Fly and Typhoid Fury Press Urges Public Health Action
The August issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association urged press cooperation to improve sanitation amid a city plagued by flies. Dr McCoy presented findings linking Musca domestica to typhoid, dysentery, and diarrheal illness, citing breeding in manure and refuse and recommending screens, proper sewage, and safe disposal to curb transmission.
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Journal of American Medical Association
McCoy
Medical Association
Daily World
Howard
Constantinople
Rifle Matches Begin at Sea Girt Amid Strong Field
Sea Girt New Jersey September 3 riflemen of high reputation gather for the nineteenth annual Sea Girt tournament. The week long event features the Dryden Trophy team match the company teams match and the Nevada trophy for officers and enlisted men with participants from New Jersey New York and Pennsylvania associations plus U S military academies and national guards.
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Sea Girt
N. J
New Jersey State Rifle Association
New York State Rifle Association
Pennsylvania State Rifle Association
National Guard
United States Army and Navy
Annapolis and
Westoint
United States Military Service
Naval
Military Academies
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Naval Reserve National Guard
Canadian Move to Withdraw from AFL Sparks Labor War Fears
A movement in Canada urges trade unionists to leave the American Federation of Labor. Observers fear the withdrawal could trigger a labor war between Canadian and American unions during future strikes.
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Canada
American Federation of Labor
Dyar Promotes Quick Pack System In Wenatchee Visit
Louis A. Dyar of Spokane representing Quick Pack Fruit Distributor stays a week in Wenatchee at Hotel Chewawa. He aims to meet growers who pack and discusses a grading and packing system claimed to cut costs and increase profits. The system, adopted by Pullman and endorsed by Professor Thornber, promises a perfect pack and extra value per box.
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Louis A. Dyar
Spokane
Quick Pack
Chewawa
Wenatchee
Mr. Dyar
Pullman
Thornber
New York In Midsummer a View of Aviation and Politics
James A. Edgerton reviews the aerial boom at Morris Park where the Glenn Curtiss machine wins amid crowd fatigue and dangers. He weighs NY political maneuvering around Gaynor, Murphy, and Ryan, plus a bread line at Fleischmann’s bakery and the Hudson monument celebrations shaping a centennial year.
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Paris
New York
Morris Park
Glenn H. Curtiss
William J. Gaynor
Tammany
Murphy and
McClellan
Gaynor
Murphy
Hearst
Thomas F. Ryan
Shearst
Satan
Ryan
Fleischmann
Broadway
Lake Champlain
Hudson Monument
Hudson River
Smith Family Day at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
The Seattle exposition celebrated Smith Family Day drawing several thousand Smiths and Smythes from Seattle Portland and Tacoma. The event welcomed all bearing the name with a lighthearted crowd including the oldest youngest and many Smith women across the region.
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Seattle
Smith
Portland
Tacoma
Italian Cruiser Etruria Arrives in Providence Parade Planned
Italian cruiser Etruria arrives in Providence Rhode Island and an elaborate Labor Day parade is planned with the ship’s crew and local Italian societies. Governor Pothier Mayor Fletcher and cruiser staff will review the march along the Italian colony.
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Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
Providenc
Etruria
Pothier
Fletcher
Quaker Colony Opens at Maryhill Washington
The newly projected Friends colony at Maryhill on the Columbia River opened with formal ceremonies led by Samuel Hill of Seattle. East and south visitors included J. H. Dillingham editor The Square Friend Ira C. Johnson and Franklin Davis from Guilford College. Hill has purchased 6000 acres and plans to attract Friends from the east to emigrate and farm the valley.
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Friends’ Colony
Maryhill
Wash
Samuel Hill
Seattle
James J. Hill
Columbia River
Klickitat County
East
J. H. Dillingham
Philadelphia
the Square Friend
Ira C. Johnson
Lynn
Ind
Indiana Yearly Meeting
Franklin Davis
Columbia
Middle West
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Journal OF the American Medical Association
Dinary House
James A. Edgerton
Sugar Trust
John E. Parsons
Uncle Sam
New York Custom House
Trust
Henry W. Taftis
Wickersham
Henry W. Taft
Earle
Pennsylvania Sugar Company
Bingham
Duffy
Brooklyn Justice
Fornes
Grout
Board of Aldermen
Europe
Captain Early
Washington
Early
John Armstrong Chanler
Challoner
New York State
Virginia
You
Elsie Sigel
Chinatown
Chas. Becker
F. A. Rogers
Chelan County Realty CO
First National Bank
Sam Hill
Ent
Lina
First Avenue
Seattle, Wash
Lake
Chelan
DR. Moorefield
Lady and Gentlemen Attendants
Mission Street
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