Chemist and Doctor Confirm Canned Beef Safe After Tropical Exposure
In Washington New Jersey April 6 Yale chemist Prof Russell H Chittenden and Lt Col Samuel A Currie testified at the beef inquiry. Chittenden reported canned roast beef from Prairie Armour and Wilson companies was wholesome with fat melting in tropical heat. He noted no boric or salicylic acid. some cans showed salt or nitrate. color varied but no evident artificial coloring. Currie noted samples were from cans exposed to heat in tropical climates and that some fat could liquify, affecting appeal.
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Washington
Russell H. ‘Chittenden
Yale College
Samuel A. Currie
New Jersey
Jacksonville
Chittenden
Colonel Davis
Havana
Prof. Chittenden
Davis
Prairie Canning Company
Armour Company
Wilson Company
Wilson Packing Company
Meat taint in field rations sparks military hearings
Dr Currie testified that refrigerated beef given to 109 troops for a Jacksonville range project was tainted and possibly preserved with salicylic acid. He cited illness and limited duty after meals, noting meat smelled badly yet remained undecomposed. Armour & Co officials testified about canned beef inventories and questionable imports.
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Currie
Swift & Co
Armour & Co
Englewood
N. J
L. M. Maus
Seventh Army Corps
Henry Raphael
New York
General Miles
Chicago
England
Raphael
Man Can Beat His Wife Judge Rules In City Court
In St Louis on April 6 Judge Peabody ruled under certain conditions a husband may beat his wife. Bernard Kretzer was accused of beating his wife for opposing him on child management. The judge noted the wife was more to blame for provoking her husband and that mild rebuke could suffice when no serious harm occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Peabody
Bernard Kretzer
Violence erupts at Maple election as Finns clash with Irish woodmen
In Maple at the election showdown West Superior reports say Finnish workers allied with Supervisor Conness opposed Irish woodsmen. A brawl broke out before the polling place with knives and clubs. Finn John Larskey was seriously hurt and may die. several others injured.
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West Superior
Wis
Maple
Conness
John Larskey
Flooding hits La Crosse valley from North La Crosse to Bangor
La Crosse river overflows its banks flooding the valley from North La Crosse to Bangor a sixteen mile stretch. Farms suffer extensive damage and water fills basements in West Salem as residents brace for rising rivers and further impacts.
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la Crosse River
la Crosse
Wis
la Crosse Valley
North la Crosse
Bangor
West Salem
Daughter of War Hero Elected City Clerk in Coffeyville
In Coffeyville Kansas on April 6 a daughter of Captain D S Eliott of the Twentieth Kansas, recently killed at Manila, was elected city clerk without opposition. Her name appeared on both party tickets.
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Coffeyville, Kas
D. S. Eliott
Twentieth Kansas Regiment
Manila
Weather Outlook By State And Day
The weather forecast indicates showers in Indiana and Illinois today with fair conditions tomorrow and easterly winds shifting to northerly. Michigan expects rain today, fair tomorrow with fresh easterly winds becoming variable. Wisconsin will see showers today, followed by fair weather and a colder western area, then fair tomorrow with winds turning to fresh northwesterly. Iowa shows fair weather today after eastern rainfall, fair tomorrow, with winds shifting to the northwest.
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Washington
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Markets report Chicago and Milwaukee grain and futures
Chicago Board of Trade quotations show May wheat near 73 cents, corn around 80 cents, oats about 26 cents, and pork lard and short ribs trading in broader ranges. Live stock at Chicago includes hogs selling from 3.60 to 3.92 and cattle from 3.90 to 5.90 for various grades. Milwaukee notes steady wheat, oats around 28 to 29 cents, rye lower, barley firm.
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Chicago Grain and Produce
Chicago
Board of Trade Today
Illinois
Texas
Milwaukee
An Excellent Combination of Laxative Syrup Curative
An advertisement for California Fig Syrup Co promoting S yRePav Fras as a refreshing convenient laxative. It highlights gentle cleansing of the system, relief from colds headaches and fevers, and overcoming habitual constipation with a strong claim of safety for kidneys liver and bowels. It notes fig use for taste and senna based medicinal quality, and urges buying direct from the company with prices and multiple city offices listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Fra Syme Col
Califoma Fic Syrup Co
Curious stamp jubilee exhibit and Danish dairy note
An exhibition at Mien features illustrated postcards as a continental favorite. France plans a six month reissue of the 1849 liberty stamp to mark its jubilee, with expected profits over 100000 dollars for a rural postmen benevolent fund. Denmark’s dairy industry uses central dairies, milk can collection, butter and cheese production, and female milking crews with released cattle roaming orderly farmyards.
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Mien
France
Denmark
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offered as Universal Remedy
A 19th century advertisement declares Hall's Catarrh Cure a constitutional remedy for catarrh. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, promises to cure all stages, and offers a one hundred dollar reward for any failure to cure. Sent to Druggists with testimonials from I J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
I. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Otar
Tic
Weary Watkins and Hungry Higgins Wing Banter
A brief comic exchange from the Indianapolis Journal features Weary Watkins lamenting wings as scarce as possible and Hungry Higgins quipping that wings have less meat than other parts, capturing light downtown humor.
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Weary Watkins
Higgins
Indianapolis Journal
A Beacon of Hope for Kidney and Bladder Diseases
Advertisement notes Foley's Kidney Cure as a guaranteed remedy from H. J. Moogh, Swarts & Fleck in Los Angeles. The piece also mentions energy details about the city drawing power from a distant mountain river delivering 12,000 horsepower for streetcars and machinery, with less energy loss than expected.
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Los Angeles
Poley's Kidney Cure Promoted by Swarts & Fleck
A historic newspaper fragment touts Poley's Kidney Cure as the most fatal of all diseases with a money back guarantee. H. J. Moogk, Swarts & Fleck are cited as promoters offering refunds if not effective.
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Poley
H. J. Moogk
Swarts & Fleck
Chamois homeland debated with Austria leading
The chamois is commonly linked to Switzerland yet is rarer there than elsewhere. Austria is the true home of the chamois, where it is most abundant.
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Switzerland
Austria
Life for 50c and Kidney Cure claims sales
An advertisement touts Foley's Kidney Cure at 60c per bottle with many testimonials of cures. Separately Boston reports a new trade group named Boston Citizens' Peddlers' Association formed by about five hundred peddlers to safeguard their rights in the city.
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Boston
Boston Citizens’ Peddlers’ Association
Morrow
John Morrow & Co
Chemists
Springfield
Ohio
Foley's Kidney Cure advertised by Swarts and Fleck
An advertisement promotes Foley's Kidney Cure as an honest medicine for kidney and bladder diseases. It states no new ingredients or cure-all claims, and asserts that its ingredients are recognized by skilled physicians as best for kidney and bladder conditions.
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Foley
H. J. Moogk
Swarts & Fleck
Cuban Military Assembly Disbands Amid Shifting Rolls
Reports from Manila and Havana detail the dissolution of the Cuban military assembly, independent verification of rolls proceeding, and potential distribution of $3,000,000 to Cuban soldiers within weeks. Brigand raids in Puerto Principe, Santa Clara, Matanzas and Pinar del Rio prompt rural guard measures while volunteers head home from Cuba.
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Havana
Cuban Military Assembly
Assembly
Puerto Principe
Santa Clara
Matanzas
Pinar del Rio
United States
Savannah
San Antonio
Pulaski
Cuba
Mooted Trade in Real Estate for the Philippines
A Washington dispatch reports St Witts residents in the Leeward Islands favor exchanging the Philippines for the British West Indies. Proponents say Caribbean possessions would let the United States control sea approaches to any future Isthmian canal and boost relations with Central and South America, with Myer of Louisiana noting a preference for nearby sovereignty.
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New York
The
Herald
Washington
St. Witts
Leeward Islands
Philippines
British West Indies
Great Britain
United States
Caribbean Sea
Atlantic
Central
South America
Mexico
Myer
Louisiana
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Report on Philippine Health and War Casualties
Dr Charles W Harris of the US Army medical department says troops in the Philippines face illness and death if kept too long. He notes many soldiers, discouraged by condition, aim as targets for enemy fire. Casualties reported to the adjutant general from Feb 4 to Apr 4 total 1 160 with 184 killed and 976 wounded.
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Port Worth
Tex
Charles W. Harris
Medical Department
United States Army
Washington
War Department
Harris
United States
Philippines
Adjutant General
Liquified air engine touted as vastly more powerful
Charles I. Tripler claims a liquefied air engine can multiply input power. He says three gallons of liquefied air can produce ten gallons of work, claiming to triple power daily in his lab. Scientists doubt feasibility, but if true it could vastly amplify coal or horse power to run all machines.
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Charles I. Tripler
Mr. Tripler
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Court of Inquiry
Wnaew
Jersey
Ment
Himeself
Lee
Miles
Civil Services Examinations
Vanderlip
Princeton
Harvard
Alexander Hall
California Fig Syrup CO
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
N. Y
H. J. Moogh
Foley’s
Kidney Cure
Brooke
Thosular Real Estate
Charleston
Luzon
Dagupan
Brooks
Ernest Lee Conant
Special Commission
John Bull
West India
Sions
Batlle
Iasal Datari
Ely
Welles
ELY Brothers
Warren Street
Chicago Journal
Star” Clothing House
Eli Dettinger
Stine’s
Stephenson Street
Calfornia
Oregon
Chicago, Union Pacific and
North-Western Line
Chicago. & North-Western Railway
Emmert & Burrell’s
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