Brandy for Troops Debate Sparks Temperance Opponents
Army surgeons weigh a proposal to issue brandy to troops in tropical climates. Capt Woodruff, veteran of Santiago and observer in the Philippines, cites limited alcohol as healthful in heat and disease, while many surgeons remain skeptical. The War Department studies the idea amid abstainer opposition.
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Woodruff
Santiago
Philippines
Tropics
Cuba
War Department
Leprosy Patient Shows Improvement From New Oil Treatment
Pietro Gometti a 25 year old patient from Muckwell's Island New York received Chaulmagropa oil treatment for leprosy after prior therapies by Dr Kelly. The oil, derived from a plant in India, has shown remarkable improvement after a year of near daily applications in New York climate.
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Pietro Gometti
Ue Chu Hospital
Muckwell's Island
New York
Kelly
Vie House Plissoleian
Gometti
India
Lamps for potentates in far lands travel in style
A New York lamp maker ships ornate lamps to Maygoine and princes across Siam, Morocco, Damascus, and Baghdad. Missionaries helped spread the product as a symbol of good light for the heathen. Exalted buyers include emperors, sultans, caliphs, and viziers as lamps reach royal palaces.
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Newcastle
New York
Maygoine
Macdindle
Siam
Bangkok
Morocco
Damascus
Bagdad
Waiters Rally Over Tips At Chicago Club
The Chicago Hotel and Restaurant Employers Society opened at 14 Custom House Place with a banquet where a waiter collected 30 in tips from colleagues and chefs, while others got 15 each. President Max Koppel praised the waiters’ position as reflected in the tips. A contrasting note cites Paderewski earning far more in four months than the U.S. president does in four years, per the Chicago Times Herald.
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Chicago
Custom House Place
Max Koppel
Paderewski
United States
Chicago Times- Herald
Favors Women Doctors Highlight Chinese Minister Speech
The Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania marked its semicentennial with graduates led by Jing Kei Okami Sabat A Selambooly and Hu King Bing. Wu Ting Fang urged reform, noting American sexism in medicine and proposing China as a field of opportunity for women physicians.
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Woman's Medical College Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Col
Jing Kei Okami
Japan
Sabat A Selambooly
Syria
Hu King Bing
China
Wu Ting Fang
One Minister's Opinion on Negro Freedom
Rev Henry Frank of the Metropolitan church, in Carnegie Lyceum discourse, called the freeing of the negro a failure. He argued that franchise and emancipation have led to decline, urging removal of negro suffrage and proposing voluntary servitude through segregation and migration to areas where slaves would be managed and educated.
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Henry Frank
Metropolitan Church
Carnegie Lyceum
Italian immigrant seeks day labor on rapid transit tunnel
Rose Vechecho, a young Italian immigrant, arrived four years ago and sought work as a manual laborer in the Rapid Transit tunnel. She appealed to Superintendent Blair, noting she would work eight hours daily if allowed, while Blair doubted she could perform men's work. She argued women in Italy work as men and criticized U S practices.
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Rose Vechecho
McDonald
Rose Vechedho
Italy
Blair
United States
Nevada star Emma Nevada meets long lost sister Laura Icks
Emma Nevada the singer reunites with her sister Mrs Laura Icks of West Brookfield Ohio in Cleveland after 28 years as they fulfill a dying mother's wish. A diamond ring once held in Nevada's care is to be given to Laura per their mother's will. The meeting follows Laura seeking out the singer in Cleveland. The mother's death occurred 20 years ago.
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Emma Nevada
Cleveland, C
Mme. Wsevads
Nevada
Laura
Laura Icks
West Brookfield
Mme. Nevade
Cleveland
Wanted district Office Managers for county representation
Several persons sought to represent in their own counties as district Office Managers. Willing to pay yearly salary 6600 payable weekly. Desirable employment with generous opportunities. References exchanged. Enclose well addressed stamped envelope. A. Park, 820 Queen Building, Chicago.
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A. Park
Quston Building
Chicago
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W. 15Th Street
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