Water cure at Stockton state hospital touted as cure for insanity
Dr. Fred P. Clarke at the California state hospital in Stockton reports hydro therapy and reeducation methods curing 85 percent of cases treated, including insanity caused by overwork grief and excesses. He asserts water heat and electricity normalize circulation and ease both violent and depressed patients. Governor Johnson backs the approach as politics and ordinary intelligence mix in treatment.
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California State Hospital For Insane
Stockton
Cal
Fred P. Clarke
Jack Jungmeyer
State Hospital
Hiram Johnson
Board of Control
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Passenger tricks railroad with dog dressed as baby
In Arkansas a Mrs. Welchel dressed her dog in baby clothes to ride free. On boarding the car the dog barked, revealing the ruse as the conductor commented it takes a woman to beat the road. In Ohio near Fostoria bees reportedly turn to poppy to find opium like Chinese smokers.
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Zinc, Ark
Clyde Miller
Fostoria
Alexander McKinley Weds for Sixth Time in Muncie
In Muncie Indiana on December 19 Alexander McKinley aged 78 married Laura Brees who is 20 years younger This marks his sixth marriage Five of his prior wives have died Laura Brees was widowed herself The groom is a laborer and the bride is a housekeeper
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Muncie
Ind
Alexander McKinley
Laura Brees
Brees
Tips In A Day Paris Estimate Of Daily Gratuities
A Paris statistician estimates daily tips to waiters janitors cat men and others total 41400 nearly two cents per person in Paris while provinces average about half a cent per person daily Francewide tipping amounts to about 64420000 annually.
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Paris
France
Governor Ferris Addresses Tuberculosis Delegates
Kalamazoo Mich Dec 19 Walk six miles a day and live in the fresh air are urged as essential in winter health by Gov W N Ferris in his address to delegates at the Michigan Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis annual convention.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
W. N. Ferris
The
Michigan Association For the Prevention of
Vera Critchfield Sees Again Through Ohio Reform
Vera Critchfield a five year old from Barberton born blind now sees after a surgical operation removing eye film. The Ohio state blind commission highlights several cases showing blind from birth children can recover sight and ongoing operations may fully restore vision.
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Columbus, O
Vera Critchfield
Barberton
State
Ohio
Vera
Kostrucks welcome 29th child in Stevens Point family
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kostruck of Stevens Point welcomed their 29th baby today setting a local record. They joked they would not mind more children, saying they just want a nice family and that they can tell each child apart without counting.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Joseph Kostruck
Bean finds 25 000 year old mummies in cave
In Champaign Illinois a cave yielded mummies surrounded by pots of beans. Civil engineer G A Thayer, working on a Prescott Arizona dam, sent the mummies to the Smithsonian where they were dated at 25 000 years old and the beans were planted and shipped to Mrs J A Tudor.
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Champaign
J. A. Tudor
G. A. Thayer
Prescott
Ariz
Thayer
Smithsonian Institute
Mra. Tudor
Rogers
Mall
The
Star
Pen nibs use more steel than weapons
A pen nib, though small, consumes significant steel. The text notes that more steel goes into nibs than all sword and gun factories combined, and estimates that a ton of steel yields about 1,500,000 pens.
Burnett store goes out of business sale of solid gold items
Advert claims big discounts on jewelry as the Burnett store clears its entire stock. Cash only, no exchanges, no delivery, hours 9 am to 10 pm. Mentions solid gold links, locket, and scarf pin with discounted prices amid a sensational tone.
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London Bridge
Burnett
Man survives 60-foot fall onto live high voltage wire
George Foster of Geneva N Y fell from a 75 foot smokestack under construction in Lyons N Y and landed on a burning high voltage wire. He was unconscious for hours but doctors report a good chance of recovery.
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Lyons
N. Y
George Foster
Geneva
Gas and Electric
Foster
Octopus in a Jar Surprises Angler at Santa Monica
J F Whissen of Oceanav near Wilshire reports a odd catch while fishing from the end of a long wharf. He hauled in a large octopus found inside a glass preserve jar. The creature filled a dinner plate area and appeared to have entered the jar from the water.
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Banta Monica
J. FE. Whissen
Oceanav
Wilshire
Dream Guides Police Probe in Missing Boy Case
Mrs. F Gil reported a dream in which a man killed her 14 year old nephew Charles Klatt and buried him in the hayloft barn behind his parents home on West San Salvador street San Jose. The Klatt boy has been missing since September 6 and a state wide search by a probation officer failed to locate him.
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San Jose
Cal
F. Gil
Charles Klatt
San Salvador St
Gthe Klatt
Rockefeller Must Resolve China Oil Supply Worry
In Cleveland on December 19, John D. Rockefeller, the world’s richest man, faces a private irritation of losing control over China oil. He sent 168 to the Ossining fire department for his Pocantico Hills estate but the firemen say they did not receive the money, after the engine had been sent to fight a blaze.
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Cleveland
Dee
China
John D. Rockefeller
Ossining
Pocantico Hills
Jonn D
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