Senate bill for a national department of public health
A new U S senate bill seeks a national department of public health based on Pan American Medical Congress ideas. It would study diseases and prevention along with labor conditions food costs water purity and other welfare matters. The piece also notes federal deficits and revenue shifts in the recent months.
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United States
Senate
Department of Public Health
Pan-American Medical Congress
North
South
Central America
Oddities And Opinions From A Far Lined Column
A collage of anecdotes on McKinley’s routine and new world steam ideas. It notes a Massachusetts Congressman’s push to ban prize fighting, Musings on a submarine craft and the Bible at inauguration, plus tea cigarettes and a Buffalo man who eats only grains and nuts for three days on six cents.
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Congressman Morse
Massachusetts
Congress
A. H. Frank
Buffalo
N. Y
Mr. Frank
Bazin’s Roller Steamboat Trial Fails to Meet Transatlantic Promise
An 1880s report describes M. Ernest Bazin’s roller steamboat concept a large iron box on six rollers with 750 hp machinery. Trials showed insubstantial power transfer, weight distribution flaws, and paddles acting as brakes, causing excessive immersion and collapse of the project’s hoped speed.
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M. Ernest Bazin
M. Bazin
McKinley’s Oath Kissing Verse Highlighted
The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph notes that a president often kisses a Bible verse during oath taking. It cites McKinley pressing his lips to a significant verse as Chief Justice Fuller administered the oath to assume office.
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The
United States
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
McKinley
Fuller
Tea Smoking Linked to Nervous Strain and Brain Boost
Medical observers warn that tea cigarettes are increasing in use and may trigger nervousness or mania in some workers while stimulating creative thought in others. Reports describe tea smoking parties, concealment habits, and shops stocking green tea cigarettes for regular customers.
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New York
West Side
Bryn Mawr Leader Receives Honorary LL D in Allegheny
Miss M. Carey Thomas president of Bryn Mawr College was awarded an honorary degree of LL D by the Western University of Pennsylvania at Allegheny Pennsylvania.
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M. Carey Thomas
Bryn Mawr College
Western University of Pennsyia
Allegheny, Pa
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Brooklyn
Brain Manufacturing Company
Jefferson City
White House
Washington
Grant
Paris
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Seine
Rouen
Ernest Bazin
Solomon
David
Bazin
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