Miss Lacey Heroic Corsicana Teacher At Austin
Miss Katie Lacey a Corsicana grade teacher rushed to help as a mad dog attacked students at a State Orphans Home. She seized the dog with her bare hands and was bitten on both arms while saving twenty pupils. She continues teaching daily during Pasteur treatment and earned widespread praise.
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Katie Lacey
State Orphans’ Home
Corsicana
Austin
Miss Lacey
Pasteur
Crockett
Railroads and disease in modern travel lessons
Historical note on how disease spread was tied to travel routes from the Middle Ages to modern rail transport. It cites public health work by Dr. Crowder and the Pullman Car sanitation program, stressing that disease control hinges on preventing contact between the sick and the well and that germs die quickly outside the human body.
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India
England
France
Germany
Palestine
Stegni
United States Public Health Service
Public Health
Thomas R. Crowder
Pullman Car Company
The Morning Rise of Beauty in a Wondrous World
A lyrical tale follows Beauty waking, dressing with fairy aid, and admiring her flawless form. She is surrounded by vibrant colors, flowers, and sunlit imagery as she contemplates creating a plan for world beauty. Yet she learns beauty alone cannot suffice, for she is still young and learning.
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Beauty
Pat and Mike Hunt With One Shell in Squirrel Encounter
A brief story from Harper's Magazine recounted Pat and Mike hunting with a single shell. Mike held the gun while Pat carried the shell. They spotted a squirrel and Mike prepared to shoot despite Pat's warning that the gun was unloaded. The hunter urged that the squirrel wouldn’t wait.
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Pat
Mike
Higher Education Slang Prompts Interpreter Needed
Dialogue notes Hi asks what his boy learned at college and Si sighs that he has picked up all the latest slang and now needs an interpreter to converse with him. The fragment reflects campus language dynamics and intergenerational gap in understanding speech.
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Texas
Texas Centennial Commission
Enid Is a Nice Girl with a Quick Tongue
A neighbor notes Enid is pleasant yet loquacious, while another agrees she talks a lot. The exchange frames a common sentiment that a pleasant lie may beat harsh truth in social chat.
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Enid
Noticing Maud Sparks The Quiet Debate Of Emotions
A brief dialogue reveals Maud’s fragility and how small provocations can unsettle her, reflecting on delicate moods and personal sensitivity. The exchange hints at emotional thresholds without broader context.
Proverbial Adages on Worth and Justice
A wry reflection contrasts patience with hunger as fate. It notes plenty of lawyers limit guilty pleas for criminals, hints at elderly care needs, and mulls the gap between a man’s worth and his financial value. The piece muses on scarce cities and the ideal of an Old Fogies’ home.
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Faultless Starch Company
Kansas City
Portland Cement Association
West Washin Street
Chicago
National Organization
Houston
Galveston
Florida
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University of Texas
Big Lake
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Dallas
Turkey Creek
Williamson County
George Thompson
Western New
Wasper Union
Listening Post
Pennsylvania Department of Health
Hanover
MacKenzie
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Mary Grahany
Ponner
Ers
Higher Education
B. Lansing
Mich
Vera Cars
Lansing
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West 57Th Street
New York
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Mexico
Elizabeth, N. J
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Oakland, Cal
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Bayer
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