Duke of the Abruzzi Himalayan Expedition Details
The article outlines the duke of the Abruzzi's planned ascent in the Karakoram and Baltoro region with a large Italian party. It notes experienced companions including Negrotto, Vittoria, Filippo de Filippi, Botta, and seven guides, plus prior Alpine and polar mountaineering credentials. It discusses K2 as a likely objective and references past explorations of Baltoro glacier and related peaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Freshfield
Kunchinjinga
Cavalier Filippo de Filippi
Ruwenzori
Signor Botta
Sella
Alaska
Ruwenzor
Caucasus
Himalayas
Botta
Joseph Petigax
Duke
Dr. Bullock Workman
Baltistan
Alexis
Henri Brocherel
Mesers
Longstaff, Mumm and Brace
JG. Savoie
Kabru
Sikkim
Arece
Finagar
Karakram Range
Pioneer Peak
Eckenstein-Guillarmod
Guillarmod
Abruzzi
Godwin Austin
The Cancer Increase and Diets That Help
The article discusses theories linking rising cancer deaths to meat eating and poor digestion. It cites studies showing higher cancer mortality among immigrants, notes Orientals and Americans eat less meat, and argues slow, proper mastication prevents overeating. It urges right diet and careful chewing to ward off cancer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statistica
State Health Department
Chicago Board of Health
Europe
Drunkards Island Resort in New Zealand Seeks Reform
The Salvation Army proposes Pakatoa Island as a secluded 70 acre colony in Haraki Gulf twenty-five miles from Auckland to reform alcoholics. Access only by motor boat, no pubs, no alcohol, residents work in market gardening fruit culture and toy manufacturing. Magistrates may commit repeat drunks to Pakatoa under a new act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
New Zealand
Pakatoa
Haraki Gulf
Auckland
Suit Filed Over Sixty-Cent Gas Law Challenge
Indianapolis Gas Co sues in federal court attacking the sixty cent gas law as confiscatory and unconstitutional. The company seeks an injunction to block enforcement at contract expiry July 5, arguing the law deprives property, constitutes class legislation, and conflicts with its perpetual franchise dating from 1876 allowing gas pricing up to two dollars per thousand cubic feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Gas Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Robert Dickson
Indiana official fights benzoate of soda preservative use
H. Barnard, state pure food and drug commissioner, continues his crusade against benzoate of soda as a preservative. Indiana already barred canned goods with more than one tenth of one percent by order of the state board of health. Legal actions seek to overturn that ban. Barnard spoke at the Indiana Pharmaceutical association meeting at French Lick outlining his laboratory experiments in the statehouse basement and arguing benzoate is unnecessary for preserving fruit syrups and crushed fruit delicacies at soda fountains.
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Indianapolis
Ind
H. ©. Barnard
Pure Food and Drug
State Board of Health
Barnard
Indiana
Indiana Pharmaceutical Association
French Lick
Statehouse
Local option law questioned by Indiana judge
Goshen saloonkeeper Wm R Fieldeke eyed as case tests local option law validity Judge Dodge signals sweeping ruling that Indiana local option law may be unconstitutional Sen Proctor and Sen Val argued the act not in effect until promulgation by the governor Indictment for second degree murder against Daniel D Howell in Union traction case bonds set at 5000 Plymouth editors to banquet Northern Indiana Editorial association meet Anderson man injured in fair grounds accident wages up 12 percent at MacBeth Evans plant July 1 with 300 new workers
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Goshen
Ind
Wm. R. Fieldeke
Henry
Dodge
Indiana
Proctor
Fieldeke
Val
Commissioners' Court
Elkhart County
Indiana Railroad Commission Plans Petition Over Bridge Rates
The Indiana railroad commission prepared to file with the Interstate Commerce Commission accusing the Kentucky & Indiana Bridge and Railroad Co. at Louisville of disobeying orders. Evidence showed the company, serving Louisville to New Albany, quoted a through rate south to points north of New Albany far lower than the rate from south to New Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana’ Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kentucky & Indiana Bridge, & Railroad Co
Louisville
Bridge Company
New Albany
Indiana News Briefs From Across the State
A roundup of incidents and events in Indiana towns includes dates for a national motorcycle convention in Indianapolis, mine and lightning fatalities near Boonville Attica and Terre Haute, harvest labor shortages in Gibson and Spencer counties, indictments linked to an Indiana lottery in Indianapolis, a $1 million private sale of bonds by Belt Railroad and Stock Yards Co. in Indianapolis, a proposed interurban railroad by Cincinnati Louisville and Indianapolis Electric, and several fires injuries and a streetcar strike in Evansville.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Belt Railroad and Stock Yards Co
Estabrook & Co
Boston
Cincinnati, Louisville & Indianapolis Electric Railroad Co
Cincinnati
Louisville
Terre Haute
Nichols
Fred McDaniels
Durum wheat and Aunt Jane loom over a family home
An old letter reveals a domestic scene as a wife resents Aunt Jane’s visit and the house must be rearranged to honor gifts. The text shifts to an explainer on durum wheat, its uses in macaronis and bread, gluten content, and western farming regions.
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Jame
France
Minnesota
Dakota
Drop Cakes To Stretch Egg Costs In Lunches
When eggs rise use a thrifty drop cake recipe for children lunches or desserts. Cream brown sugar with butter, dissolve soda in sour milk, add nutmeg, raisins, currants, and flour with baking powder. Bake in gem pans. half the recipe fits an ordinary gem pan.
The Pastinello decorative art and home beautifying paste
A fragment describes Pastinello decorative paste used on fabrics for home beautifying. It notes applying paste with pepper bags, tinting and shading before drying, and dusting with powder for an silky luster. It mentions an old bachelor and wife admiration linked to grooming as a humorous aside.
Man voices fear of marriage and femininity in old home tale
A speaker in a retro scene declares no woman would enter his house and condemns marriage. He recalls past female friends chasing suitors and asserts he never fell for a girl, fearing infatuation as the end. He notes peddlers and feminine influence alter atmosphere at doors.
Baby Eczema Cured by Cuticura Remedies
A mother recalls six month old girl with red facial spots spreading to eyes. After unsuccessful treatments from two doctors, using Cuticura Remedies the next morning the face was white and the eczema disappeared. July 13, 708.
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P. HE
Gumbin
Sheldon
Potter Drag & Chem, Corp
Sola Props
Bor
Eggplant Bonanza Triggers Churchyard Banter
A grocer teases a deacon's son after services about a two dozen eggplants bought by his father. The father misreads poultry business advice and jokes that beginners should start with adult fowls, not eggplant, in a quaint Sunday scene from Harper's Weekly.
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Harper's Weekly
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