Tobacco foes losing ground amid Mormon influence
Utah stands as the only state to adopt an anti cigarette law while Utah and Idaho show Mormon influence shaping tobacco sentiment. Editors survey of 12 518 papers finds 95 percent oppose prohibition, with Tennessee Arkansas Oklahoma and Oregon opposing or wavering and overall anti tobacco efforts fading outside Utah.
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Utah
Commonwealth
Garret Smith
Leslie's
Press Service Company
New York City
Idaho
Hich
Tennessee
Arkansas
Arizona
Senate
Iowa
Kansas
Oregon
Oklahoma
Tew
Friends of Tobacco
Bangkok autocracy and socialism mingle in royal life
Florence Burgess Meehan portrays Rama VI as an absolute monarch who governs with autocratic authority while running a state socialist system. The state owns railways oil fields forests and mines and Bangkok’s waterworks streetcars and heating are state property. Siamese people appear content and carefree, living simple livelihoods as crafts people in a fairytale metropolis.
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Bangkok
Florence Burgess Meehan
Asia Magazine
Golden Roofed Palace
Rama VI
Oxford
Slim
Day of Horse Almost Gone
A defective fire at Fenth and Tecumseh streets brings new motor apparatus to the scene while a worn horse drawn ladder truck remains. The crowd pities the aging horses as they continue their task, a poignant sign of changing times and loyalty to old fire teams.
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Fenth
Tecumseh
Indianapolis News
Opals Donated to National Museum by Archle Rice
The National Museum in Washington received 100 opal specimens from Archle Rice of New York. Opals come in red white blue black brown green and purple. two replace fossil wood and three may be fossil bones. Mine is Humboldt county Nevada about a mile above sea level and 200 miles inland from the Pacific. Winne mucen rail town lies 120 miles away. High altitude water content threatens opals when removed. excavation has reached 20 or 380 feet.
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National Museum
Washington
Archle Rice
New York
United States
Humboldt County
Nevada
Pacific
Winnemucen
Prickly Pear Worries Australians Insect Aid Sought
The prickly pear cactus is an invasive nuisance in Australia, spreading rapidly and turning land unusable for farming. The U S government plans to send insects that prey on the cactus, hoping they will curb the spread and damage of the plant.
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Australia
Philadelphia Ledger
French scientist lights home without cost in water turbine system
A French inventor describes a household system using a high speed water turbine tied to a dynamo and stationary battery. Water from the faucet drives the turbine to charge the battery, providing electric light at no cost. He claims it reuses energy typically wasted.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Grafter Concept Quoted In Saxon Senator’s Remark
The dialogue features Senator Sorghum defining a grafter as a prafter who seizes any opportunity, dragging it in and beating the life out of it rather than giving it a cordial welcome, highlighting a sharp critique of opportunism.
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Senator Sorghum
Pasteur and the Promise of Curing Plagues
The North American Review cites Pasteur’s progress from curing beer and wine diseases to addressing silkworm, poultry, cattle plagues and then human diseases. It argues against skepticism, noting Pasteur’s method led to cures for rabies typhoid cholera diphtheria yellow fever and bubonic plague. It posits potential future cures through bacterial therapeutics and cautions against doubting new possibilities.
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Huxley
North American Review
Pasteur
Blot
Dumas
Science
Lfe
Lister
Koch
Finlay
Carrell
Metushikov
Tobacco Cannot Shield Against Many Germs Says Italian Expert
Professor Puntont of the University of Rome reports experiments showing tobacco smoke or chewing tobacco does not disinfect against cholera influenza diphtheria typhoid or meningitis. He finds tobacco offers some effect only for cholera and meningitis, but not for typhoid diphtheria or tuberculosis. Tar nicotine and formaldehyde are cited as disinfection agents in limited cases.
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Puntont
University of Rome
New York Healing Post
Tuscany
Pantoni
Silk Chinsegas and Beaded Goods From Congo Trade
An announcement from a Chicago mail order house notes a Congo chief Angogo Belgingo receiving a supply of lurid purple silk chemises sized 52 for his favored wife. The delivery, made to order due to color and size, accompanies funds for jeweled shoes, copper-toed rubber boots, pink silk stockings, and hundreds of pounds of beads and vatton goods.
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Foreign Department
Angogo
Belgino Couge
Yale Forestry School marks twentieth anniversary reunion
The Yale forest school celebrated its second decennial reunion and the twentieth anniversary of its founding as noted by American Forestry Magazine. Over 100 alumni and students attended, about 20 percent of those trained there, with ten of twelve leading forest schools led by Yale graduates. Forty three Yale alumni hold forestry positions across America.
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Yale Forest School
American Forestry Magazine
Yale
America
Motion Pictures In Java
The motion picture business in Java is expanding rapidly according to the American consul at Batavia. American films are growing in popularity with big features, comedy, news and travel films leading. No film under five reels achieves major success. Local tastes favor adventure and action, while European and American audiences prefer well known genres common in the United States.
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Java
Jive
Satavia
Rent vs Salary: Employer Seeks Use of Worker
In a terse exchange a prospective employer tests compensation by saying he does not intend to buy the applicant but to rent the use of their labor. The applicant insists on ten thousand dollars annually, highlighting the negotiation’s practical twist.
Red Pepper Rub Promises Instant Pain Relief
A bold advertisement touts Red Pepper Rub as the fastest relief for rheumatism lumbago neuritis backache stiff neck sore muscles and strains. It claims concentrated heat from red peppers opens blood flow and eases congestion with instant warmth and relief within minutes. Bowles Red Pepper Rub is sold at drug stores at low cost.
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Academy OF Tit Immaculate Conception
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Sweet Home
Jack Wilson
Folxis
Kees Osted
Louisville
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Pan
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