Blood cleansing device shown at Johns Hopkins pact
Three Johns Hopkins doctors demonstrated a device that removed all blood from a dog, purified it in a fifty foot tubing loop, and returned it without stopping the heart. The experiment, witnessed by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, suggested potential cures for uraemia and nephritis as experts anticipated practical medical uses.
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Johns Hopkinsniversity of
Baltimore
Federation of Amerin Societies For Experimental Biology
Philadelphia
J.d. Abel
Dever
Abel
A Veteran Politician Plays Whirlwind Campaign Trick
An elderly western Massachusetts congressman recounts a campaign tour misadventure using a packed car and visits to farms crossroads stores and travelers to win votes. He boasts of a day’s work but is teased by critics who say Vermont or the valley cost him the race.
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Massachusetts
Congress
Ann
Marning
Vermont
Did as He Was Told. A Well Known.
The note appears fragmentary with unclear details. Readable terms suggest a short drama or directive referencing a well known figure in Brook, Minnesota, but key actions, dates, or names are not discernible.
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Brook Mn Lergymap
Caring El Pate and Knowledge of Visible Truth
Fragmentary notice discusses discernment between truth and error. It emphasizes that errors arise from judgment, not lack of knowledge, and that assent should be given only to what is true. The text frames truth as visible and certain, urging caution in belief.
Onions as Valuable Spring and Winter Nourishment
A historical dietary piece extols onions as a valuable, odoriferous vegetable aiding digestion and disease resistance. It advises moderate use, links over-eating to colds, and offers recipes such as onions with cheese, onion stuffed with sausage, and stuffed tomatoes with onion and cucumber dressed in French sauce.
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Department of the Interior
Poem Fragment Cites Fear of Living and Dying
A brief poetic line asks if we may avoid life and fear death or afterlife. It reflects on existence and dread in language attributed to P. H. Balley without context or narrative details.
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P. H. Balley
The Bread That Began With Lake Dwellers
The article traces bread’s origins to neolithic times with early grain cultivation and grinding. It notes wheat rye and barley, mentions ancient varieties ble mottu and nouette de Lausanne still grown near Swiss lake dwellings, and explains how pile homes preserved bread fragments for study.
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Switzerland
la Gruyere
Nouette de
Lost Benefactress of Bermondsey Workhouse
A long vanished Christmas donor, a rich woman who visited Bermondsey workhouse for five years with gifts, ceased arriving one year. The matron recalls the kind benefactor and wonders if she has died, as inmates still remember her generosity.
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Tanner Street
Bermondsey
Eggless Devil's Food Cake From Frugal Baking Notes
A fragment discusses making varied cakes with prep and cost in mind. It lists an eggless Devil's Food cake recipe using sugar, shortening, evaporated milk, flour, chocolate, water, salt, soda, and baking powder, noting substitutions when eggs or butter are costly.
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Johns Hopkins
Melius
W. Salant
Federal Public Health Service
Washington
A. J. Carlson
University of Chicago
Carlson
Mellus
Qula
Elr Ortmaclen
Senator Lodge
New York
Duke of Connaught
Canada
Montreal
James
Nswhs
Emai
Pate
Haracter
Emerson
Webb
Rexall
Rolfe
McIntire & Mitchell
Iowa
Bill
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