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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1909
Page
4
Eight of ten deaf people become deaf from carelessness or poor judgment. Deafness often stems from throat infections that block air flow to the middle ear. The piece explains how blowing with a handkerchief can push germs into the Eustachian tubes and details ear anatomy with labeled parts.
The article explains dry catarrh attacking nasal and throat membranes causing obstruction and head noises. It promotes a free demonstration of a Baker Microphone device and offers a free aurist consultation to restore hearing and relieve ear tube blockage.
Nathan Straus urged the International Congress of Applied Chemistry to declare the American pasteurization findings scientifically correct. He described early opposition to pasteurization and praised the Hygienic Laboratory Bulletin No. 41 for proving pasteurization safe and effective against milk borne diseases, urging sanitary milk production and tuberculin testing.
Ear sufferers gain relief as the Baker Microphone promises to fix a weak ear and return it to active function. The device is marketed as enabling the ear to become a useful working member again.
It claims to be the smallest practical magnifying telephone ever produced and the best instrument to aid hearing. A reason is promised for visitors to the company offices to see the proof.
The Baker microphone helps deaf people hear and, like the telephone, gradually improves natural hearing. Other devices such as speaking tubes and trumpets may shock the ear’s delicate parts and worsen deafness over time.
An office advertises an expert aural surgeon who will advise on car matters for free. Readers are urged to visit or call an office, or write to receive full particulars and a booklet on the Baker Microphone and how to test it at home at no cost.
The Baker microphone showroom at 213 Flatiron Building New York displays hours from 9 A M to 8 P M daily and 9 A M to 12 M on Sundays. Potential customers can visit for demonstrations and sales.
The bubonic plague spreads through Southern China with Tsuan Tsiu reporting over fifty deaths daily. Other outbreaks occur along the North River and West River, while Amoy has fewer cases.
Lima Peru May 31 A quiet city scene follows a failed revolutionary movement. Police search for Nicholas Pierola a noted agitator and several adherents. A large popular meeting was held to condemn the Saturday events.
Regina Coell Council 428 observed its tenth anniversary with a dinner at Shanley's in Times Square attended by about 100 members and their guests. Toastmaster Thomas W. Hastings led remarks from Grand Knight William G. Clark and other speakers. Entertainment followed with music and vocal acts arranged by the Fitzpatricks.
A London dispatch reports the Duchess of Milan Holbein portrait sale question. Examining the entail affecting the Norfolk estate found no clear legal restriction. Only a court ruling can settle the matter.
President Taft’s first authoritative letter on national resource conservation urges earnest administration action. It calls for comprehensive waterways improvements soil and forest preservation protection against private monopolies in navigable streams and retention of government coal lands. The note stresses resources underpin labor enterprise and future prosperity.
Special to The New York Times reports the New York Westchester Boston Railroad Company sealing a major realty deal in New Rochelle. It bought twenty dwellings on Rochelle Place and moved them, plus several homes on Randolph Street and Sickles Avenue, to clear its planned roadbed and a crossing through Rochelle Park. The Webster Avenue country estate of former Danish minister John E Risley was also acquired for right of way.
Weston residents face weather delays as storms delay a planned walk beginning the new week. A lone pedestrian aims to cover 18 miles, despite the weather.
Sixty seventh day of Weston Transcontinental Walk from New York to San Francisco. He is seventy one and aims to finish in 100 days, excluding Sundays, with 4300 mile Post Road distance and daily stages listed from New York to Carr, Colorado.
Former Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks and Mrs. Fairbanks were received by Emperor Meiji and Empress in Tokyo and presented by Ambassador O'Brien. They dined with Premier Katsura and met princes Fushimi and Arisugawa during a day of cordial exchanges and a luncheon. Decoration Day services were held at Yokohama Naval Hospital with Fairbanks, Ambassador O'Brien, and Admiral Harber attending. The party plans to travel inland next.
Edward Payson Weston describes a brutal trek from Greeley to Cheyenne halted by a tornado and fierce storms. He recounts eleven miles into a gale, hours spent marching with drenched clothes and scarce shelter, noting weeks of wild weather hindered his walking pace and stamina.
A New York Times dispatch from Carr, Col., details a furious gale until 7 PM delaying travel. The writer slept at Nunn, thanks to Mr and Mrs Kent, then pressed on to Carr at 4:45 AM but weather forced another halt. Total journey now 2,598 miles with the wind and rain persisting.
A blaze at Felix Bohm's wagon shed on New Dorp Beach, Staten Island, caused 54000 in damage and spread to the dancing pavilion, bathing pavilion, and bowling alley before being halted by the fire boat Zephar Mills. The power house and hotel servants quarters also burned. the hotel remained unscathed. Fire investigators suspect smokers in the shed started the disaster.
Delia May Des saur, 21, wins a divorce from Fernando Dessaur in White Plains. She had fled with her baby Dorothy Louise to Middletown after alleging brutality and threats. Custody of the child is split until age six, then institutional education for the girl until sixteen with the father’s funds.
The Summer conference of officers begins at the Naval War College in Newport May 31 and runs to October. Attendees include Rear Admirals Sperry Luce Merrell and Mahan, commanders from the Atlantic and Pacific fleets, Naval General Board members, and Army General Staff officers. The opening will be led by Rear Admiral Merrell with Luce delivering the address.
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