Snake Bite Cure Debunked In New Book Report
New York reports that whisky cannot cure snake bites or counter cold exposure. Joseph Hirsh explains alcohol as a depressant, not a stimulant, and warns against excess, linking problem drinking to public health concerns with estimates of 750,000 problem drinkers nationwide.
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New York
Duell, Sloan & Pierce
Joseph Hirsh
Research Council On Problems of Alcohol
New York City
Hirsh
Raymond Pearl
How Much Is A Billion Dollars
A Daily News item explains how long it would take to earn a billion dollars using $10 per day wages for 10 000 men over 274 years, or 450 000 workers for the same span, and compares it to a 45 billion federal budget. It notes the silver to gold ratio, and Wyoming’s rural population share.
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Jackson
Miss
Daily News
Small Town Revival Shows Path to Survive
Texas villages face population loss yet Illinois case studies show five towns organizing clubs and chambers of commerce, improving streets and utilities, attracting plants, and investing locally to prosper rather than rely on Washington. The message urges Texas crossroads towns to harness local initiative.
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Dallas News
Texas
Illinois
H. Clay Tate
Bloomington
Tate
University of Illinois
Chambers of Commerce
Washington
Weevil Haunts U S Cotton Belt After 1892 Rio Grande Crossing
The gray weevil crossed the Rio Grande in 1892 and caused widespread havoc in the U S cotton belt, while a quip about French in Paris contrasts with local sentiment about the intrusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande
U. S
Attorney General Sues Ten Oil Firms Over Gas Prices in Texas
The Texas Attorney General files anti trust suits in 98th District Court against Arkansas Fuel Oil Co Cities Service Oil Co Continental Oil Co Gulf Oil Corp Humble Oil and Refining Co Magnolia Petroleum Co Standard Oil Co of Texas The Texas Co Sinclair Refining Co Phillips Petroleum Co for colluding to fix and maintain uniform tank wagon gasoline prices since July 1946 eight firms allegedly acted after a Sept 28 1948 crude price rise to keep crude prices down while Phillips and Sinclair posted a 35 cent crude boost last year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Price Daniel
Texas
Arkansas Fuel Oil Co
Cities Service Oil Co
Continental Oil Co
Gulf Oil Corp
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Standard Oil Co. of Texas
the Texas Co
Sinclair Refining Co
Phillips Petroleum Co
Phillips
Sinclair
Higher Education and Historic Population Growth
A collage of facts notes a father quips about a grad learning to open beer bottles with a quarter, cites Europe’s population doubling from 187 million in 1800 to 400 million in 1900, and mentions tile use in English hospitals for sanitation. The snippet includes a 1949 legal notice style line with names Betty Jo Cobb and D L Cobb Jr and a divorce notation.
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Europe
State of Texas
D. L. Cobb, Jr
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Shermen
Texas
Betty Jo Cobb
Sherman
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
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Chiropractic
Jack W. Reynolds
Old Chamber of Commerce Bldg
Bonham, Tex
Wyoming
S. H. Montgomery
W. E. Lar
Mound City
Mound City Way
L. LaRoe & Co
Frostie
Sun Valley
Idaho
Joan Farish
Patsy Link
Nancy N. Brown
Houston
Ruby Pearl Smith
Court House
John V. Smith
Paris
Mobilubrication
G. C. Stateville
Magnolia
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
M. & P. Bank Bldg. A. A Creager CO
Sherman, Texas
Dawson’s Butane
Attorney General
Tain
Whitewright Lumber Co.eighborly Service
Bargain Tire Department
Goodrich
Howe
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertowns
Re Ae Searich
Blanton Home & Auto Supply
B.f.goodrich
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