Police Hero Saves Child on Trolley Car in Brooklyn
Joe Lovett of the 74th Precinct Brooklyn recounts his May 21, 1924 shift when he leaped from a trolley to rescue a three year old girl from fast approaching wheels. He saved the child but sustained injuries. later honored by the NYPD for his act of bravery.
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Joe Lovett
Brooklyn
N. Y
Joe
74Th Precinct
Lawrence Avenue
Church Avenue
Fort Hamilton Parkway
Thirty-ninth Street
Fanny Cecere
New York Police Department
Coastlines Michigan total miles of Great Lakes coast
Coastlines Michigan stretches 1715 miles along the Great Lakes. The article notes a famous oak tree among notable landmarks, highlighting cultural ties to the region's natural heritage.
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Michigan
Great Lakes
Pneumonia Serum Fight Gains Momentum in States
The article details serum treatment for pneumonia as a growing national effort with Massachusetts New York and Michigan supplying free serum to doctors for underpaid patients. It explains serum specificity dangers early adoption slow uptake and the Rockefeller Institute leadership with Dr Wendell Stanley receiving a science prize.
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Massachusetts
New York
Michigan
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
New York City
Wendell M. Stanley
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Greatest Adventurer Unwitting Hero of Global Sagas
Visiting journalist Robert Ritchie recounts Hermann Bland, a mapmaker turned wanderer, as the greatest adventurer he ever knew. Bland, born in Hamburg to English and German parents, leaves Cardiff wealth to chase chance across travel from Liverpool to India, boarding a steamer and enduring months of routine odyssey with quiet fortitude.
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New York
Arthur Sullivan Hoffman
Robert Ritchie
Hermann Bland
Liverpool
India
Mediterranean
Suez
Red Sea
Hamburg
England
Bland
Cardiff
Michigan
Destiny
Herman Bland
Hermann
Dampers regulate furnace heat for efficient fuel use
A guide explains two dampers in a furnace system: the check damper in the chimney and the ashpit damper below the grates. Their coordinated operation controls fire speed to suit weather, with check damper open for mild weather and closed for cold, ashpit damper vice versa.
Amazing Gargle Remedy Promises Fast Sore Throat Relief
The ad touts gargling with Bayer Aspirin in one third glass water for sore throat pain relief from a cold. It claims a simple two-time use method and lists a price of 2 dozen for 25 cents.
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Floyd Gibbons
William C. Utley
Chicago
United States
Savannah
Rockford
Ill
Wilkes-Barre
Sacramento
Calif
Stanley
Association
Western Newspaver Union
New Medical Center
R. F. Johonnot
Franklin
Ort
Colleman
Bae Geis Wein
Rane Soo
Sdelphia, Pa
Los Angeles
Gluyas Williams
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