Boy 15 Giant to Undergo Brain Surgery
John Michael, 15, towering at six feet seven inches and still growing, will have an unprecedented operation at Medico-Chirurgical Hospital to remove part of the pituitary gland at the base of the brain. Surgeons hope this stops growth to prevent mind impairment and collapse under his size. trials on dogs inspired the approach, while the Penn researchers face cruelty charges.
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Goliath
Judson Daland
Europe
University of Pennsylvania
Poslam Promise Soothe Skin Distress and Eczema
An advertisement proclaims Poslam stops itching cools and comforts skin within weeks, curing eczema acne and other irritations while outperforming claims. It notes Poslam and Poslam Soap are sold by druggists with 50 cent and 26 cent prices and offers free samples from Emergency Laboratories New York City.
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Emergency Laboratories
West 265Th Street
New York City
American plays in great demand hits London stage
New York reports growing American play demand as six former New York successes look to London openings next season. London managers seek material. Nat Wills and the Follies headline at the New Amsterdam as audiences await the latest edition.
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Ziegfield
New York
Nat Wills
New Amsterdam
Americans Fear London Repeats Broadway Hits Abroad
The article discusses American concerns over London producers staging New York plays such as The Faun Years of Discretion and A Poor Little Rich Girl. It notes past failures like Sir Beerbohm Tree’s Darling of the Gods and urges London managers to study Broadway plays in New York before exporting them.
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London
Lic
New York
Belasco
Sir Beerbohm Tree
Selasco
Tree
Wilson nominates consuls and ministers in new slate
President Wilson announced nominations naming Phillip Holland of Tennessee as consul at Basel Switzerland. He also named John D. O'Rear of Missouri and Henry Van Dyke of New Jersey as ministers to Bolivia and The Netherlands Luxemburg respectively. United States attorneys for Western Louisiana George W. Jack and Eastern Tennessee Lewis M. Coleman were also nominated.
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Washington
Wilson
Basel
Switzerland
Phillip Holland
Tennessee
John D. O’rear
Missouri
Bolivia
Henry van Dyke
New Jersey
Netherlands
Luxemburg
United States
Western
Louisiana
George W. Jack
Lewis M. Coleman
Uniform grading system sought for cotton seed oil
Government bureau of standards aims to establish a uniform grading system for cotton seed oil. I G Priest announced the effort to the Society of Cotton Products Analysts convention in Chicago.
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Chicago
Government Bureau of Standards
I. G. Priest
Bureau
the Society of Cotton Products Analysts
Follies of 1913 Captures Broadway Summer Glitz
The New York summer edition of Follies arrives at the New Amsterdam with a starry lineup. Bert Williams is absent but Frank Tinney, Leon Errol, and a vivid chorus headline fourteen New York set pieces with fashionably scant costumes. Jose Collins leads a brunette chorus and Elizabeth Brice, Rose Dolly, and Misses Kelly, Jerome, Carlton, Chatelaine, Pennington dazzle in lively scenes and exotic venues.
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York
London
Barrie
Maughm
Pinero
Golsworthy
Chambers
New York
Harbor
New York Theatre
New Amsterdam
Bert Williams
Frank Tinney
Anaes
Williams
Leon Errol
Broadway
Jose Collins
Elizabeth Brice
Rose Dolly
Martin Brown
Ethel Kelly
Florence Jerome
Evelyn Carlton
Stella Chatelaine
Ann Pennington
McAlpin
Bryan Park
New York Public Library
Gatun Dam
Panama
Palais
Quits pulpit to practice law in Georgia
Dr. Dent Atkinson, longtime Presbyterian minister and chautauqua speaker, quit preaching, changed from Republican to Democrat, and passed a Georgia bar exam. An English-born scholar with a PhD from Illinois and Harvard diploma, he plans to locate in Atlanta in September to practice criminal law or corporate law before state and federal courts.
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Griffin
Dent Atkinson
Republican Party
Democratic
Georgia
Robert T. Daniel
Flint River
Dr. Atkinson
University of Ilinois
Harvard
Ohio Northen University
Hig
Aulsata
Atkinison
Wilson sticks to Glass bill urging Congress to act
President Wilson reaffirms support for the Glass currency bill and tells Democratic lawmakers on the House banking and currency committee that the constitution gives him the right to recommend legislation. He says he is justified in urging the measure now before them.
Earthquake Toll Reported in Tirnova and Gornia-Orohovitza
Reports from Sofia on the Bulgaria quake say hundreds killed in Tirnova with many buildings destroyed at Gornia-Orohovitza. Shocks continue.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Tirnova
Gornia-Orohovitza
Guaranteed Eczema Remedy Advertisement Claim
Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment is promoted as a long used physician formula guaranteed to cure eczema and other skin eruptions. A Bath reader claims twenty five years of struggle ended by the ointment. Available from druggists or by mail at 50 cents from Chemical Co Philadelphia and St Louis and Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.
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Price 50c. Chemical Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
van Antwerp Drug Corporation
Keep Chickens Strong by Exercise and Dry Feeding
The article argues leg weakness in chicks stems from lack of exercise and overreliance on wet mash. It urges making chicks scratch and work for feed, using dry grain and forage, and cutting mash to build bone and muscle. It also covers mite control with kerosene and axle grease and warns against overfeeding mash.
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Willie
Mr. Stomach
Garden of Eden
Suse
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