Yellow fever mosquito details from Dr Howard bulletin
The Farmers Bulletin 547 by Dr L O Howard outlines the yellow fever mosquito as the sole transmitter. It describes its tiny size, markings, biting habits, indoor life cycle, and preference for humans, plus its cold sensitivity, flight range, and role in earlier U S outbreaks.
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L. O. Howard
Department of Agriculture
Brazil
Europe
Canaries
British West Indies
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Atlantic
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Montreal
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San Diego
Cal
Carlos Finlay
Habana
Cuba
Sternberg
Wilson Wins Recess Clash With Congress In Washington
President Wilson blocked a senate recess by sending his private secretary Tumulty to warn Democratic senators against a break. Washington business interests applaud as Congress stays in session, boosting activity citywide and strengthening Wilson's popularity at home.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Senate
Tumulty
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Trade
National
Treasury Department
Departments of State, War and Navy
Department of Labor
Marine Band
Executive Mansion
White House
Weston to Turn Farmer After Long Walking Career
Edward Payson Weston, famed wanderer, announces plans to settle as a Minnesota farmer. Returning from a Lake of the Woods trip near Minneapolis, he says he bought a farm five miles from Warren in Rosseau county and will move there next spring.
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Edward Payson Weston
Minnesota
Lake of the Woods
Minneapolis
Warren
Rosseau County
Gaynor Declares Run for New York Mayor in 1909
Mayor Gaynor, despite illness, accepts renomination at City Hall as 5,009 citizens rally to back him. Secretary Robert Adamson reads a sharp speech, ending with a call to dump graft. Gaynor theatrically shovels with a laborer’s spade to symbolize subway-era reform.
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New York
Gaynor
Robert Adamson
Adamson
Rush Dead Boy to Hospital in Speed Effort
An altar boy Harry Barnett of St. Charles Borromeo church Overbrook drowned while trying to save a playmate in the Schuylkill river. A Reading Railroad engine rushed him from Lafayette to West Manayunk hospital where a physician said he was probably dead on arrival.
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Philadelphia
Harry Barnett
Church of St. Charles Borromew
Overbrook
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
West Manyunk
Lafayette
Schuylkill River
West Manayunk
Woman slain in bed at Rice's Landing in Pa
Mrs Josephine P Price 55 of Jefferson township was murdered in her bed last night. Her granddaughter Bertha Fox 12 was attacked. Price, a wealthy land and coal operator, was to Pittsburg on a business trip. A hammer used in the crime was found in the bed. Motive unknown. Neighbor made the discovery.
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Rice’s Landing
Josephine P. Price
Jefferson Township
Bertha Fox
Price
Pittsburg
Parcel post delivers infant body to Philadelphia undertaker
A paper package with a newborn infant's body arrived by parcel post to the firm of David H. Schuyler & Sons in Philadelphia. A note enclosed with $1 asked the mother be buried. The package was turned over to Coroner Knight for investigation.
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Philadelphia
David H. Schuyler & Sons
Broad and
Diamond Streets
Knight
Last of Crow Indians Dies in Michigan
Saginaw Michigan reported Metimop known as Met Wop died on a reservation near Saginaw. Believed to be Michigan's oldest inhabitant, he was blind for three years and once regarded as the last of the Crow Indians in the region. He settled in the Saginaw valley before white settlement and was seen as a leader though mainly a farmer.
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Saginaw
Mich
Metimop
Michigan
Met Wop
First National Conservation exposition opens in Knoxville
In Knoxville Tennessee the First National Conservation exposition is formally inaugurated. Reports note a new insomnia curing serum claimed by two Paris physicians. Postmaster General Burleson appoints postmasters at a rate of thirty two per day since taking office.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Paris
Burleson
Wood Exports to Orient from U S Rise Sharply
Statistics show a notable rise in American lumber exports to the orient with over a quarter million feet used in Samoa Hawaii and the Philippines. Douglas fir leads exports used for flooring ceilings and boat work while California redwood sugar pine and eastern oak supply furniture and wagon components.
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United States
Orient
Samoa
Hawaii
Philippine Islands
Philippines
Pacific Coast
United States Forest Service
California
Ex-convict to receive $25000 under Ohio bequest
Jesse McGregor, once of Lisbon Ohio and now a Pittsburgh resident, will gain about $25000 on deposit in the German National Bank of Pittsburgh. The will conditions a five year sober life after his pardon and a move out of Ohio, with the fund to aid unfortunate women.
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Jesse McGregor
Pittsburgh
Lisbon
Ohio
German National Bank of
Giles McGregor
Wellsville
McGregor
Lizzie Ewing
Rural Post Office Warns Against Loose Coins
The Post Office issues an order telling patrons on rural routes to bundle or envelope coins left for stamps. Rural carriers are not required to collect loose money from boxes and should only lift coins when accompanied by mail for dispatch.
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Post Office Department
Blakeslee
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Weston
River
Lake Metimop
Saginaw, Mich
Chicago
Missouri
The
National Congress of Mothers
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