High Health Maintained in Army Camps at Texas City
Washington D C Aug 29 Army officers report 12 000 troops in Texas City and Galveston have lived under tents for six months with no typhoid or smallpox cases and few measles or mumps. Vaccine, drainage, fly control, and hygiene keep disease risk low despite unfavorable terrain and long train rides. Similar gains cited among 1400 troops near Peking in China amid primitive local sanitation.
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Washington, D. C
Texas City
Galveston
Tex
TeXag
China
Peking
Taku
Leper on Way to Border From St Louis Escape
George Hartman the leper who escaped quarantine for the second time last Tuesday was aided by a friend met in the Philippines during U S Army service. His wife says the friend will care for him until cured or dies and Hartman may head toward Mexico with his wife joining later. American salmon in Tasmanian fresh waters prosper, some gaining from two ounces to four pounds in twenty one months.
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ST. Louis
George Hartman
Philippines
United States Army
Mexico
United States
Tasmania
Spanish Consul and Wife Die in New York Fire
In New York on August 29 the Spanish consul Hippolyte Uriarte, 82, and his wife Marie Louise die after a blaze starts when he lights a cigar. The flood of souvenirs blocks escape. she falls four stories after mistaking a window for an exit. The couple had celebrated their son Louis’s homecoming in Cuba.
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New York
Hippolyte Uriarte
Uriarte
Dean
Marie Louise
Canada
Louis
Cuba
Burleson’s 176 Days Bring 5765 Postmasters Named
In 176 days since taking office Postmaster General Burleson appointed 5765 postmasters averaging over 32 daily. Of these 2203 were presidential postmasters earning over 1000 a year whose appointments must pass the Senate. The remaining 3562 were fourth class postmasters chosen by civil service or inspector investigations. First Assistant Roper reported all appointment actions were up to date.
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Washington, D. C
Burleson
Senate
Post Office
Roper
Sausage Ad Promotes King with Tin Tag Freshness
An advertisement urges buyers to ask for the King with Tin Tag sausage to ensure fresh wholesome goods. It notes a display in the Grand Opera House lobby and credits Union Meat Company.
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Grand Opera House
Union Meat Company
Secret service warns of new queer money gala certificate
Treasury Department issues a warning about a dangerous twenty dollar gala certificate suspected to be produced by the same counterfeit operation as a prior note. The latest note reportedly copies the first issue with only a changed check letter from D to C and number from 40 to 132.
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Washington, D. C
Secret Service
Treasury Department
Administration Measure Approved With Nine Dissenting Votes
The House narrowly approved the administration currency bill by 163 to 9 after weeks of discussion. Texas lawmakers Henry Eagle Callaway opposed. others warned Republicans support to pass the bill. The measure creates twelve regional reserve banks with capital targets and a federal reserve board to supervise.
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Administration
Washington, D. C
House
Henry, Eagle and Callaway
Texas
Hardwick
Georgia
Lobeck
Nebraska
Buchanan
Fowler
Illinois
Neeley
Kansas
Sisson
Mississippi
Banking and Currency Committee
Glass
Federal Reserve Board
Brussels Congress Approves 1915 School Hygiene Plans
The permanent international committee approved holding the fifth International Congress on School Hygiene in Brussels in 1915. Delegates debated exercise for youth with open air athletics versus mental life as health source. Elizabeth Irwin of New York spoke on mental classification in special schools. Some physicians urged thorough medical school inspections to avert half of child deaths and illnesses.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Permanent
International Committee On
Permanent Bureau
Brussels
Elizabeth Irwin
New York
Bar Association 10 Plan Aims Unified Court Rules Reform
Federal and state judges will meet in Montreal to draft a plan for sweeping reform of pleading and practice rules in the Supreme Court and federal courts. The goal is to cut delays and costs by standardizing procedures nationwide through congressional legislation granting the Supreme Court power to revise rules and oversee federal and state practices. The effort, endorsed by the American Bar Association, builds on existing uniform rules in equity admiralty and bankruptcy.
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United States
Federal Reserve Board
Washington
D. C
Montreal
Canada
American Bar Association
Supreme Court of the United States
Congress
Supreme Court
England
W. R. Hughes
Department of Justice
McReynolds
Uniform Procedure Committee
Association
Jefferson Portrait to Be Used on Post Cards
Postmaster General Burleson issued sealed proposals for supplying four billion post cards over four years. The contract shifts from private printers to government work, with engravers preparing a Thomas Jefferson portrait to replace William McKinley on the new issue.
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Washington, D. C
Post Office Department
Burleson
Government Printing Office
Thomas Jefferson
William McKinley
Speaker Clark Heads to Maine for Third District Campaign
Speaker Clark leaves today to campaign for the Democratic candidate in Maine's Third District. He will speak at Unity Saturday afternoon and Skowhegan Saturday night before returning Monday to preside over the House.
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Clark
Maine
Washington, D. C
Congress
Unity
Skewnegan
House
G A R Plans Reunion for Chattanooga Encampment
Commander-in-Chief Alfred B. Beers announces national headquarters move to Hotel Patten in Chattanooga on September 13. The Chattanooga encampment begins September 17 with a 10 o clock opening, followed by the first business session September 18. National aides-de-camp named: C W Baker Tennessee, G C Meyers Carson City Nevada, G B Martin Petersburg Indiana.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Alfred B. Beers
Grand Army of the Republic
Hotel Patten
Chattanooga
C. W. Baker
Tennessee
George C. Meyers
Carson City
Nev
G. B. Martin
Petersburg
Ind
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