Remember the Alamo sacrifice a Texas shrine
The Texas Weekly reflects on the centennial of the Alamo siege, recounting William Barrett Travis's letters, the doomed defense, and the rallying effect on Texas and American history. It frames the Alamo as a supreme human sacrifice and a shrine of liberty that helped sustain Texan independence and inspired subsequent resolve.
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Washington-on-the-Brazos
Texas
The
Alamo
Santa Anna
Mexico
Concorde Bridge
Bunker Hill
Texas Weekly
Plan to Raise Funds for Austin College
Sherman report notes Austin College authorized a vigorous midwinter campaign to raise funds. The executive committee will direct the drive, following a meeting that showed the college’s financial condition is better than in years with several substantial contributions already received.
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Sherman
Austin College
College Board of Trustees
Oil Worker Decapitated By Struck Cable Near Denison
Dennison area oil worker William Parker Duck, 37, was decapitated late Sunday when a cable buckled and wrapped around his neck while tightening a loose rope on Olsen deep test Mauldin No. 1 northwest of Denison. His body was sent to Saltillo, Tennessee for burial. he left a wife, one son Marvin, a brother, and five sisters. The report also includes unrelated notes about Texas statehood and terrapins.
Transfusion miracle saves heart wound patient in 1934
A 16 year old Pittsburgh youth stabbed in the heart underwent an auto transfusion from his lung cavity using a syringe to remove blood, then dry packs and a citrate solution to prevent clotting. About 700 cubic centimeters were later returned to his arm, with early consciousness restored and a donor later deemed unnecessary. The case, noted in JAMA, was unique for a chest wound.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Pittsburgh
Charles M. Watson
James R. Watson
Meningitis often leads to complete recovery says expert
In Memphis at the Mid- South Post Graduate Medical Assembly Dr Josephine B Neal of Columbia University cited over 90 percent complete recovery in meningitis patients and dismissed the idea that most illnesses end badly Emma Easterling of Vicksburg an anesthetist noted fear of surgery can shock patients while Dr David L Farley of Penn warned about trichiniasis and undulant fever from unpasteurized milk Pasteurization kills the bacteria cited by the doctors The Stretching Cure Dr Samuel S Hanflig of Boston.
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Post Graduate Medical Assembly
Memphis
Tenn
Josephine B. Neal
Columbia University
Assembly
Emma Easterling
Vicksburg
Miss
Miss Easterling
David L. Farley
University of Pennsylvania
Neck suspension therapy claims in arthritis relief
A practitioner, Dr Hanflig, allegedly cured five severe neck and shoulder arthritis cases by mechanical suspension. Patients were hung by a head harness and rope pulley, reporting pain relief while suspended. symptoms returned after release. Repetitive suspended treatment combined with head rotation and neck heat was claimed to produce cures.
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Hanflig
Mottled Enamel Tied to Fluoride in Panhandle Areas
The Panhandle and West Texas show more mottled teeth than other regions, with isolated cases elsewhere in the state. Dr. Cecilia Schuck of Texas Tech in Lubbock notes a toxic fluoride effect linked to high drinking water fluoride. She will lead a Texas study under the college foods and nutrition division to map prevalence, aiming to understand enamel damage occurring from birth onward.
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Panhandle
West Texas
Cecilia Schuck
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Texas
Foods and Nutrition Department
Home Economics Division
College
Green Leaves Prolong Fruit Tree Health and Yields
Prof. A J Heinicke of Cornell reports that delaying nitrogenous fertilizer for fruit trees until late summer keeps leaves green longer, aiding photosynthesis and late fall food stores. Experiments with an eight year old apple tree in a sealed chamber suggest green leaf health boosts insecticide resistance and that sprays can damage leaves while leaving them green.
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A. J. Heinicke
Cornell University
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