Egyptology Versus Health and the Mummy Bug
A Chicago Tuberculosis Institute discussion rebuts the idea that the white plague spread by living sources, arguing instead that disinterred Egyptian mummies carried tb to Europe and America. Dr Rafaelle Sorgnac of the Sorbonne cites Napoleonic importations and mummy dust as key factors in historical TB spread.
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Chicago
Tuberculosis Institute of Chicago
Europe
America
Mies
Rafaelle Sorgnac
Sorbonne
Paris
Egypt
Sorgnac
France
Western World
Dr. Sorgnac
New Whaling Station Opens Near Barkley Sound
Consul Smith reports a new whaling station and factory on Barkley Sound within 100 miles of Victoria. The coast shows abundant whale populations and several have already been caught and processed at the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barkley Sound
Victoria
Consul Smith
Brahmin missionary’s hostile sermon at All Souls Church
In Kansas City a Brahmin missionary Marayan Krishna told All Souls Church attendees that Christians overrun missionaries and should stay home. He claimed Hindu philosophy suffices, cited India’s absence of famine before English rule, and said he represents India for India, not England. Rev. Ferguson later apologized for the remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
America
Marayan Krishna
All Souls’ Church
Anarthea
India
England
Charles Ferguson
Arsenical Colorings in Food Warned by Wiley
Prof H W Wiley reveals extensive food adulteration with coal tar colors containing arsenic. He notes these colors are cheap, stable, and easily soluble, and that some preparation methods add arsenic. He cautions the small coloring amounts mask inferior products, but the fraud concern remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
H. W. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
Agricultural Department
Wooden Shoes Explain Small US Footwear Exports to France
The article notes wooden shoes explain why boots shoes and sole leather exports from the United States to France are small. It describes peasant use of wooden footwear and a rural class wearing cheap leather shoes. Walnut and birch woods are used with birch sold at 20 to 30 cents a pair.
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United States
France
Beet Sugar Statistics Report to Congress 1905
President Roosevelt transmitted the annual beet sugar industry report for 1905 by Charles F. Saylor. U.S. beet acreage harvested reached 307,364 with an average yield of 8.67 tons per acre. Total manufacture amounted to 312,920 short tons or 625,841,228 pounds.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Charles F. Saylor
Department of Agriculture
Electric Light in Arctic Posts at Hudson Bay Company
Thomas Anderson describes life at a northern post with 25 white Hudson Bay Company workers from eastern Canada. An electric light plant illuminates offices and huts in winter, while summer nights are brief and light makes lighting unnecessary. He notes a wild herd of 48 buffalo, abundant fur bearing animals, musk ox, and a record mild winter with Fort Simpson recording 62 degrees below zero.
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Winnipeg
Man
Thomas Anderson
Hudson Bay Company
Anderson
Canada
International Boundary
England
Hudson's Bay
Fort Simpson
Aunt Mary Washington Re baptized at First Christian
In Owensboro Kentucky Aunt Mary Washington a elderly nurse employed by Rev R P Crossfield was rebaptized at the First Christian Church She mistakenly entered the baptismal pool while guided to the nursery by an usher and drowned herself eight feet second Breathing was aided by Circuit Clerk Bedford who waded into the pool and brought her to safety The incident drew smiles as the church notes no infant was present during the baptism
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Owensboro
Mary Washington
First Christian Church
Mary
R. P. Crossfield
Crossfield
Bedford
Navy letter to Connolly cut by goat. 1903 copy found
The San Francisco goat damaged a naval secretary’s letter of commendation to coal passer John Connolly on July 12, 1903. A search of Navy files recovered a copy after the original was eaten by the goat. Connolly, now out of service, lives in Detroit.
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San Francisco
Navy Department
Secretary of the Navy
John Connolly
United States
Connolly
Detroit
Palace Hotel
Oakland
Men in Beauty Show Crown Porter Forsey Handsome Man
London hosts a beauty show where both men and women competed. The prize for handsomest man went to a porter named Forsey.
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London
Forsey
San Franciscans Owe Much to the Khaki Regulars
Special Correspondence recalls General Funston and 4000 troops aiding San Francisco after the April 18 earthquake and fire. Regulars and navy crews controlled looting, guided refugees, and battled flames, saving Pacific Heights and the city core, with Marines and Mare Island crews praised for tireless work.
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SAN Franciscans
United States Army
San Francisco
Funston
Navy
Army
Marine Corps
McBride
Pacific Heights
Golden Gate Park
Goat Island
Jolly
United States Marine
Guantanamo
Tientsin
Samar
New San Francisco
Texas brief notes on cities, deaths, and projects
Arrangements for a $20,000 opera house and Pythian Temple at Longview. St Paul’s Colored Baptist Church in Paris completes a $10,000 brick building. Car incidents kill several individuals and injuries from lightning strike occur in Rising Star and Cumby. Waters-Pierce Oil HQs move from Marshall to Shreveport. Crisp to build $30,000 brick plant at Crisp. Dallas population cites 90,000 and strong growth. Dallas death notices include Uncle Johnny Fondren at 93 and ex Senator Jim Hale in Seattle. Santa Fe track rights, De Kalb oil and gas bore plans, and Weston’s 92-mile pedestrian feat noted. Public land lists and road tax elections set, while Temple builds poultry plant and rail steel purchases proceed. Athens peaches and farmers’ crops reflect market activity.
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FP. T. Fehrenkamd
Devoe and
Masory
Moulton, Texas
Dishmin
Arctics
Presidio
Ing Pompeii
Heremaneum
de Vigeba
Signal Corps
Quartermaster Department
Medical Service
Pompeiians
Doughertys
Badajos
Vesuvius
Paul Revere
Sandy Middlesex
Longfellow
National Guardsmen
California
Texas
Longview
St. Paul's Colored Baptist Church of
W. H. Alexander
Petty
Palmer Friday
Waters-Pierce Oil
Marshall
Shreveport
Ennis-Crisp Brick Company
Crisp
Dallas
Johnny Fondren
Dallas County
Gordon
Ben Groom
Fort Worth
W. Molineux
Cumby
Jim McClain
Wagner Community
Floyd
South Texas Telephone Company
San Antonio
Robbins
Lang
Commesioners' Court of
Fannin County
Jim Hale
Caldwell
Seattle
Wash
Texas Senate
O. P. Storms
Santa Fe
Cotton Belt
McGregor
Waco
de Kalb Development Company
Edward Payson Weston
Philadelphia
New York
Temple
The
Texas Railway Company
Black- Pollack Iron Company
Yoakum
Conners Port
Athens
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