Dispensary Deposits List Sparks Commission Clash
Columbia report notes chairman Murray refused to release the list of dispensary deposits amid pressure from banks and officials. The commission planned early fall payout of about $620,000 with 59 banks involved and the state treasury holding the largest share. The dispute centers on confidentiality and public access as prosecutions loom.
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Columbia
Murray
Commission
Dr. Murray
Avery Patton
Greenville
Patton
Brice
McSween
Woods
Columbia Savings Bank
Ansel
Lyon
Richland Court
National Pellagra Symposium to Open at State Fair Week
Columbia September reports a national pellagra symposium during State fair week in early November. Physicians from across the country will share research as the disease spreads, with a weekly clinic at the State Hospital for the Insane and inquiries underway into possible corn meal links and remedies.
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Babcock
State Hospital For
State Board of Health
Williams
State Board
Parker
Hospital Board of Regents
Agra
South Carolina
Board of Regents
Pellagra
State Hospital For the
Oriental Plant Find Ties Spokane to Japan in Ancient Link
Spokane August 31 Professor T A Bonser of Spokane College reports finding a Geinkt ko leaf buried in a deep cut near the city This supports the theory that North America and Japan were once connected by land The discovery excites scientists who expect further research in the Columbia basin and surrounding hills
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Spokane
Wash
T. A. Bonser
Spokane, College
North America
Japan
Bonser
Northwest
Columbia Basin
Hills
Fowls Respond to Hymn Call by Mrs. Sweeney in New York
Mrs. Nelson Sweeney of New York feeds her flock of religious fowls by whistling the hymn Come Ye Sinners Poor and Needy. The birds gather to her side when she sings, refusing ordinary chick calls.
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Nelson Sweeney
New York
Northwest grain forecast from three states amid price drops
Miller and banker estimates project Washington Oregon and Idaho harvests of 65 million bushels of wheat 35 million oats and 15 million barley with a record hay crop and 15 000 hop bales in Yakima valley. Wheat yields vary by state while oats hold at 25 a ton and prices slide from a dollar. Dr Frederick A Cook Arctic expedition notes and plan to dash to the pole amid conflicting dates and outdated forecasts.
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Northwest
Yakima Valley
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Tidewater
Inland Empire
Canadian Northwest
Europe
Explorer Dr Cook Reaches North Pole Claim Report
A Danish steamer Hans Egede carried Dr. Cook who reportedly reached the North Pole on April 21, 1908. He went to Uppernvik in Greenland in May 1909 after leaving Cape York and Baffin Bay area, with Esquimax of Cape York confirming his journey.
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Hans Egede
Lerwick
Denmark
Dr. Cook
Greenland
North Pole
Uppernvik
Cape York
Baffin Bay
Esquimax
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John R. Bradley
Cape Thomas Hubbard
Grantland
Thornhill ‘Wagon
Thornhill
Phenix
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