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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1914
Page
6
A medical essay warns that influenza or grip is far deadlier than a common cold. It cites 1904 figures, notes rapid spread and high community impact, and contrasts grip with milder colds. The piece critiques public underestimation and describes historical ignorance before the 1889 epidemic.
An article explains Pfeiffer's bacillus as the cause of influenza or grip. It details eight influenza forms, their dangers, and how the body fights germs with white blood cells and antitoxins. It notes efforts toward artificial antitoxins and vaccines, and advises good nutrition and doctor guidance.
The article argues red and green are poor danger signals due to color blindness and confusion. Dr. Francis D Patterson recommends blue and yellow as better, more luminous and permanent options with quicker recognition even by color blind individuals, reducing repainting needs.
Economists note advertising can reduce prices by boosting demand and cutting production and selling costs. Case evidence shows higher volume lowers per unit costs, allowing lower prices or better quality. Silk makers spent 60,000 yielding 3,000,000 in sales. another firm cut salesman commissions from 10 to 5 percent while advertising kept costs around 2 percent.
Professor John Rennie of the University of Aberdeen argues man is fated to be driven from the earth, overwhelmed by countless smaller creatures and microbes. He cites historic extinctions from mastodons to whales and predicts humanity’s extinction as the tiny, numerous life forms prevail.
The article offers simple treatments for rheumatism using common fruit acids, foot care with hot saltwater soaks and brisk rubbing, a skin remedy with rose water glycerin borax and benzoin, and cleaning black satin with potato water mix followed by ironing for a glossy finish.
X rays show the stomach in nearly horizontal or vertical positions and suggest two possible normal shapes a fish hook or cow horn. The tests indicate rapid emptying may favor one form while digestion favors the other, with gas pockets forming as the stomach contracts.
An article extols the electric dish dryer as a simple home device using a small electric fan a wire basket hot water and current. After washing dishes place them upright in a basket pour hot water and let the fan blow to dry edges of the plates. A hair dryer can speed drying but a fan suffices for practical use.
British researchers led by Professor Charles W. Valentine tested three month old babies with nine color swatches over two week intervals. Yellow white red and pink drew the most gaze and interest while green violet and blue showed the least appeal. The study notes brightest colors are preferred and proposes infants may instinctively seek colors with stimulating muscular effects.
German investigators report detecting alcohol and its products in the spinal fluid of ten subjects with diseases including diabetes and alcoholism. In eight cases significant amounts were found, and alcohol sometimes persisted four to five days after drinking stopped, suggesting slow elimination and possible high cord pressure in delirium tremens.
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