Prevention and spread of consumption in Michigan
The Michigan State Board of Health warns that consumption is the state’s deadliest disease, with an estimated 2,500 annual deaths. It explains transmission via dried sputum and outlines disinfection, ventilation, crowding, and personal hygiene measures to prevent infection, including sputum disposal, room fumigation with sulphur, and avoiding shared bedding or sleeping in the same room with an affected person.
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Michigan State Board of Health
Michigan
George Curnet
Berlin Hygienic Institute
Abby
Bellevue Hospital
Philadelphia
Paris
Trudeau
The Law of the Jungle and a Lawyer Gag
A Kipling excerpt discusses Mowgli and the Law of the Jungle, noting beasts must avoid man killing within their pack ground, to limit man’s encroachment. The piece shifts to a humor bit with a divorce lawyer quip, ending with a punchline about publicity.
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Nicholas
Rudyard Kipling
Mowgli
Ice and Economy: Ice Houses and Farm Freezing Benefits
Prairie Farmer argues ice is a practical luxury aiding summer dairying and home life. An ice house preserves milk butter meat and produce, reduces fuel use, enables cheaper ice cream and cold drinks, and even suggests sod or peat walls as viable storage. Proper packing and dry storage recycle ice-saving materials to keep ice sweet and usable.
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Dakotas
J’artles
Leland and Carlyle Clash Over Heritage and History
Charles Godfrey Leland recalls meeting Thomas Carlyle who challenged his American origins. Leland defends Puritan ancestor Henry Leland and honors his Civil War brother, charging Carlyle with melodramatic bias. Carlyle, startled, replies in Scotch, then softens, and the interview becomes a treasured memory.
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Charles Godfrey Leland
Carlyle
Leland
Henry Leland
America
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