Remarkable Diptheria Serum Discovery Reported
Dublin officials and medical figures hailed a new diphtheria serum by Dr. R A Q O Meara and Dr C J M Sweeney. Trials at Cork Street Fever Hospital reduced mortality in severe cases from about forty percent to around ten percent, with potential to save thousands of children's lives annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisters of St. Joseph's
Gloucester
Dublin
Belfast
F. F Kane
Pundysburn Fever Hospital
Dr. O'Meara
Tey
A. R. O'Meara
Medical Research Council of
Irojan
Trinity College
Cork Street
Where Men Are Killed Road Safety Figures NSW
Road Safety Council of New South Wales presents nationwide road death figures showing Sydney and suburbs with 224 deaths and country towns with 242 deaths from last year. The piece cites speed limits and lax enforcement in rural areas, urging personal responsibility and adherence to traffic laws to reduce accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Newcastle
Road Safety Council
Advance Subscriptions to War Loans Scheme
The Commonwealth Bank Board led by Sir Claude Reading announced continuous advance subscriptions to future war loans. Subscriptions from £10+ can be made via banks savings banks or stock exchange members, earning the rate of the loan they join. Banks will provide details. a new loan opens in a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Bank Board
Claude Reading
Stock Exchange
Cats Used In Warfare Through History And Legend
The article surveys animals deployed in war from elephants in ancient campaigns to cats with grenades in a fourteenth century print. It covers dogs and ferrets in trenches, monkeys in gas experiments, sea lions used to detect submarines, carrier pigeons aiding communications, and a long history of animal roles in conflicts from Rome to the Napoleonic era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cartier
E. G. Boulenger
John O' London
Far East
Hannibal
Alps
London
Marine Biological Association
Woodward
Lake Bala
Wales
Near East
House of Rothschild
Paris
Tours
Vintage fabric and footwear sale items listed in clockwork figures
A historical classified notice catalogs clearance prices for assorted goods including men s pumps caps sand shoes tweed trousers lumber jackets and shirts children's bloomers and socks as well as fabrics like baronet satin floral slub crepe and silk materials with various sizes colors and yard prices all marked to clear with specific sale fractions and dates implied.
German Morale in Berlin Seen Through Harsch Report
Joseph Harsch reports from Berlin for the Christian Science Monitor. He finds German morale low yet grimly resilient as propaganda falters. Germans laugh at their own propaganda and fear defeat, while public opinion no longer shapes the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Germany
The
Reich
Joseph Harsch
Berlin
Christian Science Monitor
Britain
Harsch
Hitler
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Golden Gate Cafe
MRS
E. Young
Tom Hicks
Queen Street
E. Patmore
Hine
Aed
Winchcombe, Carson Ltd
Mlession
Ies
Winchcombe House
Bridge Street
Advocate
Billheads
Dodgers
Manifold Books
Race Books
Barrington Street
Kane
O'Meara
Alderman Henderson
M.P
Northern
Ireland
Alderman Pierce
Road Safety Council of
New South Wales
Bemberg
Chilldren
Baronet
S.W. W
S.W
Colgate
G. A. Dan
Gloucester Hotel
F. M. Smith
Tooth
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