Milk sickness outlined by doctors and farmers
A summary of milk sickness due to cows eating white snake root. The article cites Illinois deaths in 1925 and multiple cases across states, noting the plant’s range from Minnesota to Louisiana. It explains trembles in cows and advises against pasturing cows where snake root grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Tennessee
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Mississippi
Journal of the American Medical Association
W. EB. Walsh
Morris
Minnesota
Louisiana
Atlantic
Doctor Walsh
Walsh
Street Risk From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
The American Medical Association highlights street risk from carbon monoxide in crowded city streets. Tests on 14 Philadelphia traffic police show blood CO from 0 to 80 percent, with six reporting poisoning symptoms after a day on duty. garage workers and gas station staff face similar exposure.
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Everal
Journal of the American Medical Association
Henderson
Haggard
New York
Philadelphia
Friday the Thirteenth Does Not Spell Disaster in History
Elmo Scott Watson argues that Friday the thirteenth has often coincided with notable American milestones. He cites dates from 1492 to World War I and II era triumphs, emphasizing lucky Fridays in Revolutionary events and Pershing’s World War I leadership to counter superstition.
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Elmo Scott Watson
France
White House
Northwest Territory
Rodrigo de Triana
Christopher Columbus
Santa Maria
Columbus
John Cabot
Henry VII
England
Cabot
New World
Henry Hudson
Manhattan
Southampton
Maine
Virginia
George Washington
Earth
Bunker Hill
General Burgoyne
Saratoga
Benedict Arnold
America
Lord Cornwallis
Yorktown
Cornwallis
United States
John J. Pershing
John J
St. Mihiel
Jack Frost and Master Very Cool Plan Frost Party
Jack Frost invites Master Very Cool to his Frost Palace as they discuss summer laziness and winter art. Frost boasts his cave galleries, stepladder access, and magic workers who paint frostings and windows. They anticipate a cold night to start a frost party with color and gaiety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Wrest
Frost Palace
Jack Frost
Lke
Insect Music Secrets of Orthoptera Orchestra
The article explains how crickets and grasshoppers create sound. Crickets rub their forewings together to produce music. Some grasshoppers act like violinists, using a veined fore wing as the violin and the leg as the bow to generate varied tones.
Glass Roofs to Cut Coal Heating
Engineers report that new sunlight based mechanisms could reduce coal heating needs by capture through glass roofs. The work points to efficient solar gain and potential cost savings for buildings adopting glass roofing in practical climate conditions.
Glass roofs eyed to save fuel in winter homes
Builders test the idea of glass roofs combined with proper insulation to cut heating needs. Proponents point to sunlit bays where warmth is produced passively, while skeptics are directed to observe a sunny bay window on a cold day.
Cause for Joy in a Deaf Joke Exchange
A passerby questions a boy about his sharp tongue. The boy replies his mother would be pleased since she is stone deaf, turning the insult into a grim pun. The exchange reflects a bitter humor about disability within a street conversation.
Ostrich Racing in Vienna and Rome
Ostrich racing is a popular sport in Vienna and Rome with trained jockeys. Ostriches can reach speeds up to 26 miles per hour, and a two man crew can outpace horses. The birds average strides of about 12 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Rome
Women Smokers Face Mouth Cancer in Orient
Dr. Herman Prinz of the University of Pennsylvania notes in parts of the Orient women smoke more than men and suffer high mouth cancer rates. He says tobacco causes about fifty per cent of mouth cancer cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Prinz
University of Pennsylvania
Orient
Bayer Aspirin Advertisement Claims Safety and Affordability
An advertisement touts Bayer Aspirin as genuine when the Bayer Cross appears on the package or tablets and asserts safety proven by millions of users. It lists uses for headache lumbago rheumatism and other pains, notes unbroken Bayer packaging, and mentions handy boxes of twelve tablets plus bottles of 24 and 100 sold by druggists for a few cents.
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Frederick R. Green
Health
Western Newspaper Union
Baltur
Valhalla
Fort McHenry
Baltimore
Francis Scott Key
Master Very Cool
Jonah
Bellans
di Scholls
Ostrich Racing
F. Bayer
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