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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1909
Page
8
A Chicago Journal item mocks a new female sentimentality described as zoophil psychosis, critiquing an overfondness for animals and a philosopher type. It also notes army ranks shifting with Leonard Wood commanding the Department of the East and predicts Congress keeping the army small.
The piece notes the rarity of top rank officers in American history and the absence of field marshals. It explains that only a few generals and lieutenant generals existed before the postwar era, with MacArthur’s retirement ending the lieutenant general rank for a period.
A Philadelphia Ledger editorial urges strict public health measures to control flies. It calls for clean habits, removal of rubbish, proper sanitary practices in stables, screening of sick rooms, and enforcing food protection to prevent disease spread. It stresses public enlistment with accurate knowledge of the fly's role.
Cambridge reports Harvard Medical School will add a public health and preventive medicine department. A professor will lead the new instruction starting with the next university year, acknowledging the growing importance of public health in urban society.
A Times report recounts a private watchman’s late night encounter in Harlem. He details a woman waiting on the steps of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and a scholar’s nickname Napoleon for a small white rat aboard the lumber barge Queenie. The watchman seeks a doctor for vermin and learns volunteers may assist various animals at a nearby building.
A report notes fatalities from anesthesia are rare relative to cases. It mentions the melancholy death of Thomas A Powys, heir and only son of Lord Likford, during an operation, though details are incomplete.
A patient undergoing adenoid surgery with a chloroform ether mix dies after respiration failure. Post mortem reveals status lymphaticus, a life threatening risk not detectable during life, prompting caution in anesthetic use despite many successful operations and life-saving outcomes. A theatrical star remark closes the piece.
A writer condemns pranksters who send jobless men on fruitless treks by pretending to hire them. The piece decries wasted hope and ruined faith, comparing pranksters to a social incubus who spread slander and harm through cruel mischief.
A compilation of historical case notes on insurer liability for common carriers transporting livestock and railroad negligence. It cites Summerlin v Seaboard Air Line R Co and related rulings, including derailment, assignee liability for bills of lading, cab hazards, and a California push car case involving a child’s injury.
In New England a boy answers a school question by saying he wants to be a musician and a pied piper for the pie. A reader in Detroit jokes about information bureaus as the latest trend.
A nostalgic poem recalls Katie Lee and Willie Gray by a brook near green willow banks. It follows their playful youth, flirtations, and her later life in a cottage with rocking chairs by the same stream.
A Dayton News item relays a French psychologist's view that church dozing stems from deep devotional focus. The theory likens it to self hypnotism as listeners follow the minister, causing trance-like sleep. The piece notes past methods to wake sleepers and suggests a remedy through pastors who cannot hold attention.
A strange butter introduced by a traveling salesman is sold at low prices with a claim that petroleum is a health-giving agent. He touts its usefulness for lamps and offers $10 million for a husband to fund a college, while a housewife notes a coal oil odor in the sample.
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