Water With Meals Aids Digestion Says Rockefeller Journal
New York July 25 The Rockefeller Institute Journal reports an experiment finding that drinking large amounts of water with meals stimulates gastric secretion and improves digestion rather than diluting gastric juice. Over five days, subjects consumed 1,000 cc water per meal, gaining two pounds, with no undesirable effects.
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New York
Journal of Experimental Medicine
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Brazil to Create Postal Savings Bank System
Washington July 25 The Brazilian government follows the United States in creating a postal savings bank system. Deposits from 3 cents to 300 dollars earn 4 percent annually on balances from 38 cents to 300 dollars. Deposits may be withdrawn with 10 to 30 days notice. Deposits can be lent to popular banks or rural associations, or invested in national bonds at the depositor’s option.
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Washington
Brazil
United States
Rio de Janeiro
Mrs Bob Burdette Casts School Vote in Pasadena
Mrs Rob ert J Burdette voted in a Pasadena school board election. When inspectors refused to accept her ballot she marked it with her name and insisted it be deposited though not counted. She argued women should have a voice in school matters, especially those with educational and property qualifications. She said she is not a suffragette but believes women should vote if they pay taxes.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Robert J. Burdette
Pasadena
Indiana banking seeks end to bank overdrafts
The Indiana banking department aims to halt overdrafts with federal cooperation. A letter to Law rence Murray asks national examiners to curb the practice, noting state law already reduces overdrafts, while federal power could ban the practice nationwide. Estimated overdrafts: Indiana 250000, Illinois 1027994.13, Michigan 347000.
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Banking Department of
Indiana
Lawrence ©. Murray
Washington
Indiana Banking Department
Supreme Court
Murray
H. N. Oglesby
Ilinois
Michigan
Men Are Returning to Country Homes
Portland reports a wave of migration back to farms across Oregon and Washington. Hoquiam journalist A C Girard notes city dwellers flee rising living costs and low salaries, seeking cheap land for orchards, livestock, and truck farming. Many families move to rural areas where profits on the farm attract exoduses despite hard work.
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Portland
Ore
Pacific Northwest
A. C. Girard
Hoquiam
Wash
Girard
Oregon
Washington
Color Photography Aids Surgeons In Operative Decisions
Philadelphia reports that color photography, via autochrome plates, guides surgeons before operations. Physicians photograph diseased conditions to study what to cut away, aiding diagnosis and treatment. Colored images enhance lectures and explanations, especially for rare pathologies and cancer.
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Philadelphia
Twenty wolves slain in one day near Eli Nebraska
Eli Nebraska July 25 Henry Davidson with hired help killed twenty wolves after months of watching two dens by Niobrara river four miles south. They killed eight pups in one den and, after two hours, the mother and eleven remaining young. Scalp bounties paid at $2 each in the county seat.
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Eli
Neb
Henry Davidson
Davidson
Niobrara River
Here
Treasure of Gold Slavery Saga Spurs East Coast Feud
San Francisco reports 38 dead as the murder of Bow Gum, the Treasure of Gold, sparks a cross country vendetta. The Four Brothers and On Leong Tong clash from San Francisco to New York, seeking satisfaction for the slain girl abducted from a mission. Legal actions falter as killings mount and the chase for a price continues.
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San Francisco
China
Pacific
New York
Chinatown
Pell Street
Brooklyn
Boston
Philadelphia
Four Brothers Society
Loo
Tuan
Jeung
Jew Li
Spofford Alley
Chin Lin
Melvin
Bow Gum
On Leong Tong
Here
The Illustrious Prince VI continued murder inquiry
The scene shifts to a London hotel as Inspector Jacks questions James B. Coulson about Hamilton Fynes. Coulson recalls Fynes as a quiet, cranky government clerk with three to four thousand dollars in cash, and says robbery may have driven the murder. Miss Penelope Morse and Sir Charles Somerfield join Coulson, seeking further details on the case.
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Scotland Yard
Mr. Coulson
Mr. Jacks
Hamilton Fynes
Inspector Jacks
Excise
Europe
London
Coulson
James B. Coulson
New York
Lusitania
Savoy Hotel
Penelope Morse
Penelope
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Banking Department of Indiana
Young Bow Gum
Mission
Fynes
Liverpool
Bart
Dr. Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
M. D
Main Street
Buffalo
N. Y
Indianapolis
French Steam Dye Works
Garment Cleaners
Walter Ehlers
Broughe
South Diners
Moses Optical
Rowe & Hulsman
English Cafe
Business Men's Land
Circle and
N. Meridian
UNION
U.S
Geall
Sarvice
Maermet
Indianapolis Light & Heat CO
Kingston
Circle Erly
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