Tuberculosis Costs and Health Notes From New York and Beyond
A New York physician estimates national tuberculosis costs at 320 million annually, with city care exceeding six hundred thousand dollars yearly. The piece also discusses public health measures, cocaine misuse anecdotes, and the value of simple living, exercise, and quiet living for longevity, citing various international statistics on tuberculosis mortality and historical views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon Biggs
New York
United States
New York City
Biggs
City of
Massachusetts Medical Journal
Pryor
France
Germany
Paris
London
Fruit Nectar and Macaroni Au Gratin Dishes
The article lists fruit nectar preparation using Concord grapes or berries with water boil and sugar, then bottling. It also details a macaroni au gratin with cottage cheese cream crackers and buttered dish, plus a grape fruit serving with sugar and cherries. It covers vegetable bouillon from bran and tomato, celery, onion, mint simmering, and a Golden Salad with hard boiled eggs bound in mayonnaise.
Old Dutch Village Dykes and Ducks in Prolific Scrubbing
Special Correspondence describes an isolated Dutch village near Rotterdam reached by devious routes. Seventeen women artists and a lone painter stayed with a hospitable widow in a house and barn, facing bed rock, ladders, canals, windmills, and tiny dog-drawn carts. The piece paints the scrubbing zeal of Dutch housewives, clompers being made, rivers as laundry basins, and a kitchen full of brass pewter Delft and red chimneys echoing Rembrandt and Hals themes.
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Rotterdam
Holland
Dordrecht
Hopkinson Smith
Venice
Tin
Delft
Astead
Rembrandt
Franz Hals
Gerard Dow
Jan Steen
Israel
Panama 18 Rich Now Invests From Canal Funds
Panama's small republic received 10 million for its Panama Canal stake and plans heavy investment in New York real estate. M. J. Grimwood of New York said much is loaned at 4 percent on Manhattan property while 1 million funds is used for Isthmian improvements and 2.5 million sits with New York trust firms. Panama aims to manage about 9 million with customs and taxes to sustain its finances, per a San Francisco Examiner report.
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Little
Republic of Ama
United States
New York
M. J. Grimwood
St. Francis Hotel
Manhattan
Ad Canal
Mttle Republic
Isthmna
Inter
Manuel Ariat
San Francisco Examiner
Ought to Come High and Lobbyist Banter
A fragmented transcript shows lobbyists debating fees and reputations. One mocks an official as Hon. eat John while another hints at extra charges, reflecting casual, partisan chatter rather than formal policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thuy
John
Alman
How to Open a Book Right and Wrong Ways
A Pearson's Weekly note explains proper book handling. Holding the volume with the back on the table, open the front and back covers gently, then alternately lift leaves from back and front toward the center. Repeat two or three times to avoid damaging the spine.
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Pearson’s Weekly
Sugar Universal Need and Its Global Impact
A writer notes sugar transformed Europe and the world by widening access through cheaper production. Once for medicine and luxury, it now fuels energy and growth, supporting muscle work, reducing fatigue, and aiding children's development for overall health and well being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Frost-Messating Plans At Salem Sweden Station
Frost-messating experiments are under way at the government station in Salem Sweden to breed plant varieties that resist frost. A. N. W. Sawyer notes a new use for Piso’s Cure for Consumption. Babylon’s size is disputed by archaeologist H. Valentine Geere, who says walls were about eight miles around and palaces modest with cramped quarters.
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Salem
Sweden
Babylon
H. Valentine Geere
Tr Kodewey
London
Fts
Bonardi Improves Violin Tone For New Instruments
A Rome to Bucharest letter reports Italian artist Antonio Bonardi, long based in Rome, has found a method to markedly raise violin tone quality. By altering the shape, especially the narrow section, the instrument becomes more elegant in form. At a recent musical conversazione the Bonardi violin, though new, outplayed an old Guadagnini.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Bucharest
Antonio Bonardi
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for Women's Ailments
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a refined remedy for female ailments. It cites extensive experience from the Buffalo Institute and testimonials, describing the tonic as a powerful stimulant and restorative for exhausted or debilitated women and for conditions of the womb and nervous system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo
N. Y
Pigree
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Horace Mann
Health Department
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Orient
Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
N. W. Sawyer
Wermman
Nussbinemaan
Keruvers
Ida
Dr. Willis
Mrs. Brown
Mattoon
Trind
Che Polean
David Kennedy
Fupeon
Albady
St.Jacobstiil
BachKache
Buttelo
N.Y
M. Ished
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