Medical corps praised for wartime health work and vigilance
Dr Franklin H Martin chairs a national effort to safeguard soldiers’ health as American forces train, stressing constant vigilance to prevent epidemics and maintain camp sanitation. He cites leadership from top medical figures and outlines three main advisory roles and ongoing personnel and supply challenges.
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Council of National Defense
Franklin H. Martin
Advisory Commission
Army
Navy
Pr. Martin
Dr. Martin
United States Army
Americans Praised in Army Orders Paris
The official army orders list Sergeant Ronald Hoskier of New York, Lafayette Escadrille, killed April 4 near St Quentin after defending against three enemies. Edmond O. C. Genet of New York, grandson of Gov. Clinton, cited as courageous pilot killed near Ham last April. Lieutenant William Thaw of Pittsburgh, nicknamed the American eagle, cited for courage and enterprise after returning to front, assisting French troops and achieving a second aerial victory April 26.
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Paris
Ronald Hoskier
New York
LaFayette Escadrill
St. Quentin
Hoskier
H. C. Hoskier
France
William Thaw
Pittsburgh
Thaw
A Texas Wonder Kidney and Bladder Cure Ad
A Texas Wonder promises to cure kidney and bladder troubles and related ailments in men women and children. It claims to dissolve gravel regulate bladder issues and even diabetes with a two months treatment per bottle. Sold by druggists and available by mail from Dr B W Hall St Louis Missouri.
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Texas Wonder
B. W. Hall
Olive St
St. Louis
Ruggists
Eight football teams clash at Fort Snelling camp finale
Fort Snelling Minn Aug 12 Eight teams battled on one field as stars of past and present lined up for an afternoon feature at the reserve officers training camp windup. Scrimmages lasted ten minutes before about 6000 spectators. Gov W L Harding of Iowa Gov Lynn Frazier of North Dakota Gov Peter Norbeck of South Dakota and ex Gov S R Van Sant attended with Brig Gen Sage praising three months of intensive training.
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Fort Snelling
Minn
W. L. Harding
Iowa
Lynn Frazier
North Dakota
Peter Norbeck
South Dakota
S. R. van Sant
Minnesota
Burnquist
Sage
Far Off Alaska St Michael a stark Arctic outpost
In 1855 Russians stamped a trading post at St Michael Alaska amid tundra seas and fog. The island hosts soldiers and about 60 winter settlers plus 200 summer workers, with two Eskimo villages. Eskimos bathe in steam baths, rely on reindeer herds near Sinrock Mary, and dogs for transport. Reindeer are rearable, but Siberian stock, not Lapland breeds, are trained slowly.
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St. Michael
Alaska
Transportation Company
Mercury
Sinrock Mary
Lapland
Wireless Madrid Hub Links Berlin to U S Spies
Madrid operates the main wireless link for German espionage with Berlin. German agents in the United States reportedly relay messages via Madrid to Berlin, with rapid delivery and affordable rates. The system potentially routes through Spain to Germany, Britain, and Austria-Hungary, raising neutrality and finance questions.
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Herbert Gorey
Europe
United States
Berlin
Herbert Corey
Madrid
Germany
Nauen
Austria-Hungary
Pola
gBuda-Pesth
Buda-Pesth
Spain
New York
Cuba
Mexican
Canary Islands
Washington
Mexico
High Seas
Canary Island
France
A. Comyn
Great Britain
Italy
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Medical Corps
Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute
William J
Charles H. Mayo
Victor C. Vaughan
University of Michigan
John M. T. Finney
William H. Welch
Johns Hopkins
Frederick A. Besley
Northwestern
George W. Crile
Western Reserve
Charles E. Kahike
Habremann College
Chicago
Army and Navy
Public Health Service
Red Cross
Penn
Mutual Life
J.H. “Buzz” Wells
Penn Mutual
Ilinois State Bank Bldg
Ter
Morocco
Lea
Jeweler
Maine Street
FT. Snelling Camp
F. H. Tuthill
Sog'4
Maine St
Miller-Holhake Shop
Steinway
Official Outfitters Boy Scout Outfits
State Savings Loan & Trustco
S. B. Montgomery
J. W. Gardner
E. N. Monroe
Herman H. Brown
F. W. Crane
Thos. Burrows
Thos. L. Tushaus
GEO. F. Jasper
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