Misprints with a Medical Slant
A December Medical Economics feature catalogs typographical blunders misrepresenting doctors. Examples include a St. Louis Globe Democrat line about a physician feeling a patient's purse, and a Kansas surgeon quitting practice joked as needing peach and quiet. Local papers mock misprints involving Mayo brothers and hospital duties.
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Baltimore
Head injury survivor leaves Mercy Hospital
Columbus Dispatch reports Mr. E recovered from a head injury after contact with a live wire and left Mercy Hospital last Wednesday. Albany Journal notes Mr. Tat's continued improvement at Memorial Hospital with a nurse discharge and daily gains.
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Columbus
Mercy Hospital
Albany
N. Y
Memorial Hospital
Paint Matching Turns Up Oddities in Taste
William Stuart of a Chicago paint firm notes women bring unusual time color matches. Items include a dog’s fur, a toothbrush handle, a silk slip, a Civil War Confederate uniform, and a jar of mustard. Color bars are used in department stores for matching.
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Chicago
William Stuart
Stuart
Mosquitoes Beat Males With Song Recorded in Cuba
New findings from the Acoustical Society of America describe female anopheline mosquitoes luring males with high pitched songs. Cornell researchers recorded malarial mosquito songs in Africa and Cuba, using the sounds to trap males. notes contrast male and female voices and highlight experimental trapping outcomes.
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New York
Cuba
Acoustical Society of America
W. H. Offenhauser Jr
Morton C. Kahn
Cornell University Medical College
The Proper Prayer and Domestic Wit and Woe
A humorous mix of jokes about prayer and social banter ends with a dental-like quip about blinds during a hospital recovery. The Texas citation outlines a 1949 divorce suit in Grayson County where W L Gaines sues Cleo Gaines for cruel treatment and abandonment, with a June 20 deadline.
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State of Texas
Grayson
H.E. Bowles
Mary Bowles
Ambrose
Grayson County
Texas
H. E. Bowles
District Court
Sherman
A. D
S. V. Earnest
15Th Judicial District
Nancy Drake
Cleo Gaines
District Court of
Court House
W. L. Gaines
Snappy Comebacks and Satirical Quips From Rural Vermont
A Vermont minister farming pays 75 cents an hour and jokes with his hired man about trimming bushes and peeling potatoes during the anthem. A wife says married men should wear signs. a husband shows a shiny suit. A grandfather defends chewing tobacco despite its supposed risks.
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Vermont
John
Black Draught Promises Relief for Constipation Upset
The advertisement suggests Black-Draught laxative can ease an upset stomach only if constipation is the cause. It touts prompt, thorough results when used as directed, notes low cost per dose, and claims a four generation best seller. It urges readers to get a package today.
Baseball fan asks for life game sign up to love
A fan asks a girl to sign up for a life game and she agrees. He wonders where their diamond lies, implying a baseball metaphor for romance. The exchange blends flirtation with sport language as a playful courtship.
Butch Invites Neighbor Boy for Party. John Ny Absents
Butch promised his mother to invite the neighbor's boy after a quarrel. On party day the neighbor boy did not arrive, prompting the mother to ask if John ny was invited. Butch affirmed the invitation.
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Butch
Johnny
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