Tuberculosis Congress and public health note
The United States will host the international tuberculosis congress in Washington from September 21 to October 12 with President Roosevelt leading the event. The gathering aims to educate laypeople and officials on prevention, isolation, and treatment, while reducing fear and stigma around those with the disease.
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United States
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Police
Boards of Health
Ice Blue Montana Ice Air Brings Frigid Refrigeration
In Thompson and other Montana locales a cold air stratum beneath ground level provides year round refrigeration without ice. Senators and miners describe underground air shafts keeping butter eggs meat near freezing, with several towns using buried air to chill goods. Other sites in White's Gulch and Upper New York Gulch show similar natural refrigerators.
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Butte
Mont
Montana
Fletcher Maddox
Thompson Falls
Sanders County
MéGaddox
Thompson
White’s Gulch
Meagher County
Belt Mountains
James McCabe
McCabe
Upper
New York Gulch
Belt Range
Cascade County
Dream Frees Texas Convict From 11 Year Prison Term
George W. Jones, jailed in Huntsville for murder, was pardoned after a rancher in Chester Texas dreamed of the case and prompted investigation. The man amputated his right hand to protest a divorce petition, and Jones later found freedom near San Antonio after the governor granted clemency.
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San Antonio
Tex
George W. Jones
Texas State
Huntsville
Jones
Williamson County
J. H. Waldrip
Chester
Waldrip
Texas
Pardon Board
Polite widow traps burglar in Brooklyn apartment
Mrs Mollie Brown of Court Street Brooklyn greeted a burglar as a caller and, after he sat, called for her mother and police. She used calm manners then a firm stance with a silver purse as a makeshift weapon. Police later booked the Rochester man, with skeleton keys found on him.
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New York
Mollie Brown
Court Street
Brooklyn
Mrs. Brown
Defiance Man Builds Waterproof House From Tag and Rag
John Budd of Defiance claims a new waterproof composition for a house made from broken bottles brick mud feathers and straw. He has applied for a patent and will demonstrate the material on Gugmit Street East View addition. Budd shows the wall blocks and roof are waterproof by pouring water over them.
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John Budd
Thomas Edison
Edison
Budd
Costa
Mr. Budd
Washington
Gugmit Street
East View Addition
Mad dog scare in Jersey spurs panic in churchgoers
In Bloomfield New Jersey a frightened crowd flees after a rabid looking dog with foam flecked jaws roams the Brookdale section. Miss Cissy Campbell helps the dog by removing a hornet while bystanders debate whether the animal is mad.
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Jersey
New York
Brookdale
Bloomfield
N. J
Broomfield
Cissy Campbell
Miss Cissy
The Ultimate Value of Playgrounds in Education
The article argues playgrounds are central to a future education aligning head heart and body. It compares historical shifts from the three B's to the three N's and contends that active play prevents juvenile misbehavior by offering open spaces and healthy engagement in large cities.
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Patrick Henry
Cara
Moon visits and the future of space travel in human imagination
The article argues that lunar exploration, once deemed impossible, may become feasible through advances in physics and mathematics. It envisions a future where humans inhabit the moon in sealed habitats, use telescopes from its surface, and tourism develops with hotels and valuable resources. It also muses on eventual voyages to Venus, Mars, and other planets as human exploration expands beyond the moon.
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Earth
Mars
Lunar
Venus
Outer Space
Also Mentioned on This Page
Goshen Daily Democrat
JOS
Goshen
Indiana
Mississippi
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Continental Divide
Rocky Mountain
Glacier National Park
Argentina
Fliagiler
Standard Oil
Tolstoi
Boston
King
Underwood & ‘Underwood
N. Y
Edward VIII
Marienbad
Stranger
Ohio
Philip Davis
Newadays
Civic Service House
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