Drug to Combat Diabetes Aids Some Elderly Patients
Dr. David C. Dowd described at the American Geriatrics Society meeting a new drug named cholivascuals tested on elderly diabetics. Six of fourteen patients aged 50 to 70 were able to go without insulin after the treatment, which many components including B complex vitamins, choline, vitamin X-12, and vitamin E-derived alpha tocopherol.
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Chicago
David C. Dowd
Worcester
Mass
American Geriatrics Society
Dowd
Dr. Dowd
Society
Closest presidential race in 1876 between Hayes and Tilden
The 1876 contest between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden was marked as the closest presidential race in U.S. history. Hayes won after a disputed electoral count resolved by a special commission. Tilden led in the popular vote but did not secure the electoral majority, leading to a lengthy national controversy.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel Tilden
Former Students Gather at Savoy
The fifteenth annual reunion of Halsell College alumni drew about 100 people to Savoy for a quiet program of reminiscence. Annie Halsell Woodward, the founder’s daughter, delivered the principal address. memorial remarks honored last year’s deceased alumni. The event followed a luncheon by the Savoy Parent-Teacher Association and a brief business session. Halsell College, started in 1876 and noted as Texas first co educational institution, burned in 1890 and ceased to exist.
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SAVOY
Halsell College
Annie Halsell Woodward
R. R. Halsell
James Stinnett
van Alstyne
Savoy Parent-Teacher Association
Hassell
Lewis Holland
Texas
Montrose Herald founder Mary Bowman marks 87th birthday
Mrs. Mary Bowman, 87, has run the Montrose Herald for 68 years since her husband’s death. She and two assistants keep the paper, started in 1884, printed by hand in the same building. Subscriptions once paid in eggs, now total 750.
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Montrose
S. D
Mary Bowman
Bowman
Montrose Herald
Bowmans
Old-Time Camp Meeting Described in 1871 County Circuit
The article recalls 1871 camp meetings in Collin County during July to September, part of the McKinney Circuit Trinity Conference. It notes tents and meals, preachers and families staying on grounds, and large crowds at Morris Springs with 137 converts in one night. Families brought supplies. children enjoyed a festive, picnic atmosphere amid religious fervor.
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Collin County
McKinney
Trinity Conference
George S. Gatewood
Mantua
Walnut Grove
Zion Church
Morris Springs
By Any Other Name Is It Mahogany
The FTC will hold a June 30 hearing in Washington to decide what wood qualifies as mahogany. It notes mahogany is a Swietenia genus species but has designated mahogany for woods from other families under titles such as Peruvian East Indian sapele birch Spanish ping tabasco ga boon and Philippine mahogany.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Swietenia
FTC
Charter Foundation Ties to Queen Elizabeth
The text notes that only during three U S presidencies were ex presidents not living, referencing Grant Roosevelt era and Hoover. It attributes the Trinity College charter foundation to Queen Elizabeth as the source.
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United States
Grant
Theodore Roosevelt
Hoover
Queen Elizabeth
Trinity College
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