Streamline Health and the Rise of Efficient Living
Streamline construction of vehicles and trains becomes common and associated with speed and comfort. Public health officials’ efforts yield more efficient health than previous generations, enabling longer working lives and extended longevity.
Health progress and public health reform summary
In 1835 life expectancy was thirty years, by 1935 it rose about tenfold as cities adopt health safeguards. Sanitary engineers protect drinking water and mosquito control. vital statistics track birth and death rates to trigger controls. Public health officials aim to wipe diphtheria and tuberculosis from the country. Later fiction excerpt follows Ben Elliott and Dawn McManus on a timber dispute and budding tension in a remote camp.
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London
Department of Vital Statistics
St. Peter
Department of
Communicable Diseases
State Department of Public Health
Able
Elliott
Ben
Dawn McManus
Camp Blackmore
Dawn
Tincup
Blackmore
Loco motive piston arrival and new start at Hoot Owl
Elliott delivers piston head to the station and sleigh, faces a large cash payout and a restless crew. Brandon schemes with Limpy Holbrook to conceal a planned move while Brando’s pale aide questions trust and timing.
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Elliott
Hoot Owl
Blackmore
Nicholas Brandon
Holbrook
Brandon
Night plans and looming conflict in a frontier town
In a tense scene Nick Brandon schemes after a drink loosens his grip. Ben Elliott and Dana prepare a late train load as Able drives the last log into place, racing to meet a tight delivery contract before nightfall. TO BE CONTINUED.
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Holbrook
Brandon
Don Stuart
Nick
Mr. Brandon
Mister Brandon
Nicholas Brandon
Ben Elliott
Able Hiad
Dana
Ben
Able
Dawn
Foot Worm Disease Infections in Deer Feet
The Detroit News describes foot-worm disease as infection of deer feet by the thread-like worm onchocerca flexuosa. The worm can reach ten inches and sits in subcutaneous tissues and surface cysts in advanced cases. Affected deer show inflamed swollen feet, lameness, and sometimes loosened hooves.
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Detroit News
Americans to Restore Copan Mayan City in Honduras
The Carnegie Institution of Washington will restore Copan with Honduran government cooperation. Julius G. Lay announced work starts at once. Copan, ancient Mayan capital near the Guatemala border, housed notable astronomical stone relics and declined about 1,000 years ago. It was once remote but is now accessible by air from Tegucigalpa.
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Copan
Honduras
Guatemala
Julius G. Lay
United States
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Tegucigalpa
Literary Digest
Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription Sold by Druggists
An advert notes Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription available in tablets or liquid from druggists. The copy emphasizes common use and convenient forms for customers seeking restorative tonics.
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Dr. Pierce
Noneal
Crimson Gulch Plans Tough Crime Response
Identification asks how Crimson Gulch will handle the crime wave. Cactus Joe replies that a deputy sheriff has been placed at the gas filling station where every passerby is photographed and fingerprinted to trace any suspect to Chicago's rogue's gallery.
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Crimson Gulch
Cactus Joe
Chicago
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