Bold Brain Serum Therapy Performs Historic Operation
A 51 year old man with paresis undergoes the first direct brain serum treatment in the United States at St Mary’s Hospital, using two skull holes to inject salvarsanic serum into each brain hemisphere. Dr. Ellwood R. Kirby leads a team delivering this radical approach to soften the brain and halt mental decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
St. Mary’s Hospital
Ellwood R. Kirby
Leo Wejczynski
George Kieffer
Edward Murphy
Robby D. Snirley
Kirby
France
Short course opens with good attendance in LaPorte
The LaPorte Daily Bulletin reports the opening of the short course with strong turnout across men and ladies classes. Farm products flood the secretary’s office while the ladies show fine home cooking exhibits and students display map drawing and water color work. Nearby visits include Mr and Mrs Dimmick of Giltner Neb visiting the Gingrich home. Mrs Kline and two children stay in Hazleton with sister Mrs John Mack. Chas Hayzlett’s absence due to grip. Cards announce a new son for Paul and Mrs Thompson of Jacksonville Ill. Fred Taylor family from Dysart spent Sunday with A L Longaker family.
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la Porte City
Dimmick
Giltner, Neb
C. B. Gingrich
Artthur Kline
Hazleton
Kline
John Mack
Chas. Hayzlett
John
Jacksonville
Paul Thompson
Thompson
Leo McCutcheon
Fred Taylor
Dysart
A. K. Longaker
Major Cotton Near Election In Iowa National Guard
Major C W Cotton led the Waterloo area in the lieutenant colonel race but failed to secure a majority as Louis J Rowell won colonel and other contenders listed. A new election is set by Jan 27. Cotton is well regarded with a long guard service including captaincy of Co B and a major’s service. Mrs Marie Coutts left for Topeka to visit sister Mrs Floyd McRae for several weeks.
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C. W. Cotton
Iowa National Guards
Louis J. Rowell
Iowa City
Major Cotton
Waterloo
Barclay
Tipton
Major Johnson
Cedar Rapids
iHe
Guards
Co. B
Marie Coutts
Floyd McRae
Topeka
Kan
Direct application of healing serum to brain tissue praised
A historic note credits direct serum application to affected brain tissues as a stroke of genius and predicts wonderful outcomes from this treatment method in several cerebral diseases. The quotation underscores high expectations for early use and potential breakthroughs in neurology.
Admits Wife Murder to Win Stepdaughter’s Inheritance
In Galesburg Illinois a double confession by Robert Higgins and his 15 year old stepdaughter Lucy A Flake reveals a plot to have Mrs Higgins killed so Higgins could marry the girl. Higgins is jailed in AlgolO while Miss Flake remains under probation officers care. The scheme involved misrepresenting the death as accidental and using letters to an uncle and cousin proposing murder for a share of a 7000 legacy.
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Galesburg
Robert Higgins
Lucy A. Flake
Higgins
Norih Henderson
Miss Flake
Algolo
Mercer County
Albert Flake
Munler Crew
Mrs. Higgins
Mr. Ernst
C. W. Ernst
T Higgins
Ernst
Marie
Tiggins
Marie Jirngt
Honey
Tam
Windhams
Father
Cedar Rapids Paces School Board Scandal
Cedar Rapids residents accuse the board of education of conspiring with Northview Land to move a new school site this year. Charles Shepard represents affected property owners seeking an injunction to force adherence to the original site and to require a public vote on property disposal. A meeting to discuss the issue is planned for tomorrow night at the district where the school is to be built. Charles W. Chapman of Chapman Lumber departed for Minneapolis for a lumbermen’s convention.
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Cedar Rapids
Jan
Board of Education of
Northview Land Company
Charles Shepard
Board of Education
Mi Ona Quickly Ends Indigestion
False advertising claims Mi-Oňa tablets relieve indigestion and stomach distress. promotes toning the digestive system, promises refund if not satisfied, names Wangler Bros. Co as seller. Contains numerous misspellings and harmful product claims typical of early 20th century patent remedies.
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Antael
Wangler Bros. Co
Child Bride Tale Shocks Court at Newark
Helen Reddington, 12, testified in Newark that Mario Aneressano, a boarder, sought to marry her with her parents pressuring the union. The parents and Aneressano faced charges. bail set at 1000 each. The Catholic Children's Aid Society took Helen and her siblings into custody as an investigation began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Murano
Helen Reddington
Hahns
Mario Anerassano
Martin Reddington
Mary Reddington
Helen
Anereisano
Irlen
Justice Murano
Reddington
Catholic Children’s Aid Society
Widow Remembers A Long Life From Cedar Falls To Waterloo
The obituary recalls a woman's life moved from the farm to Cedar Falls then Waterloo where she and her husband raised sons and enjoyed labor until his death six years ago. She lived with her daughter Mrs Grady in Waterloo, receiving care and flowers from friends, known as courteous and cheery. Survived by children Mrs Dunbar William Austin Mrs Grady and Mrs C B Houston of this vicinity and John Henry of Cresco In. Funeral at St Josephs church checked with Catholic faith. Interment in St Bernard cemetery Cedar Falls beside husband.
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Callaghan
Hfe
Cedar Falls
Michael Callaghan
Mt. Vernon Township
Annie Cunningham
Familly
Waterloo
Peter Grady
Dunbar
William
Austin
Grady
C. B. Houston
John
Henry
Cresco
St. Joseph
Notre Dame to Meet Yale in 1914 Gridiron Clash
Notre Dame Indiana reports final plans for a 1914 game at New Haven on October 17. It is Notre Dame’s first visit to New England. The Yale game joins a schedule including West Point Syracuse and Carlisle, boosting Notre Dame’s standing on the football map.
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Notre Dame
Ind
Yale
New Haven
New England
West Point
Syracuse
Carlisle
Musterole: A Soothing Mustard Ointment for Pain Relief
Musterole is a white ointment made from mustard oil and home simples. It replaces the old mustard plaster with no blister, offering relief for sore muscles joints and numerous conditions. Doctors and nurses endorse it, available in 26c and 10o jars or a hospital size for 2.50.
D D D Prescription praised by St Louis man
A letter from PF O White of St Louis credits the D D D Prescription with curing a long painful eczema. He urges others to write for relief and promotes D D D Proscription and D D D Soap as tender skin remedies. He praises the product and its itch stopping effects.
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PF. O. White
St Louis
J. Louls
Reara
Wory
White
Gome
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NEMO
Lastikops
Borento
Gure
Paresio
LaPorte Daily Bulletin
Maude Longaker
Waterloo Evening Courier
Farmers
H. G. Adams
Main Street
Adame
Towin Tepdaughter
Cedar Rapids Paces School Board
Charles W. Chapman
The
Chapman Lumber Company
Minneapolis
Birl
Newark
N. J
Mario Aneressano
Maria Rey
A. D
Clemente Pucciarello
Mary Sink
Judge Wahn
Andressano
Anerassano
Io Andessano
Justice Moran
John Reddington
Aneressano
Pat
Christie
Tiahn
John Cullen
Reddingtons
Hahn
Opossum
Black Fox
Teeland Fox
Red Fox
East Fourth Street
Musterole
Masterole Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles H. Kelley
D.D. D
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