Truth About Snake Bites Disputed Remedies Warned By Professor
Dr John Marshall of the University of Pennsylvania tells physicians there is no antidote for rattlesnake bites and warns against popular cures such as whisky, permanganate of potash, and caustic treatments. He advocates immediate wound suction and serum therapy as near to nature and practical, noting death results from asphyxiation if venom enters the bloodstream.
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Philadelphia
John Marshall
University of Pennsylvania
Marshall
Lack of Farm Hands Cited as Cause of High Food Prices
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson says the shortage of farm labor is driving up food costs. He notes the West and Northwest face idle acres as landowners cannot hire workers, despite wages matching urban pay.
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Washington, D. C
James Wilson
West
Won a Wife by Wire in Winchester Courtship
Miss Frank E. Venable a Winchester exchange operator's courtship with telegraph operator John E Enders ended in marriage at Berryville. The Rev Julian Broaddus performed the ceremony. The bride is the fifth operator to wed from the exchange in as many years. The couple will reside in Berryville.
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Winchester
Frank E. Venable
John E Enders
Berryville
Clarke County
Julian Broaddus
The
Baptist Church
Venable
Michigan man bends spikes and iron with strength
A Marquette visitor from Brimley, A W Orr, displays extraordinary power bending a 60 penny spike twice and a 120 penny spike, twisting three-eighths inch bolts, a percent inch iron bar with his teeth, and tearing a deck of cards. Orr is a cripple who lost both legs in a railroad accident.
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Marquette
Mich
Brimley
Chippewa County
A. W Orr
Orr
Cure for Deadly Sleep Claims Absolute Cure for Sleeping Sickness
New York's Rockefeller Institute reports a serum that doctors say acts as a specific for African sleeping sickness. The light brown powder is dissolved in water and injected under the skin. Patients show improvement within hours and are fully restored in about three days, according to a cautious Rockefeller scientist.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research
Rockefeller
Straw itch riddle solved in Fayette county mystery
An observant Connersville resident uncovered myriads of tiny insects causing straw itch across Fayette county. After boiling tick contents in hot water, victims found relief as the pests were eradicated and neighbors benefited from the discovery.
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Indianapolis
Fayette County
Connersville
Chinese Cadets at West Point Spark Rumor and Travel Plans
Graduates of the 1909 West Point class debate the social rank of Ting C Chen and Ying Hsing Wen two Chinese cadets who stood near the top in manners and tact. Chen is believed to be of noble birth while Wen served as his attendant both denied discussing personal status. Secretary Dickinson praised Chen as he helped maintain U S China ties. The pair are now in Washington and reportedly plan study trips to London and Germany for advanced military training.
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Washington
West Point Military Academy
Ting C
Chen
Ying Hsing Wen
Wen
Jacob M
Dickinson
United States
China
London
Germany
New Gem Fields in Southwest Africa Valued at 250 Million
Berlin colonial secretary Dernberg told a Reichstag deputation that newly found diamond fields in German Southwest Africa are valued at 250 million dollars. He cited a De Beers offer for a reciprocal selling agreement to sustain diamond prices, which was rejected by the colonial secretary.
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Berlin
Dernberg
Reichstag
Africa
German Southwest Africa
de Beers Company
Mystery Cash Lined House Found After Mrs Farrier’s Death
In Sperry Louisiana the disappearance of Mrs Elizabeth Farrier wealth was solved by removing a carpet to reveal a floor strewn with bank notes. Nearly $1,000 was found with more cash hidden in an old organ walls and other nooks. Administrators continue to search the house uncovering funds.
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Sperry
Elizabeth Farrier
Queen Elena Rejects Gigantic Hats in Rome Fashion Wake
Queen Elena of Italy leads a protest against French millinery trends. They forego hats for light mantilla style coverings in public. The movement spreads among Rome's aristocracy opposing overseas fashion dictates.
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Rome
Elena
Italy
Shot For Biting Son's Finger In Quarrel
In Bartlesville Oklahoma Harrison Day 20 fatally wounds his father James Day after his father bit off part of his finger. The son rushes to a neighbor for help and uses a borrowed gun to shoot his father in a quarrel that night.
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Bartlesville
Okla
Harrison Day
James Day
Day
Stefansson Hints at Franklin Mystery and Icelandic Colony Links
A letter from explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, sent from Barrow Alaska, discusses western Arctic travel and Eskimo conditions. He references the Franklin expedition disappearance and Icelandic Greenland colonies, noting changes in Barrow area housing and TB rates as civilization spreads.
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Pleasantville
Stefansson
Sir John Franklin
Greenland
Barrow
Alaska
America
Pacific Ocean
Museum
Colville
Wainwright Inlet
Point Barrow
Anderson
Wireless phone antenna spans 4000 feet atop Met Life Tower
New York announces a 4000 foot copper wire antenna atop the Metropolitan Life Building as the first step in a wireless telephone and telegraph system. The project includes a Philadelphia central station and aims for long distance Atlantic coast communications with Paris envisioned. Tests involved balloon releases and air current studies. French navy Lieuts. Colin and Jeanice report 100 mile radio talks between the cruiser Conde and the Toulon arsenal.
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New York
Metropolitan Life
Atlantic Coast
Metropolitan Tower
Philadelphia
Central Station
Quaker City
Paris
Fourth Avenue
Hiffel Tower
Lieuts
Colin
Jeanice
Conde
Toulon
Harvard Professor Promotes Flirting Among Students
Prof George Herbert Palmer of Harvard urges mixing social life with study claiming flirting benefits students at Harvard and Radcliffe. He notes many youths neglect enjoyment and proposes light social pursuit alongside academics while mentioning his long career and marriage history.
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Boston
George Herbert Palmer
Harvard
Palmer
Alice Freeman Palmer
Wellesley College
Radcliffe
City to build crematory to bury dead at hospital grounds
Philadelphia officials plan a city crematory on the contagious diseases hospital grounds to replace the potter's field. The project, authorized months ago, includes two modern fire brick retorts and a cost near seven thousand five hundred dollars.
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Philadelphia
Eisenhower
Bureau of City Property
Potter's Field
Less Ships Than Year Ago Mark Shipbuilding Output
Washington D C reports the US shipbuilding year ended June 30 shows the smallest output since 1898 with 1 362 merchant vessels of 232 816 gross tons built, down from 1 506 vessels of 588 627 gross tons in 1908.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau
United States
Great Lakes
Lakes
Edward B. Winslow
Bath
Perfect school record set by Pauline Roach in Carthage
Kansas City report notes Pauline Roach daughter of Con B Roach secretary of state graduated from Carthage high school after twelve years without absence or tardy. She attended ward schools eight years and high school four. At eighteen she joined the family list of campaign reasons for her father’s election.
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Kansas City
Pauline Roach
Con. B. Roach
Miss Roach
Carthage
Bridgman heads Arctic rescue voyage for Dr Cook
Herbert L. Bridgman sails this week on the schooner Jeanie to the Arctic with a mission to rescue Dr. Frederick A. Cook. He rejects reports of a lack of effort, says the trip is a business mission to aid Peary, return Mene to his people, and bring back Cook and Harry Whitney.
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Cook
Arctic
New York
Herbert L. Bridgman
Jeanie
Frederick A. Cook
Brooklyn
Cook Relief Committee
Dr. Cook
Peary
Mene
Harry Whitney
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