New Serum Claimed to Cure Tuberculosis and Other Ailments
A German bacteriologist Frederick Mehnarto claims a serum from his Africa research can cure sleeping sickness and tuberculosis. London tests are underway by top investigators, with early reports noting remarkable recoveries and the serum’s use in conditions beyond tuberculosis. Critics like Dr Horne Wilson remain cautious while trials continue.
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London
Frederick Meinarte
Koch
Africa
Mehinarto
Belgian Congo
Mehnarto
Horne Wilson
Melinarto
Friedmann
Hoch
The Light Brigade in New York Parade Scandal
In a New York suffrage parade the forty eight men who escorted a ballet troupe face backlash after managers required Apollo like symmetry for participants. Critics say beauty admission hollowed the Light Brigade’s claim and sparked a quarrel among local men. Where was Hobson?
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New York
Burke
Ballet
Light Brigade
Congressman Hobson
Comparative Values at Harvard in Learning and Athletics
The piece contrasts Professor Hugo Munsterberg earning 4000 dollars yearly for classroom psychology with Percy D. Haughton receiving 7500 dollars for coaching football. It notes Munsterberg earns 52 3 cents per minute of appeal to students while Haughton earns a dollar per minute for football instruction, highlighting unequal values in education and sport.
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Hugo Munsterberg
Harvard
Percy D. Haughton
Munsterberg
Haughton
Why This Amendment Sparks Debate in Food Safety
The Journal of the American Medical Association questions an amendment to the 1906 Food and Drugs Act striking the phrase or vegetable from the adulterated definition. It asks what public value this would add and whether it serves manufacturers who might profit from selling decayed produce as food.
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House of Representatives
Journal of the American Medieal Association
Getting to Know the Home Folks
The Chamber of Commerce plans a Mobile county visit to meet newcomers and welcome new settlers, especially scientific farmers boosting regional development. The trip along the Louisville and Nashville line aims to foster friendly ties between Mobile and surrounding towns and support city growth.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Louisville
Nashville
Montgomery
Alabama
Mobile County
Endorsing the Electric Chair in Alabama Debate
The Item urges replacing hanging with the electric chair in Alabama as humane and necessary after a bungled Montgomery execution. The Age Herald supports the debate, citing Senator Hugh Morrow who plans to push a bill and noting officials favor the chair over the scaffold.
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Montgomery County
Alabama
Age-Herald of
Birmingham
Hugh Morrow
Jefferson County
Morrow
Montgomery
Union
House
Senate
Rural School Terms urged to reach city standards nationwide
Dr. Claxton, U S commissioner of education, asks Alabama officials to push a campaign to raise rural school terms toward nine months. He notes many states lag, with some rural terms under six months, and calls for minimum eight to nine months, plus better training, libraries, and college preparation for rural teachers.
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Claxton
United States
Alabama
Connecticut
Rhode Island
California
Iowa
Michigan
Maryland
Kansas
Nebraska
New Jersey
New York
South Dakota
Washington
Wisconsin
Florida
Arkansas
Nort
Respect For Courts Warns Of Ill Effects On Justice
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes told a New York dinner that public disrespect for high courts and suspicion of their decisions damages honest efforts to apply law. He blamed ignorant venting by sensationalists whose rhetoric weakens faith in impartial enforcement of justice.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
United States Court
New York
Militants Mock Parliament Law Allowing Peaceful Starvation
The text notes militants oppose forcible feeding and scorn parliamentary law permitting starvation as a peaceful option. It contains a dismissive question about why they resist the law if it aligns with their tactics, and includes a brief, cryptic remark about the answer to Mig being yes.
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Indianapolis News
Mig
The Mistakes of Jennie Chapter Meeting
Jennie notes a stranger, THE MAN, follows her and shares rides, leading to a dinner date. He appears friendly and lonely, inviting her to a bright restaurant with wine. Jennie, enticed by his politeness, enjoys the evening and feels unusually happy. HAL COFFMAN.
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Jennie
Hal Coffman
Central America described as tropical paradise and potential canal playground
Washington reports on the Panama Canal era, praising Central America as a tropical, fruit-rich region. It highlights bananas, coffee, and other crops, the people’s carefree life, and dramatic coastlines, warning of perilous reefs and a future spotlight on the area as world commerce grows.
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Washington
Panama Canal
Central America
Tropics
South America
A Line O' Cheer Each Day of the Year
A short verse urging readers to discard imagined grievances and act, warning that dwelling on wrongs can nurture them and lead to more trouble rather than relief.
What Novel Readers Like In England Today
A Boston Globe commentary debates whether readers favor novels about their own class or other classes. It notes Dickens Thackeray and Mrs Wharton drawing broad interest across readers while London Kaufman Oppenheim depict poor lives. The piece suggests the ultimate great American novel will embrace democracy across classes.
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Ngland
Dickens
Thackeray
Mrs. Wharton
Canal Zone Architecture and Lighthouses Highlight Panama Project
The article notes US canal plans integrate with local beauty, detailing public buildings in Central American style and new lighthouses along the route. It envisions Gatun Lake and second canal reach navigation, with concrete beacons guiding ships through tropical marshes. It predicts Colon and Panama becoming popular within a decade after opening.
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Canal Zone
United States
Panama
Spain
Gatun Lake
Colon
Ostend
Europe
Atlantic City
America
Bonds of Lake Shore at three and a half percent
New York May 6 Investors sought three and one half percent bonds as bank and state issues used to attract buyers. The Lake Shore issue of about fifty million dollars set a precedent for high grade securities at sub four percent, boosting Speyer and challenging Morgan.
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New York
Lake Shore
Albany
Europe
James Speyer
Vanderbilts
Grand Central Station
Mr. Speyer
Mr. Morgan
Morgan House
Vanderbilt
Pujo
Speyer
McKinley
United States
South Africa
Japan
China
Russia
Clearing House Association
Lake Shore Railroad Company
City of
Ashhel Fitch
New York City
New York State
Sovertae
Uae
Roger
Lane
Peter
Bowie
Inclines
Ey Cain Aerpanta
The Trees of Paris and Their Care
Paris began a major program under Napoleon III to plant trees along streets. Holes five feet deep revealed sandy pebbly soil and a hard clay layer. Trenches, rich soil, and nurseries trained roots to spread horizontally, leading to robust growth and trees that may be the finest in the world with an average life near forty years.
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Paris
Chicago
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