Discovery of Flu Germ Cause Is Announced
In Schenectady New York Dr Simon W Flexner of the Rockefeller Institute and researchers Peter Olitsky and Frederick Gates report isolating the influenza germ. The discovery allows testing antidotes and vaccines and explains early nose throat lodgment and later lung injury. The germ named bacterium pneumonstratees damages lung tissue and alters white blood cell balance.
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Simon W. Flexner
Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research
Peter K. Olitsky
Frederick T. Gates
Institute
Flexner
Nose and throat bacteria invade lungs after injuries
The text explains that common nose and throat bacteria are normally destroyed by lung tissue but, due to injuries from pneumonstra tees bacteria, can lodge in the lungs and cause bronchitis and pneumonia.
Fannin Legislators Told to Oppose Nuisance Taxes
Bonham February 4. The Board of Trade urges Fannin County legislators to oppose all nuisance taxes as tax measures loom in the Texas Legislature. The board has pressed representatives in Austin to fight these proposed charges amid growing anxiety.
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Fannin
Public whipping to be carried out for 14 year old boy
Clarence Persher, 14, who parents say has never been spanked, is to be publicly whipped in the juvenile courtroom in Kansas City Maryland tomorrow morning.
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Kansas City
Clarence Persher
Judge Promises Firm Handling Of Truancy Case
Judge E. E. Porterfield told Clarence and his father that strict discipline would be used to teach the boy to mind. The judge urged parents to apply a firm hand, saying he would not have more children in court if parents disciplined at home.
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E. E. Porterfield
Clarence
Porterfield
Boy Hears Fatal End On Freight Train Board
Isaac McFee a 17 year old schoolboy was killed while attempting to board a Katy freight train four miles north of Denison Texas. His head was severed from the body and his right arm and leg were cut off in the accident reported February 3.
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Denison
Isaac McFee
Katy
Deputies for Denison Named by Everheart
Sherman Feb 4 Hanna and Vic Smith long serving as deputy constables under Arthur Vaughn resign to join Sheriff Floyd Everheart at Denison. They take charge of the Denison office and have begun duties there.
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Sherman
Hanna
Vic Smith
Arthur Vaughn
Floyd Everheart
Denison
Little Orphant Annie Recited At Home
A line of the poem Little Orphant Annie describes chores performed by Annie at a household and the children listening by the kitchen fire as she tells witch tales about gobble-uns. The verse warns children to say prayers before bed following the boy who did not.
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Annie
The Rain Despairs At Endless Deluge
A poet laments days of unending rain that drenches the landscape and floods a fence while frogs chorus and alligators arrive. He vows to protest to weather makers, hoping for relief and better weather, cranking up complaints as the storm grinds on.
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Dale
Hell
Weathered Protest Echoes in Walt Mason Verse
Poem notes frustration with nature and saying protests against weather are in vain. The speaker laments lack of control over rain snow and storms while questioning what to expect from the elements.
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Walt Mason
Former Sherman Man Seeks U S Presidency on Prohibition Ticket
Arthur M. Teague, former Sherman resident now in Bartow County Georgia, announced on February 1 near his Bartow County home his candidacy for President of the United States on an independent Prohibition ticket. The information came in a letter to a Sherman businessman from the Rev. S. B. Pettett of Fairmont Georgia.
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Sherman
Arthur M. Teague
Bartow County
United States
Prohibition
Campaign headquarters planned in Cartersville Ga
A campaign manager for Mr Teague is noted with headquarters planned in Cartersville Georgia. Traveling salesmen compliment local cigar stock and Pierce's Cafe offers fresh cigars. A pearl strand with diamond clasp is advertised as a giveaway by R L Johnson jeweler 666 cures Bilious Fever.
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Mr. Teague
Cartersville, Ga
Pierce
R. L. Johnson
Cure a Cold in One Day with Laxative Bromo Quinine
Advertising copy claims a single day cure for colds using laxative bromquine tablets. It asserts relief from runny nose and headache and notes a signature of E W Grove on each box with a 30 cent price.
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E.W. Grove
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Virginia
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Lincoln
Everheart
By James Whitcomb Riley
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J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Wrigleys
U. S
First National Bank
C. B. Bryant
R. A. Gillett
Ford
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Detroit, Mich
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Whitewright, Texas
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