Pellagra Mystery Stirs Medical World in Mississippi
The Philadelphia Public Ledger reports Pellagra spreading in Mississippi after the Woods case. Doctors note no cure yet, with cases in Newton County and across races. the disease features two simultaneous sores and a wasting death, while corn is blamed and Hot Springs trials are attempted.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Missiisaipp
Delphia Public Ledger
Newton County
Hot Springs
Ark
Martin
Webster's International Dictionary
Italy
France
Bulgaria
Greece
Asia
N Or
The Fate of the Yaqui Indians
The article reviews John Kenneth Turner's study on Mexican gov ernment cruelty toward Yaqui Indians. It describes Yaqui exiles sold as slaves on Yucatan henequen plantations and reports brutal labor, restricted freedoms, and high death rates within the first year of arrival.
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Kennan
Biberia
John Kenneth Turner
Mexico
Turner
Yucatan
Sonora
Elenor Zavala
Cama de Agricola de Yucatan
School Marm Tests Class With Quick Math Joke
A Philadelphia Times item describes a young schoolteacher who asks a bright pupil a math riddle about coins. The boy answers aloud with unexpected wit, prompting laughter and a lesson on simple arithmetic. The piece closes with a humorous remark about an extravagant man.
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Philadelphia Times
Johnnie
Kaktee
Japs Oppose Philippine Independence Says Rodwell
W W Rodwell former district superintendent in the Philippines asserts Japan would not tolerate neutralization or independence in the islands. He cites miscommunication between white and Malay groups and praises Filipino traits while warning about municipal reforms and local self rule. Rodwell, now in Sioux City with wife Mrs. Rodwell, plans to return to the Philippines after recovering from malaria.
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Japan
Philippine Islands
W. W. Rodwell
A. G. Whitney
Islands
America
Schools Progress on Islands Pushes Manual Training Ahead
Professor Rodwell praises the islands schools for advanced industrial training, noting Americans shifted from book teaching to hands on work. He recalls local youths clearing plazas for a park and details plans to stay 10 to 15 years to further develop American taught native teachers.
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Islands
America
Rodwell
Jews in Austrian Army Reach High Ranks
The Philadelphia Exponent argues anti Jewish sentiment wanes in America and notes a recent return showing Jews in Austria’s army holding high ranks including a lieutenant field marshal, three major generals, 10 colonels, 11 lieutenant colonels, and 17 majors plus many lower officers.
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America
Philadelphia
Nature's doctors in the woods of Virginia harvest wild barks
The piece surveys wild woodland medicines in Virginia detailing how people harvest wild cherry bark for hydrocyanic acid content, witch hazel, slippery elm, white pine, and other barks. It notes values per pound, historic use by Native Americans, and the push to cultivate bark sources as demand grows.
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Virginia
United States
Western Hemisphere
New Brunswick
Florida
Minnesota
Texas
New England
Pharmacopeia
Ham for the Wake In Irish Wake Quip
A dying man asks for a taste of ham boiling in the kitchen and his widow Bridget refuses saying the ham is for the wake. The exchange captures a grim humor scene between the pair in a rural setting.
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Mike
Bridget
Arrah
Getting at the Facts From the Wasp
Directory canvasser questions Mrs O Hoolihan about her husband’s work. She says he is a shovel engineer on a railroad. He may be a civil engineer but she insists he shovels coal into the locomotive.
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The
Wasp
Ex Presidents Widow Portrait in American Magazine
The November issue profiles Mrs. Grover Cleveland, detailing her upbringing in Buffalo, guardianship by Cleveland, education at Wells College, and her role as White House mistress. It notes her tact, devotion to family, summer life in Tamworth, wintering in Princeton, and four children, describing her as a model American woman.
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American Magazine
Grover Cleveland
Europe
White Mountains
Mr. Cleveland
Cleveland
White House
Adelina Patti
Washington
New York
Princeton
Tamworth
N. H
Ruth
Esther
Marion
Richard
Francis Grover
Information Wanted Death loves a shining mark
A short verse item questions why certain baldheads near the orchestra survive while others die, hinting at a riddle or warning without explicit events or names.
Beauty business tale of paid whisker removal scandal
A Chicago barber recounts a miner from Wyoming who paid $2910 to have every facial hair removed by electric needle over three months. The tale, told in Annie Hard’s November American Magazine, notes the barber charged high fees and an exaggerated story of the patient.
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Annie Hard
Chicago
Wyoming
Waterloo
Miner's Board
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Fernando
Bereta
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Ethel
Hazel
Philippines
Civil Ono
Sioux City
Boston
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la Laguna
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Iowa
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Edwin
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