Dope Habits Threaten U S Health Says Officials
Dr Harvey W Woes warns drug use, including cocaine morphine opium, has grown to alarming levels across major cities. He cites 100 dangerous dope products and widespread illicit importation, urging Congress to pass stringent laws to curb the drug habit and protect public health.
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United States
Harvey W. Woes
Bureau of Chemistry
Department of Agriculture
Whitt
Aeristure Wilson
Eles
Congress
Wilson
Wiley
Ll. F. Kehler
Division of Drugs
Memphis
Kebler
Houston
Tex
Ohio
Onnes
China
Committee On Ways and Means
House of Representatives
Hamilton Wright
State Department
Washington
International Opium Commission
Shanghai
Charles H Brent
Philippines
Charles D. Tenney
Peking
Wright
Knox
Taft
Opium and narcotics trade faces federal crackdown
Congressional hearings reveal estimates that the United States imports pounds of opium yearly with most turned into morphine. Officials defend a federal bill to register importers and tax drugs, aiming to curb interstate trafficking and reduce illicit use nationwide. The testimony cites Massachusetts New England trends and Maine cases, urging strong federal cooperation with state laws.
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Committee On Ways and Means of the
House
Germany
United States
China
Italy
Austria- Hungary
Committee On Ways and Means
Internal Revenue
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
South
Secretar, Nox
New York
Georgia
North
New England
Massachusetts
Maine
Department F
Portland
Lumber Ups
Kansas
Waime
Christopher Koch
State Pharmaceutical Examining Board
Pennsylvania
Ways and Means
Mattee
Koch
Philadelphia
Wireless signaling to run trains debated in railroad circles
Dr Millener of the Union Pacific described to a Post correspondent the move from coherer signals to wireless telegraphy and wireless telephone for communicating with moving trains. He cited trials on several roads including Pennsylvania Harrisburg Altoona and Canadian Pacific and explained challenges such as noise from movement and weather while noting success in distance tests and the use of improvised receiving antennas like umbrellas.
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Tnion Pacific
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Altoona
Canadian Pacific Railway
Presseaa
Wreless
Rai
Frederick Hl
Lener
Union Pacific
Omaha
Union Pacife
Millener
Moyme
di Millener Gad
Wwe
Miljener
The Shadow Game at New York Subway Tickets
A detective exposes a Boston origin scam where subway ticket sellers use a shadow trick to skim coins. A guard notices one man reading a newspaper while others are distracted by misaligned change, leading to dismissal for the shadowing technique.
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New York
Boston
Subway
Pine Country
Why Nature Lovers Make Poor Sportsmen
An elderly woodsman, Joe Cusack, teaches the narrator a lesson on nature while out hunting. A mouse bathes in a water-filled deer track as a bear appears. Joe shoots the bear, and Tubby bags a five-prong buck. The tale muses on observing nature versus pursuing prey, ending with Joe’s wry grin.
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Joe Cusack
Jon
Joe
Nature
Plessy
Tubby
Old Joe
Aeroplane tents for aviators travel and exhibitions
Aeroplane tents in cotton duck meet varied sizes from 3 by 40 feet to 9 by 60 feet. They are wall tents with external framing and end poles for clear end openings to ease aircraft entry and exit. Peak is cable supported. side poles brace the peak midway. Prices range from 300 to 875 dollars, suited for traveling aviators and fixed installations.
The Battle of Marriage Quip by Mrs Snawgen
Mrs Philip Snawgen, an English suffragette, offered a witty remark at a Colony Club tea in New York about marriage being a lifelong struggle to identify which partner is the one. The quip highlighted the tensions within partnership.
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Philip Snawgen
Colony Club
New York
Red Eagle
Elliot Scheyck
Edith Wynne Matthison
Chigosa
Simna
Bright Water
Rairi Wind
Simwa
Lttle
Chisera
Museum of Natural History
Natoma
Everywoman on Broadway prompts praise and pathos
A review of the Broadway production Everywoman notes its virile staging and star performance by Laura Nelson Hall, praising the debut of Wealth and Truth figures, while critiquing Hall's vocal ardor but lauding her beauty and presence amid a capable cast led by Patricia Collinge and Cooper Cliffe. The piece also surveys the adjacent theater slate and Indian opera Natoma, with mixed judgments on drama and music quality.
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Laura Nelson Hall
Everywoman
Frederic de Belleville
Wealth
Vs. le Moyne
Truth
Edward Mackay
Love
H. Cooper Cliffe
Nobody
Miss Hall
Edith Wynne Matthison
Julia Marlowe
Patricia Collinge
Cooper Cliffe
John L. Shine
Stuff
Otis Skimmer
Daly
Eugene Walker
Casino
Herald Square Theater
Ethel Barrymore
The
Capitol
Washington
Victor Herbert
Joseph D. Redding
Metropolitan Opera House
Mary Garden
California
John McCormack
Herbert
New Playhouse
Forty-sixth Street
Times Square
George Marion
Signor Alfin Corti
New Winter Garden
Berlin Winter Garden
New York
Helen Ware
Blanche Bates
Viola Allen
Holbrook Blinn
William Collier
Weber
Fields
Augustus Thomas
Benjamin B. Lindsey
Denver
Children’s Court
Chicago
Hilen Terry
Fred
Chrader
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Trenton
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