Colorado co operative colony offers fresh air cure for consumptives
A ten acre Barnum Colorado project backs a self supporting colony for early stage consumptives. Twenty doctors and Denver businessmen support the plan to let patients live in tents and work outdoors to gain health. Miss Margaret S Dunne, a World War nurse, leads the effort and aims to expand nationally.
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Colorado
Barnum
Denver
New York Sun
Hocky Mountain
Outon
Hell
Margaret S. Dunne
Spain
Cuba
Havana
Eminent Dutch Physician Herman Boerhaave Recalls Early Struggles
Dr. Johnson’s life of Boerhaave highlights a gifted Dutch doctor who, hindered by a painful childhood disease, cured himself through study and experiment. He pursued medicine with perseverance, becoming a professor and aiding medical science while suffering many illnesses himself. He valued patient care and often reflected on his studies to ease pain.
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Johnson
Herman Boerhaave
Boerhaave
C. J. Blake
Glass paving opens in Paris footpath by Garchey
The Rue Trouchet area in Paris has been paved with a new glass process invented by M. Garchey and opened to the public. It forms a solid foothold with little dust and promises to absorb less debris, utilizing various glass types in its construction.
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Paris
Trouchet
M. Garchey
New York Sun
Hasmat
Feather Prayer Sticks Among Navajos and Pueblos
Traditional practice shows white feathered prayer sticks used in Pueblo and Navajo rituals. Each stick bears a tuft of downy feathers bound at the top and is placed in secret prayer spots to seek favor from spirits or “the Trues.”
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Burma
Blindfold Cork Trick Tests Your Choice
A description explains a fronted party game where a cork with one burned end is moved along the face after the participant is blindfolded. The person is asked to name the preferred end three times, influencing the cork’s path across the forehead nose and cheeks before revealing the outcome.
Giant Story Sends Boy to Sleep
A caregiver narrates a playful tale of a giant who swallows seas and mountains, mistakes stars for fireflies, and causes the moon to dim. After crying oceans of tears, he finally falls asleep under the covers, leaving the boy and the giant both peacefully asleep.
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Phil
Habberton recounts printer misprint prank at Harper dinner
John Habberton recalls a youthful joke setting Ruskin's praise of artists, altering painters to printers in The Seven Lamps of Architecture. The error persisted for years, entertaining thousands until Habberton confessed to a Harper cousin whose reply was a sharp three word verdict.
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John Habberton
Helen
T Am
New York
Harpers
Architecture
Venice
Ruskin
Rascal
On Broadway Jokes and a Calf Law Tale
A New York Times anecdote recalls Oscar Hammerstein and Richard Mansfield clashing over a Broadway claim while a Washington Post jab notes a district lawyer who proves legal codes fail him as he cannot locate calf ownership in any law book. The humor hinges on theatrical bravado and statutory gaps.
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Oscar Hammerstein
Richard
Broadway
Mr. Hammerstein
Monsieur Beaucaire
Mr. Mansfield
New York Times
Flute Player Refuses License in Small Town Rehearsal
The Frank Daniels company musical director Fred Eustis recounts a rehearsal where a flute player defies instruction by retorting you are no good and you cannot play. The mayor, claiming authority, insists no license will be granted unless the flute man complies, ending in a standoff.
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Fred Eustis
Frank Daniels Company
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