Rising Mumps Levels Reported Across Texas This Season
Health officials report a record high of summer mumps cases in Texas amid school openings. While usually mild, mumps can lead to serious complications such as encephalitis, brain changes, and potential sterility from gland involvement. The virus spreads by close contact and carries a 12 to 21 day incubation before symptoms show. Texas law requires isolation from school for 21 days under local health guidance.
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State Health Department
Texas
Immunity From Mumps Is Systemic Not Gland Specific
The article states that mumps immunity is long lasting and constitutional, not limited to a single gland. It notes that infection on one side does not prevent immunity on the other, and emphasizes bed rest under a physician’s care during illness.
Try One of These Diets the Next Time You Are Hungry
Bears eat almost everything fruit grain herbs barks grass sweets meat fish reptiles and insects. Deer have been observed eating ants. In a Mississippi gator nine feet long the legbands from two wild ducks were found. one duck was banded in British Columbia and the other in Ontario.
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British Columbia
Ontario
California
The Squeezing Tax Collector Stuns Crowds
A strong man at the fair offered five dollars to anyone who could extract more juice from a lemon. A small man stepped forward and squeezed extra juice, declaring he is an income tax collector.
Tribute to William Jennings Bryan in Texas reminiscence
A columnist recalls William Jennings Bryan as a long serving Democratic leader admired for eloquence and humor. The piece recounts Bryan speeches in Memphis and Red Elm Park, his anti tariff views, and anecdotes of his character, ending with note of Andrew Johnson’s tailor shop in Greenville, Tennessee.
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William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Middle West
Bryan Ere Long
Jackson
Jefferson
Wilson
Red Elm Baseball Park
Memphis
Tenn
Hays
Arkansas
Tennessee
Heaven
Bob Ingersoll
Platte
Andrew Johnson
Greenville, Tenn
Origin of alimony and Maryland freedom of conscience monument
The origin of alimony lies in the Latin alimonia meaning sustenance and nourishment, a meal ticket for divorcees, while Maryland marks its Freedom of Conscience Monument at St Mary's County recalling Lord Baltimore's order granting worship freedom in the Mary land colony.
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United States
St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s County
Old Line State
Maryland
Lord Baltimore
God
Question on U S S stands for United States Ship
The article explains that U S S denotes United States Ship when referring to U S Navy vessels and notes the second S is not Steam ship. It contrasts with Merchant Marine ships which use SS for Steamship. The piece then notes a report about a world record for a delayed parachute jump.
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U.S. S
United States
U. S. Navy
U. S
Russian Parachute Record Drop Shatters Heights
From Moscow Major Boris Kharahonoff of the Black Sea Red Navy reportedly jumped 40 813 feet without opening his chute until 2 100 feet from ground. The 37 713 foot drop eclipses prior Russian and American marks, surpassing Willie Jones who leaped 29 400 feet in Chicago. Americans drive on the right, traceable to Conestoga wagon practice of the 1750s as explained by the American Road Builder's Association.
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Moscow
Boris Kharahonoff
Black Sea Red Navy
Willie
Suicide) Jones
Chicago
Texan debt disowning notice a 1830 literary spoof
University of Texas librarians unearthed a century old notice parodying marital debt. The Brownsville Galaxy and Texas Gazette ran the spoof with the caption March of Intellect detailing a wife’s imagined extravagance and the husband’s vow to pay no debts unless forced by law.
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University of Texas
Brownsville
Texas Gazette
Austin
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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A. Y. Creager CO. M. & P. Bank Building
Sherman, Texas
the Whitewright Sun
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