Death of a Baltimore Boy from Mosquito Bite
Harry Daley aged 9 died in Baltimore after an operation for a bite related complication. The case began with a foot bite last summer, swelling spread to the leg and groin, and a silver-dollar sized lump formed. His death followed the hospital procedure when the boy could not withstand the shock. Also notes remedies and malaria warnings with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Mentions experimental plowing by electricity in Spain using a twenty horsepower dynamo and a field motor on a plow three miles away.
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Harry Daley
Baltimore
Marquis de la Laguna
Spain
New Kind of Mole Found in South America
A new mole type has been discovered in South America that never surfaces. In Chicago a report notes a syndicate offered a large sum for No-To-Bac, the tobacco habit cure. the trust denies any sale. No-To-Bac remains widely available with guarantees or refunds from many druggists.
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South America
Chicago
America
Dead Sea microbes solved by French researcher
Dr Lortet reports specific microbes of gangrene and tetanus found in Dead Sea water. Inoculated rabbits die quickly, proving the sea hosts organisms once doubted. Also notes brief quips and advertisements on medical tonics and household remedies.
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Dead Sea
Dr. Lortet
Syrup of Figs Promises Gentle Laxative Benefit
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative cleansing the system and aiding kidneys liver and bowels without weakening them. It touts wide medical approval, pleasant taste, and relief from colds headaches fevers and constipation. Sold by druggists in 50 cents and 1 dollar bottles, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers Draw Pensions
Eight living Revolutionary War widows, none aged past the century, receive government pensions. Nancy Cloud of Carroll County Virginia recounts her husband William Cloud, a successful county figure who died in 1842 after a long life, leaving education funds for their son Washington and hard memories of wartime hardship.
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Washington
Asenath Turner
Samuel Durham
Connecticut
Long Island
Hudson River
Turner
Manchester
Ontario County
N. Y
Mr. Durham
Mansfield
York State
Revolutionary Widows Remember Heroes Across States
A Sunday World feature recalls widows of Revolutionary War soldiers, detailing their ages and lives in Vermont Virginia New York and Ontario. It highlights Patty Richardson Mary Snead Nancy Cloud and Asenath Turner, with their husbands’ service under Washington Schuyler and others and quotes Mrs Turner’s letter about life in early America.
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Patty Richardson
Godfrey Richardson
New York
East Bethel
Windsor County
Schuyler
Herkimer
Arnold
Burgoyne
Richardson
Mary Snead
Bowdoin Snead
Washington
Parksley
Accomac
Sunday World
William Cloud
Premonition of Death Ends in Lethal Train Accident
Engineerincharge Martin McInerney perished after his dream of death proved prophetic while inspecting a locomotive on the Roxborough Reservoir line in Philadelphia. In a curve, he fell between the cab and tender as the train surged forward. multiple trucks passed over him, leaving him a severely injured, later dying at St Timothy’s Hospital. He had warned a coworker he would not live to sunset that day.
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Engineer McInerney
Martin McInerney
Roxborough Reservoir
Philadelphia
McInerney
St. Timothy’s Hospital
Crete Chautauqua gathered with rail fare deals announced
The Nebraska S S Assembly will hold its fourteenth annual Cree at Crete July 3 15 with entertainment and instruction. Railroads offer one fare to Crete good until July 14 and from July 5 to 14 from 150 miles to Crete return not until July 14. Information and tents via Professor J S Brown Crete Neb. Dancing killed him aged 79 James McCarty of Gaskill NB Jefferson Co died recently at 79 from overheating while dancing outdoors. He hunted for years and stayed active until illness. he enjoyed violin and dancing for crowds.
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Crete
J. S. Brown
Neb
James McCarty
Gaskill
N. B
Jefferson County
McCarty
Corpses in trees and other curious bits from era notices
In Australia some natives place corpses on platforms or in trees to deter wild dogs, though carrion birds still feed on them. A column of varied bits mentions teething remedies, domestic advice, and humorous exchanges, including a sign off.
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Australia
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Scotland
Fize
Forth
Schrage
Dearborn
Sam
Commissioner of Pensions
New York World
Yorktown
Mr. Cloud
Nancy Cloud
Mary
Patty Richards Womgh
Asenata Turner
U.S
Royal Oder
Premon
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Jove
Cholly
Polly
Winston
Ana Jack
Hegeman
U. Clark Co
New Haven
Hall
Hanson
Gilbert
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
Pierce
Lorillard
Cimak
H. T. Clark Drug CO
Lincoln
Nebraska
Windsor
Parkers
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