New York expands milk protection staff for city supply
New York City adds a group of sixteen milk inspectors to the existing two, bringing total coverage to thirty for farms, creameries, and retailers. The program aims to curb contamination and adulteration as milk travels from 35,000–40,000 farms through 600 creameries to 12,000 retailers, with strict temperature and testing standards and systematic inspections.
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Department of Health
Bureau of City Betterment
Citizens’ Union
New York City
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New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Vermont
Canadian
Ghosts and Their Clothes in Curious Letter
An old letter from Cape Whitehouse discusses the attire of visiting spirits and how ghosts are clothed. The piece muses on armor for Hamlet’s father, witch of Endor garments, and the idea of re-embodied spirits wearing available garments, noting historical anachronisms and the challenge for psychical research.
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Ondon
Cape Whitehouse
Hamlet
Chateélaine
Zwinglius
Endor
Samuel
Agag
Spring Fever Love Lyrics and Nurse Career Note
A poem extols springtime love with vivid natural imagery and refrain about being in love, ending with a note about a sea career for nurses. The Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette reports that The German Hospital of New York City has received two graduate nurses for service on the Amerika and the Kaiserin, with Auguste Victoria and other lines expected to follow.
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Dietetic and
New York City
Vesuvius Eruption Details From Naples Professor
Professor Johnston-Lavis of Naples reports camera records of Vesuvius cone destruction. He notes lava vents, extensive ash and lapilli cover, and avalanches that destroyed towns, railways, and buildings. Crater diameter about 1500 feet, depth at least 600 feet. The new ash mud avalanches threaten surrounding areas. The piece ends with a line about a man’s first heartbreak.
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Wwaples
Edward the
R. .Johnston-Lavis
Naples
Vesuvius
London
Loczy
Monte Somma
Ottajano
St. Giuseppe
Terzigno
Lapilli
Vienna Grocers Clash With Police At Parliament
In Vienna a 12 000 strong grocers march on the Parliament allied with Christian Socialist Deputies amid a grocers trust lowering prices to oust small shops. Police seize a banner as windows break and deputies in the chamber vocally protest. Burgomaster Linger returns the banner and parliament suspends. The scene ends with heightened rhetoric and ongoing unrest.
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Christian Socialist Party
Vienna
Rathhaus
Linger
Fate Wins: Trial Ends with Not Guilty for Joseph Rives
The Seine Assizes heard a stark tale of Joseph Rives whose life of truancy theft arson and failed ambitions ends with the jury's not guilty verdict. He suffered repeated punishments from youth to adulthood, including House of Correction and transportation threats, but fate kept him from becoming a public charge of France.
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Joseph Rives
France
Seine Assizes
House of Correction
Africa
Indo-China
Monsieur Rives
Ashamed to Take the Money
A toddler named Clayton avoids accepting merit rewards from family after noticing the pennies he receives for good behavior. His grandfather questions the lack of cards, and Clayton admits he is ashamed to keep taking money from his relatives.
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Clayton
Willie
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