Cost study shows TB sanatoriums spend most on food and salaries
A National Association study of thirty tuberculosis sanatoriums finds food costs average 0.64 per patient per day, salaries and wages 0.481, and fuel and lighting 0.200. Total per-patient daily costs range from 0.946 to 2.655 with higher totals in the west. Total expenditures reach 13,?04,955.28 against 16,48,626.74 receipts, over 70 percent from public funds and charity. only 35 percent from patients.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention
Colorado
New Mexico
California
New York
New Maoylanlh
Epidemic of Itch in Welsh Village
Tale recalls Dowlais Wales fif teen years ago with families struck by a harsh itch disease. A famed healer failed, Cuticura remedies cured all, three glazers and others in the household also benefited, end of tale notes long use of Cuticura products.
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Dowlais
Wales
Tothera
Thomas Hugh
West Huron 8
Chicago
How Heo Kept the Law
A friend recalls a factory visit where preserves were said to be coated in a white powder claimed as a preservative. The proprietor confirms the powder is used to satisfy government rules prohibiting other preservatives, describing the practice and its legal basis.
Wealth and Poverty Shape Mexican Cemetery Practices
In Matamoras and Guanajuato the poor face neglected graves and scattered remains while wealthier mourners secure better care. Bones are often piled or moved when rent lapses, with catacomb skeletons at Guanajuato once exposed to tourists now clothed to hide their nakedness, as authorities try to curb disturbing displays for visitors.
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Matamoras
Mexico
Cuanajuito
Guanajauta
Commercial paving blocks from marriola shrub in Texas
Austin reports a new paving block made from marriola shrub pulp mixed with asphalt. Z W Cannon of San Antonio has a Texas state contract to buy all marriola on public lands in Presidio and Brewster counties for 31040. The shrub reportedly yields rubber and could offer profitable returns after recent extraction advances in Mexico.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Z W Cannon
San Antonio
Ile
State of
Mexico
Monster Turtle Captured by Rhode Island Students
Three Rhode Island Agricultural College students in Bristol and Pawtucket pursued a massive freshwater turtle in Thirty Acre Lake. The creature weighed about 0 pounds, stretched three feet across, with a four inch neck and jaws over three inches wide. The canoe overturned after a paddle was grabbed, leaving the trio in mud and water. The turtle, once freed, was taken home. Professor Barlow deemed it the largest of its kind he has seen, likely very old, perhaps dating back to 1676 swamp times. }
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Providence
Rhode Island Agricultural College
HM Catot
T. TH Nerresnof
Bristol
Thornley
Pawtucket
Barlow
College Zoological Department
Firefighting by Rain of Frogs in Greenwich Farmhouse
In Greenwich Connecticut a farmhouse fire threatened the blaze until mounted firemen ran out of water. They found a small pool and dumped about five hundred gallons of frogs and two hundred gallons of water on the flames. It began to rain frogs and the unusual method extinguished the fire swiftly.
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Greenwich
Lawrence Helucia
Topless Potatoes Foo!tage Near Burnham Park
Proprieter Martin of the St Charles hotel near Burnham park owns a farm where a farmer reports topless potatoes growing. An investigation found two supposed Early Rosa spuds with no stalks but roots and potatoes as large as shell bark peels. The farmer calls it good for the bugs and expects it to aid the crop.
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Lewistown
Parks Martin
St. Charles
Burnham Park
TOWED 30 MILES BY WHALE
Seattle reports a 74 foot whale towed a fishing dory 30 miles from Middleton Island after an anchor dropped into the whale’s blowhole. Captain Smith, owner of a 600 acre fox farm, describes the whale forcing the craft along at speed, hitting rocks, breaking its jaw, and dying.
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Seattle
Wash
Smith Seal
Middleton Island
Smith
Middleton
Gypsy Court Musician Appointed by Emperor Franz Josef
Bela Berkes, a reader in a Hungarian gypsy orchestra, is named court hall musician by Emperor Franz Josef. Berkes has previously performed for the German emperor and the late King Edward, with the hatter often employing him for social gatherings and art parties.
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Jennx
Franz Josef
Ban
Bela Berkes
Berken
Edward
Debate and insult fail to rattle Sumner in dinner exchange
A dinner in London features Charles Sumner calmly replying to an English barbs about burning dead heroes. A guest misstates British custom while Sumner quotes Gray to uphold American practices. The exchange ends without further criticism.
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Charles Sumner
London
Chicago Preachers Frustrate Moral Claims
Chicago preachers have been telling the people that they are mean and selfish and often that they all believe it and practise it. The remark reflects a critical view of moral preaching and public perception.
Fragmented OCR health note on swollen feet and comfort aids
Readable phrases discuss swollen aching feet and comfort items. Mentions Allen and Olmuted Leltoy N in garbled context. The fragment suggests advice or product references but is unclear and lacks coherent events or entities.
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Allen
Have You Ever Figured In A Divorce Suit
A humorous reflection on divorce law where a speaker says he never figured the case, only paid the bills while lawyers did the figuring. The quip highlights financial burden over legal strategy in marital disputes.
Castoria safety notice and social vignette excerpt
The text urges mothers to examine Castoria for the signature, noting its long use. It also includes a dated social vignette about an American family and a guest, with a euphemistic exchange about propriety and flirtation. The fragment ends with a prayer line from Lippincott.
The Deacon's Parable Told by a Pulpit Supplanted
A self confident young clergyman fills a country church pulpit and after service provokes a deacon. The crone plain spoken keeper of the crusty elder answers with a parable about tracking deer in the wrong direction.
Lydia Pinkham Vegetable Compound touted by Baltimore woman
A Baltimore woman testifies four years of misery cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims relief from irregularities, severe pains, nervous tension, and digestive distress and invites readers to seek guidance from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Baltimore
Lydia LA Picritain
Franklin St
Lydia Pinkhim
Lydia EB Pinkham
Pinkham
Lynn Mass
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Poytum Cereal Company Limited
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Regular Army
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Tareawind College
Remety Co
Lord Stanleigh
Lippincott
Carter
Carter Little Ly
Salt Lake City
United States
R. V. Pierce
Lr. Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
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Preet
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Jamaica
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