Millions Spent on Tuberculosis Cures Exposed
New York report by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis asserts over 15 million dollars yearly funds fake cures and advertisements that harm patients. It classifies three fraud groups including inexpensive drug remedies, secret cure institutes, and homemade solutions, insisting only fresh air rest and wholesome food truly combat tuberculosis.
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New York
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
National Association
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Boy Flirts with Death on Railway Trestle Tragedy
In Punxsutawney Pennsylvania on June 23 seven year old Johnny Allison died after slipping on a guard railing while facing an oncoming Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh train with friend John Sugar seven. Sugar leaped to safety while Allison fell and was crushed.
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Punxsutawney
Johnny Allison
John Sugar
Buffalo, Rochester’ ‘& Pittsburg
Sugar
Allison
Two-Cent Candidate In Altoona Builds Cheap Campaign
G A Hoenstein, who sought delegate to the Democratic state convention in Altoona, spent only two cents on a postage stamp to mail his petition to county commissioners. Close behind was C A Quinn, Socialist candidate for Congress in Luzerne, with ten cents for postage and a registration stamp.
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Altoona
G. A. Hoenstein
C. A. Quinn
Congress
Luzerne
Wife worth $1 in Syracuse transfers wife to Rogers
Frederick H. Joss, a Syracuse businessman, transfers his wife to Harry W. Rogers for $1 in a Onondaga County filing. The agreement covers debt payments and other stipulations. The couple had been married nineteen years, and Rogers previously roomed in their home.
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Syracuse
N. J
Onondaga
Frederick H. Joss
Harry W. Rogers
Joss
Rogers
Bibley files bill of expenses after Twenty-eighth district primary
Franklin Pa June 23 Joseph C Bibley the Republican nominee filed his bill of election expenses totaling 40 698 83. He received 10 446 votes prevailing over retiring Congressman Nelson P Wheeler by 689 votes.
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Franklin
Joseph C. Bibley
Twenty-eighth
Sibley
Nelson P. Wheeler
Father of three boys and a girl born at Roosevelt homecoming
Boston on June 23 reports Samuel Anderson of Charleston congratulating himself as the father of three boys and a girl born between 12 and 1 o'clock. He urges others to pause their flashy celebrations and reflect on Roosevelt's homecoming as mother and children are reported well.
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T. R
Boston
Roosevelt
Samuel Anderson
Charleston
Mrs Duque sails with Roosevelt aboard Kaiserin Victoria
Mrs. Carlos H. Duque wife of Panama legation attache crossed the Atlantic on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria with ex President Roosevelt. She did not shake hands with the colonel claiming he is an enemy of her country and says Roosevelt wrecked her family fortunes through influence with him.
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Washington
Carlos H. Duque
Panama Legation
Atlantic Ocean
Roosevelt
Jewels Offered at Auction to Aid Mrs Morse in Suit
The entire contents of Charles W. Morse's residence at 728 Fifth Avenue will be sold at auction on Thursday and Friday. Mrs Morse, who has left for Atlanta, ordered auctioneer Augustus W Clark to catalogue and prepare the sale. The items are her personal property and include antique furnishings, silver, hangings, and extensive jewelry valued by some at $200,000.
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New York
Charles W. Morse
Fifth Avenue
Morse
Plain Folk Marvel at Official Dress in Taft Cabinet
Washington dispatch notes growing familiarity with President Taft's cabinet and evolving views on dress. Postmaster General Hitchcock, Attorney General Wickersham, and Secretary of the Navy George von L. Meyer are highlighted for their style, with Wickersham favored for quiet elegance and rich garments.
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Washington
Taft
Hitchcock
Wickersham
George von L. Meyer
Navy
Gen. Wickersham
FIRST AID TO FIREMEN IN NEW YORK FIRES
Fire commissioner orders every New York fire company to function as an ambulance unit. Each truck crew receives first aid training for smoke inhalation and injuries, and must carry surgical supplies on every fire run.
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New York
The Fortune Hunter and the Radville Job Quest
Duncan, a restless young man, abandons idle days to seek work in Radville. He tries stores from Leonard & Carl to Sothern & Lee and meets Sam Graham, a kindly local inventor with a tiny business and little capital. Duncan offers to work for free to learn the drug trade and help Graham build a stock, hoping for a breakthrough.
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Graham
Duncan
Radville
Sam
Swan
Sothern & Lee's
Sothern & Lee
Mgr
Samase
Bae
Radville Drugstore Mystery In a Frame House Enigma
A passerby spots a two story frame building in Radville with damaged windows and a dark interior. A pink liquid in a broken bottle, a packing box with camphor, and a stark wire cage holding three plaster soldier-like figures hint at a shady patent medicine scheme and a possible illicit operation.
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Radville
Harry
Duncan Seeks Audience With Local Shopkeeper
Duncan enters a dingy room filled with bottles and shabby wares. He asks to speak to the proprietor as Sam, the white haired man, continues his work at the vise.
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Duncan
Sam
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