arrest.
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Punxsutawney
Charles Cavalene
John Bonner
Dominick Vigni
Knoxdale
Passenger train collision injures six near Blocher Indiana
A head on crash in Indiana involved a Big Four passenger train and a Baltimore and Ohio work train near Blocher. Six passengers and two trainmen were injured as air brakes allegedly failed on the passenger train, with Big Four using B&O tracks at the point of impact.
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Indiana
Louisville
Big Four
Baltimore & Ohio S. W
Blocher
Ind
Alleged Stage Robber Jailed Near Globe Arizona
Wm Day was arrested at Miami near Globe accused of taking part in the Mo gollon Silver City stage robbery two weeks earlier in which the stage driver was killed and a large quantity of silver bullion was stolen.
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Globe, Ariz— Wm
Day
Miami
Here
Silver City
Trainman Killed in Memphis After Rail Car Overturns
Train crew fatalities and injuries reported from the Memphis terminals of the St. Louis and San Francisco line after an engine overturned. Fireman John A. Bohannon was killed and Engineer Ringwald seriously injured. Additional report from Washington Indiana notes Onie McClennen of this city died from steam pipe scalding aboard a B and Q locomotive.
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Memphis
Tenn
John A. Bohannon
Ringwald
St. Louis and
San Francisco
Washington
Ind
Onie McClennen
Freman
A. Digh
Apeed
Munyon’s Paw-Paw Liver Pills ad boasts cures
A Munyon’s Homeopathic claim offers Paw-Paw Liver Pills to purify the blood and restore liver and stomach health. It guarantees relief from biliousness constipation and indigestion or a money refund, citing address at 63rd and Jefferson Streets Philadelphia.
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Munyon
Camedy Co
63Rd and
Jeferson Sts
Phila., Pa
Reckoning Day and Hour Cites Optimism at Jacksonville Banquet
Mayor William S. Jordan urged optimism at a Democratic banquet in Jacksonville. He shared a fable about a missionary in a slum and a clock’s ticking, portraying payday as the inevitable moment of truth for the honest, hopeful worker.
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William S. Jordan
Jacksonville
Women Save Money with Easy Task Soap Claims
An advertorial voice praises women for thrift and laundry efficiency using Easy Task soap. It asserts the soap saves fuel time and health, reduces fabric wear, and has no resin to trap dirt or rot fabrics, presenting it as a woman’s money saving choice for washing.
Faults in American Character and Miscellany
In an address on botanical education in America Prof Ganong criticizes disregard for particulars and generalities and urges laboratory work in all science. Books ease wits but independent observation yields true knowledge. A perfect love, even when lost, remains a sacred possession, while a man who sees himself as one in a thousand views others as ciphers. The crop that never falls each year signals trouble.
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America
W. F. Ganong
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Thia
Creta
Atesmar
National "Geographic Society
PAW Aia
Workman
Sis
Bess
Pop
Hitchcock
Post
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