The Friedmann Cure Interview Undermines Tuberculosis Claims
A Heidelberg correspondent reports that Dr. Friedmann of Berlin, not the famed university professor, claims a tuberculosis cure but evades direct answers. Berlin doctors cited as supervising the serum are skeptical or noncommittal, and Friedmann restricts administration to his own hands, prompting widespread caution and skepticism.
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Heidelberg
Friedrich Franz Friedmann
America
Atlantic
Muskogee
Friedmann
Berlin
University of Berlin
Marriage Reform and the Unconstitutional Path Forward
The piece criticizes reformers pushing physician controlled marriage certificates as social hygiene. It warns of autocratic power, potential unconstitutionality, and a right of appeal for denied licenses. It questions public knowledge of the law’s origins as reform advocates push ahead.
Reformers push eugenics plan to bar marriages without medical certificate
The piece argues state legislatures would make marriage without physician certification a misdemeanor and explores constitutional, jury, and societal obstacles. It critiques medical arbitration, defends education over coercive meddling, and lauds Mrs. Tichacek as a reformer while noting potential dangers of a medical-oligarchy.
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Congress
Servant-Girl Wives Scheme in St Louis Sparks Debate
A St Louis mother, Mrs. Louis J. Tichacek, trains servant girls as potential wives for six of her sons, testing eligibility before marriage. Proponents say it offers a sound, foresighted path to stable, happy marriages, while critics question intrusion and practicality in choosing life partners.
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Tichacek
Louis J. Tichacek
St. Louis
Repeal Panama Act Raise Economic and Treaty Issues
The Dallas News argues against tying domestic toll exemptions to a treaty dispute with Great Britain. It notes a $40,000,000 gift to coastwise shipowners and warns that using economic self-interest to attack the Panama Act muddles international arbitration. The piece stresses national honor while urging Congress to reverse prior action despite foreign pressure.
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Congress
Emery Johnson
Ninty
United States
Great Britain
The Queen of Women Is a Mother From All
Zeus declares a mother the queen of all women after a gathering where many claim greatness. Each woman describes lifework from poet to healer to ruler, but the crowd agrees the mother who raised and cared for her children embodies the supreme virtue. Her selfless love wins the crown.
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Zeus
Earth
Pellagra cases nationwide with high death rate
Public health authorities estimate 30 000 to 50 000 pellagra cases in the United States over six years with about 39 percent mortality. The disease has appeared in most states, with the exception of New Hampshire Idaho Minnesota Montana Utah Wyoming Nevada North Dakota and South Dakota, and is most prevalent in the Southern states.
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United States
Union
The
Public Health Service
New Hampshire
Idaho
Minnesota
Montana
Utah
Wyoming
Nevada
North
South Dakota
Louisville Courier-Journal
The Cost of Insanity in United States Care
The New York American notes that caring for the insane costs about 32 million dollars annually in public institutions, a figure that represents only a portion of the total cost. The broader estimate reaches 164 million dollars, a figure cited to contrast with government departmental expenses and Panama Canal construction outlays.
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United States
Panama Canal
New York American
Globe-Trotting Judge Ends in Tragic Jersey City
A famed wanderer boasting travels from Mombazzazza to Vienna meets a grim end on a winter Jersey City street. He wandered the world regaling with tales of Hong Kong, Rome, and the Sphinx, yet misread Georgia, Idaho, and the Atlantic coast. Found frozen with travel guides about him, his life of exploration ends in an icy sleeping place.
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Sienna
Vienna
Canaries
Buenos Ayres
Glasgie
Singapore
Rio
Tokio
Adriatic
Columbus
Peary
Hong Kong
Petersburg
Rome
Borgia
Georgia
Cincinnati
Idaho
Mississippi
Jersey City
New York
Has Nothing on Madero. Turkey Thrives on Ultimatums
Charleston News and Courier reports sharp diplomatic tensions as Mexico faces internal strife with President Madero under scrutiny. Ankara signals firm demands amid regional instability, while international observers weigh impacts on trade and alliances.
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Turkey
Charleston News and Courier
The Senator Keeps House at Grand Opera House
Martha Morton presents The Senator Keeps House a lively comedy at the Grand Opera House with Lawrence Marston directing William H Crane as Senator Larkin and a strong supporting cast. The play follows graft schemes and domestic woes as the senator seeks to keep house amid marriage entanglements and political intrigue.
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Martha Morton
Lawrence Marston
Christopher Larkin
U. S
Northwest
William H. Crane
Adolphus Judson
New York
Matty Harwood
Patrick Henry Larkin
Grand Opera House
Washington
Larkin
Judson
Ida Flower
The Man Who Whitewashed His Barn and Lost His Voice
Observant citizen talks to himself while whitewashing a barn and directing his every move. Amid repeated missteps he berates himself aloud, then freezes upon realizing his own shouted insult. He apologizes, then reflects that he cannot whitewash or hear his own voice.
Fruit in Sterile Package Headline
The article discusses the banana as a naturally sterile fruit when green and shows how its peel resists bacterial invasion. It notes ripening converts starch to sugar, and temperature governs rate, with the peel potentially transferring germs to hands but not penetrating the pulp.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
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