Anthrax not fatal when treated early says Bellevue doctor
Dr. Douglas Summers of Bellevue hospitals said Frederick Post’s cure shows anthrax can be beaten with early treatment and US government serum. He urged newspaper careful wording and discussed serum success, disinfection limits, and the need for animal hide and fur regulation.
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New York
Douglas Summers
Pathological Laboratories
Bellevue and Allied Hospitals
Frederick HH. Post
Bellevue
United States Department of Animal Industry
Mr. Post
Post
Burt
Hidea
Fure
Charten Norris
Summera
Summers
Hug in court halts rourder trial in Maysville
A local distraction occurs as two spectators embrace during John Schumaker's rourder trial in Maysville Kentucky. Judge Sewell orders a deputy to escort the couple from the courtroom as the crowd laughs at the interruption.
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Maysville
John Schumaker
Bir
Russia orders universal marriage drive to boost population
Moscow reports a Soviet decree requiring all women aged eighteen to forty five to marry at once with husbands chosen by district communists if needed. Divorces are to be granted after four years of marriage without population gain. Some women flee abroad or marry only to escape the order. Authorities pledge strict enforcement of the family regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
Kites Used to Ferry Men in Tahiti Traditions
Tahitian natives, long before airplanes, used enormous kites tied to a projecting rock on Talarapa peninsula to carry men across a bay when winds were favorable. Stories say a flyer could name the kite as an airplane and use it as a parachute to reach the other side.
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Papoeto Tahiti
Tahiti
Talarapa
Hare
Cook on Lost Boat Rescued After Open Sea Sinking
A Greek cook from the tug Winthrop, which went down off Cape Henry July 15, was rescued by the steamer Kokomo and brought to Jacksonville. Other crew members reported the cook and a boy drowned after the disaster near Norfolk.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Winthrop
Cape Henry
Norfolk
Six-Legged Toad Joins Curious Crivitz Collection
Henry Mermann of Crivitz, Marinette County, claims one of Wisconsin’s largest mounted collections of fur bearing animals and fish. All specimens were killed or caught within five miles of Crivitz. He expects new pieces this year, including a six legged toad.
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Marinette
Wis
Henry Mermann
Crivitz
Marinette County
Cant Prosecute Get Rich King Ponzi Converts Cash to Foreign Coupons
A Boston spur on Charles Ponzi halts new deposits at the Securities Exchange Co and orders an auditor to examine accounts running to millions. Ponzi explains profits via international reply coupons used to exploit exchange rate differences, claiming up to 400 percent gains. officials review legality but find no clear violations.
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Boston
Charles Ponxi
Securities Exchange Company
Pelletier
Ponzi
Ponazi
Tens
U. S
Ponal
United States
Gallagher
Iasi
Aboriginal women used stone powder puff on Santa Catalina
A stone powder puff and prehistoric toothbrush found on Santa Catalina island suggest early Native American personal grooming. Ralph Gudden’s excavation of Indian graves for the Hayo foundation reveals lash of cosmetic use, with a stingaree jawbone bristle toothbrush and ochre crushed for adornment.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Santa Catalina Island
Ralph Gudden
Hayo Foundation
Japanese settlers eyed for South Seas Islands transfer
Tokyo reports Mr Tezuka, chief of the South Sea Islands administration, arrived to discuss shifting island governance from naval to civil control. He said about 8,000 residents already live there and up to 20,000 more Japanese settlers may be sent. Japan acquired the Marshall, Caroline, and Marianne Islands from Germany after the war.
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Tokyo
Tezuka
End Administration
South Sea Islands
Germany
Japan
Marshall, Caroline and
Marianne
Pacific
Straw Kitchen Utensils From Collestrada School
The Junior Red Cross in Collestrada Umbria makes osier kitchen ware to supply nearby villages as metal mill outputs are diverted to war needs. Orphans craft colanders and baskets, weaving tight reed sifters and woven hoops to replace steel with hand made wares. The effort serves local needs as exports halt.
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Collestrada
Italy
Red Cross
Umbria
Siberians Up Against Reds
A Harbin dispatch quotes a Russian merchant describing western Siberia under Red control. Tomsk Novo-Nikolaevsk and Krasnoyarsk are described as dead towns with deserted streets, fires, executions of editors Adrianoff and Fillimonoff, and Kolchak prisoners reported capital. Peasants resist, forming five regiments near Minusinsk to press an offensive.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kokusai
Harbin
Manchuria
Siberia
Tomsk
Novo-Nikolaevsk
Krasnoyarsk
M. Adrianoff
Sibirskaya
M. Fillmonoff
Svobodnaya Sibir
Kolchak
Minusinsk
First Man-Eating Shark of Year Caught in Potomac
A local paper reports the first man-eating shark of the 1920 season captured at Piney Point Maryland up the Potomac. The eight and a half foot wolf of the sea was hunted by a fishing party doctor who removed its teeth and kept them as souvenirs. Piney Point is not a summer resort.
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Potomac
Washington
Potomac River
Piney Point
Gold Production Drops Worldwide in 1919 and 1920 Outlook
United States Geologic Survey reports 1919 gold production about 345 to 350 million dollars, lower than 1918's 381 million. US output for 1920 likely under 50 million, due to water shortages for placer mining and many stamp mills closed. world total down from 381 million.
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Washington, D. C
lLess
United States Geological Survey
United States
Vast Mexican oil gain drives 1920 export estimates
Mexico expects exports in 1920 between 130 million and 135 million barrels, far surpassing world totals. Tampico statistician George Blardone cites record oil output in the first five months of 1920 with 48,017,167 barrels shipped, predicting about 100 million barrels to the United States and total production up about 72 percent from 1919.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Wilhl
United States
George Blardone
Tampico Oil Statistician
Blardene
Navy to stage largest maneuvers in history next January
Washington reports a planned mobilization off the Pacific coast near the Gulf of Panama. Admiral Wilson will command the Atlantic fleet with Admiral Rodman leading the Pacific fleet as the navy tests a near full-strength fleet with 300 vessels, modern dreadnought Tennessee and ships.
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Washington
Atlantic and Pacific
Pacific
Gulf of Panama
Navy Department
Admiral Wilson
Henry B. Wilson
Comemander-In
Atlantic
Hugh Rodman
Guantanarmo
Cuba
Wilson
Tennessee
California
New Hampshire
Congress
Marines
Ninteen
Oregon
Unprofitable House Viewed as Flat Failure
A commentary notes that homemade advice proves no better than others and that an unsuccessful apartment building can be judged a flat failure.
Orphaned Boy Finds Hidden Pantry In Indiana Home
An Indiana family adopted a boy from an orphanage. While helping, he insists on locating a stored box, guiding the grown daughter to the closet pantry he recalls from the orphanage days. He leads her to the hidden location, demonstrating his memory of where items are kept.
Black Metal alloy stronger than steel discovered
An Italian engineer uncovers a zinc copper alloy named Black Metal noted for highest breaking point and elasticity, superior heat and chemical resistance, and potential to substitute steel brass and aluminum. It reportedly can be cast machined rolled forged drawn and stamped.
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Scientific American
Ground Ice in the Canning River Region Alaska
The paper notes two common ground ice varieties in northern Alaska. Buried river ice in sediments forms one type. The other develops as vertical ice wedges grow in place.
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United States Geological Survey
Canning River
Alaska
Where She Might Shine in Public Appearance
Mrs Vonsils asks about her daughter’s public debut while the impresario praises her potential as a film actress after hearing her sing. The exchange hints at a rising talent and the entertainment world’s interest.
For the Housewife Wood care and kitchen cleaning tips
Practical household hints on preserving wood and tinware and cleaning piano keys and leather. Instructions cover boiling borax blends for utensils, whitening keys with oxalic acid solutions, and treating patent leather with oil and heat. Also mentions shoe care and graphing a top shoe sale.
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Pata F
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