New Leprosy Treatment Reported Effective in Japan
Dr. Hayoshima cites two months of chaulmoogra oil treatment as making leprosy patients indistinguishable from healthy individuals. He notes 100000 lepers in Japan and outlines a Hawaii chaulmoogra plantation to secure oil supply for widespread use.
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Japan
Chaulmoogra
Hawaii
A. L. Dean
University of Hawaii
BR. Hayoshima
Medical College
Imperial University of Kyoto
Honolulu
Hayoshima
Dean
Kioto University
Kloto University
Doctor Dean
Territorial Board of Agriculture and Forestry
Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association
Walahole
Charles 8. Judd
Dishwashing Sparks Mental Strain Says Stopes
English author Dr Marie Stopes warns dishwashing drives women to insanity claiming nervous tension from housework is often overlooked leading to increased admissions to asylums.
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Marie Stopes
Tragic Crash Kills Linn After Glass Shatters
David Ginns of Philadelphia killed when windshield shard wounds Linn in the neck severing the jugular during an automobile crash. Police report details indicate fatal injury from shattered glass at the scene in Philadelphia.
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David Ginns
Philadelphia
Linn
Mosquito Swarm Overwhelm Spokane Ship Route Pacific
A gale off the fey straits drives millions of mosquitoes onto the steamship Spokane en route from Skagway to Seattle. The crew fights the swarm as the pilot house glass blacks out and passengers retreat to cabins. A chained bear aboard is driven to leap overboard and die. Captain Wallaby preserves several mosquitoes in a pickle bottle at port.
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Fey Straits
Spokane
Skagway
Seattle
Wallaby
Majestic to Command World's Largest Ship Between New York and Southampton
Sir Bertram Hayes, commander of the Olympic, will helm the 56,000-ton Majestic as the world’s largest ship. Owned by American International Mercantile Marine, the Majestic, 956 feet long with space for 400 eight-room houses, is nearing completion and to sail under the Versailles treaty arrangements. Hayes, a 57-year-old bachelor from Birkenhead, has many friends in the United States.
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Majestic
New York
Southampton
Sir Bertram Hayes
Olympic
International Mercantile Marine Company
Reparations Commission
Bertram Hayes
Birkenhead
United States
Fortune in Bees and a City Claim Highlight Iowa Notes
G E Bissonnette of St. Jean Manitoba grew a hive from a soap box after a swarm settled in his yard. He now runs seventy six colonies and sold honey last year for 1,400 dollars. A $8,840 claim against West Point, Iowa, by veteran mail carrier Ophilus Downs follows.
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G. E. Bissonnette
St. Jean
Man
Bissonnette
West Point
Theophilus Downs
Fort Madison
Downs
Diamond Find in Arkansas Weighs 20.25 Carats Near Little Rock
A rough diamond weighing 20.25 carats and worth about 10 000 dollars was found near Little Rock Arkansas. It is part of a total 48 carats recovered from a mine in 10 cent funds of material.
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Little Rock
Ark
War romance ends in ax murder at Prairie Avenue
A Chicago apartment on Prairie Avenue became the scene of a brutal crime as a soldier murdered his wife and their three year old baby with an ax. The killer fled after opening gas fixtures and locking the door, and is believed to be the husband and father. The wife is said to be Patrick Meehan’s daughter from San Francisco. Police hunt for the suspect, a chemist and former soldier, son of a New York police lieutenant.
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Chicago
Prairie Avenue
Patrick Meehan
San Francisco
Leutenant
New York
Stillman Resumes Divorce Suit After Travel Change
In Norfolk Virginia on January 2, James A. Stillman who is suing for divorce abandoned a duck hunting trip to Currituck Sound North Carolina to return to New York and prove he had secured passage for Europe with Florence noneer odd to the same destination after filing the suit.
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North Carolina
Norfolk
James A. Stillman
Currittuck Sound
New York
Europe
Florence Noneer Odd
Russia Attend Genoa Conference Delegation Set
Soviet foreign minister Tehicherin reports to the Italian premier that the Russian central executive committee will meet January 27 to decide the Russian delegation's personnel and grant extraordinary powers. The note says Russia concurs with Cannes leaders on economic and financial rehabilitation.
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Moscow
Tehitcherin
Genoa
Russia
Supreme Council
Cannes
Iowa Day Forc es Increased In Des Moines Policy Push
Des Moines January 21 Iowa's federal prohibition force head G A Brunson reports four new agents will join Iowa headquarters seven more are recommended to reach full strength soon. December saw eight stills seized sixty nine gallons moonshine eight gallons whiskey ten gallons alcohol three cars seized for liquor. Fifty seven of ninety one court cases pleaded guilty with ten men jailed up to sixty days and fines up to five hundred dollars. Property penalties under the Volstead Act totaled thirty five thousand five hundred forty three dollars and fifty three cents. Ben Koolbeck named group chief for the southern half of Iowa as December's report is compiled.
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Des Moines
G. A. Brunson
Iowa
Federal Prohibition Enforcement
Iown
National Prohibition
Washington
Brunson
Blackmailers Fined After Extortion Plot Unfolds
Three men pleaded guilty to malicious threats against Coney Island district court proprietor and were fined 500 each by Judge G W Wood. A failed payoff scheme led to a trap and a gunshot wound to Stephen Sullivan, a railroad agent, during the operation.
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Watcherlog
George Sasse
Orval Mapes
Cecil Halley
G. W. Wood
Coney Island
Foley's Honey and Tar Advertises Cough Relief
Marie Heisler of Freeport Illinois reports years of lingering coughs and ineffective medicines until Foley's Honey and Tar. The ad claims the syrup halts coughing and helps colds croup and whooping cough, suitable for children, with pharmacist availability noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Heisler
Freeport
Ill
Foley
American Woman Fights Octopus at Saint Tropez
Mrs. Tattershall Dodd, a young American, battled an octopus in a coastal grotto at Saint Tropez Var. The creature grasped her legs and her cries drew two fishermen who killed the 5 foot 4 inch monster and freed her.
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Paria
Dan
Hugo
Peiters of
Saint Tropez
Var
Tattershall Dodd
Author John Kendrick Bangs Dies in Atlantic City
In Atlantic City New Jersey John Kendrick Bangs the noted author died at the city hospital after a second operation for an intestinal disorder. Mrs Bangs and the author’s three sons were at his side when death occurred Bangs had fallen ill several weeks ago and was admitted January 1.
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Atlantic City
N. J
John Kendrick Bangs
City Hospital
Prince of Wales Welcomed by Crowds in Mysore
In Mysore on January 23 the prince of Wales was greeted by a throng of inhabitants and thousands from surrounding areas. A long procession of bullock carts delivered spectators who filled the royal route. Bazaars stayed open and a group of young girls strewn flowers as hymns in Sanskrit were chanted by robed pundits.
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Mysore
India
Prince of Wales
Ing
Senate Passes Treasury Appropriation Bill in Senate
The treasury appropriation bill, the first annual measure, passed the Senate carrying 120,272,000 compared with 117,055,406 authorized by the House. It includes 9,250,000 for prohibition enforcement and allows centralizing liquor in a few warehouses to save guarding costs. The bill proceeds to conference.
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Washington
Treasury
Senate
House
First Machinery in Weaving Era Noted
Weaving dates back to ancient times but the first machinery aid appeared in 1783 when the fly shuttle was invented improving weaving speed and efficiency.
SUSTO Promoted For Delicate Children And Adults
An advertisement touts SUSTO as a tested remedy approved by a professor of physiological chemistry. It claims weight gain in undernourished children and others, noting a boy of eleven gained six pounds after months of use. The copy states SUSTO adds growth elements missing from daily diets and recommends Sherman Bros. as sellers.
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Susto
Fife
Sherman Bros
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Pacific
Will
Arkansas
Stillman
RUSS
PIAN
Tchitcherin
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Ben Koolbeck
Towa
District Court
Mittimuss
Halley
Stephen Sullivan
Illinois Central Railway
H. T. Wagner
Joseph Holker
Holker
Sullivan
Capital City
Dew Motnes
Washington County
Capital City Nurseries
U. S
Mrs. Tattershall Dodd
Kendrick Bangs
Says Uncle Eben
Satan
Uncle Eben
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