How Not to Have Typhoid The Public Health Message
A McClure's essay by Samuel Hopkins Adams argues typhoid fever reflects public health neglect. It urges citizens to boil water, secure sanitary sewers, report cases, and insist on effective health laws and water quality. It cites Cleveland Chicago Lorain Lawrence and references Cronk and the University of Chicago assets and Rockefeller branding.
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McClure
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Board of Health
Health Department
Cleveland
Chicago
Lorain
Lawrence
University of Chicago Nes
University
John D. Rockafeller
Pride of Profession in Carnegie Book Explores Work Ethic
The piece reviews Andrew Carnegie's volume on James Watt and cites his idea of pride of profession. It quotes Pittsburg street scrapers praising a deceased workman, discussing honest toil, human kinship, and the value of faithful labor across all ranks. The essay argues pride in work brings joy, progress, and confidence for all.
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Andrew Carnegie
James Watt
Pittsburg
MacCarthy
Mac
Carnegie Jie
Auceeas
Fragmented overheard conversation in Adv older dispatch
An Agitator column from the Columbus Dispatch quotes a chaotic dialogue about an attempted marriage proposal and public street care protests. The fragmentary text mentions Teas Harry, Jens Wy, and a man shouting for free street care and Iran electric lights.
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Freyea Tronsere
Iran
Columbue Dispatch
Distant Exchange Over Rooms Sparks Anonymous Question
A tale recalls Mr George De Forest Grant and Mrs Bradley Martin swapping rooms at a California hotel. Mrs Martin’s daughter, who did not drink, occupied a room on a higher floor while Grant preferred a first sleeping room. He asked if her daughter drinks. Mrs Martin replied her daughter’s habits were correct. Grant declined, noting he drinks and would be better suited to different attire.
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George de Forest Grant
Bradley Martin
California
Grant
Mrs. Martin
Mr. Grant
Curio Hotel Guest and Cleveland Aid Tale
A Missouri representative notes a suspicious guest with luggage and a hidden patent fire escape device in a St. Joseph hotel. The tale shifts to an anecdote about ex president Cleveland seeking shelter on a cold night, knocking at a door and being invited to stay. Both accounts are recounted with a newspaper tone from the era.
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Cochran
Missouri
Therapes & Man
St. Joseph
Porter
Galq
San Antonio Express
Cleveland Ward
Barnegat Bay
Onn Cambuon
Cleveland
Lear
Parrow Lane
Ani
False Logic and a Surgeon Tale Quips From Higgins Case
A congressman cites false logic as a parable about a surgeon who, after performing three swift operations before a crowd, is whispered to that Higgins may have had the wrong leg removed. The surgeon dismisses the error as inconsequential, insisting both outcomes still yield the same result.
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Hepburn
Hikaine Cape
Higgins
Butele
Kagulren
Sunshine and Smiles in a Vintage Evening Column
A quirky collection of odds and ends features Cossacks, theater talk, overlong drafts of dialogue, and a judge lecturing a millionaire. Interspersed humor touches include open door evangelism, Bibles in hotels, and a plea for poetry in daily life, all echoing early 20th century newspaper whimsy and social observations.
Predictions by Raphael the Astrologer May 27 entry
Predictions note a cautious day with potential misfortune if birthdays fall on Saturday. Avoid quarrels and dangerous places. careful business and prudent conduct may bring success. A child born this day is described as clever but prone to anger and injury. a portion of people will be fortunate.
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Binpul
John
Weaver
United Gas Steal
Council
Philadelphia
Historic Cleveland homestead to yield to progress
The Buffalo house where Grover Cleveland spent his boyhood may be razed as progress and cars advance. It also served as Commodore Perry’s War of 1812 headquarters, with timber for Perry’s ships felled nearby. Col. E R Thomas, an automobile manufacturer, recently bought the estate and plans a large new plant close by to produce motor vehicles.
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Buffalo
Grover Cleveland
Boston Globe
Commoore Perry
Lake Eris
Commodore Perry
Col. E.R. Thomas
Ap Bt
Ahapa
Far West Prices and rattlesnake attack reported
Mil Yates California offers penta in hills for ten cents a quart and five cents per nest. Henrietta Bavage survived a rattlesnake encounter near Freano, knocked the snake away and killed it with a parasol before a delirium. Los Angeles plans host for 25001 Knights of Columbus in May. Henry A Wiley, USN, hero of Apia harbor disaster, last to leave Vandalia and promoted.
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Mil Yates
California
Hilla
San Francisco
Freano
Cal
Henrietta Bavage
Los Angeles
Knights of Columbus
Henry A. Wiley
U. BN
Sa Francisco
Prince
Philippines
Apia
Judge and lawyer swap fate over horse thief tale
A Kansas City Star account recalls Ambasador Choate relaying a Texas tale where a judge sentences a horse thief to be hanged, the lawyer arguing for due process. The judge pardons then jokes that the decision rests with the “boys” who must hang him per regular custom.
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Ambasador Choate
Texas
Prn
Kansas City
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