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Putnam patriot., 1909-08-13
The 6,sssst Cracker.

The ~sasabi- tvrta twe get our word tart from tortal of uispanic-Ameriea is the biggest regularly made cracker on earth. II Is made from the kasabi root and lightly fired in cakes about the size os small parasoi.
 A cracker for a hat-such indeed is sometimes the use made by the Latin peons If the kasasi torta when need ing a temporary snnshade tsombrereS The torss is always made bowl shaped @ it can t.e balanced on the head with.
Putnam patriot., 1909-08-13
Fancy and Fact.

l like to sit and dream in spring of jays and robins on the wing. of bees that hum and vines that cling, but when I commence my wife hunts up lot of chores and makes me paint the kitch- en doors and beat the rugs and wax the floors and calcimine the fence.-- Louisville Courier-J ournal.
Putnam patriot., 1909-08-13
Detachable.

One of the prettiest actresses in Par Is was giving tea one afternoon when her hairdresser was announced.
 My hairdresser, chi" she said. "Well. show him into the boudoir and tell him to begin at once. I'll be with him in an hour"
Putnam patriot., 1909-08-13
His Reason,

Daughter-Pa. why do you hang around the parlor while Mir. Sikes is calling on me? Father-Tm afraid you'n say something 10 him that'il make him burden on me for the rest of my life.-Town and Country.
Putnam patriot., 1909-08-13
Conn.
Putnam THE BYRON D. BUGBEE CORPORATION Conn.,

out any particular effort-and provid- ed no wind interferes. Rain. how ever. quickly soaks and eollapses this singular edible headgear. = Baker s Weekly
Putnam patriot., 1909-08-13

For a mild, easy action of the bowels, . single dose of Deans Re guies is enough. Treatment cures habisual constipation. a5 cents box. Ask your druggist for them.
Putnam patriot., 1909-08-13
Yoii.

If you want knowledge. you mus toll for 1t: if food. you must toll TOT Y and if pleasure. you must toll ioa 1. Foil is the law. Pleasure co"u through toll and not by self indulgeH' and incidence When a man ge's love work his life Is happy one.
Putnam patriot., 1909-08-13
Couldn't Fool Him.

A pompous and loud mouthed me1 Der of a certain legislature was n.- ing . speech on some momentous a' ton and in concluding said:
 ''In the words of Daniel WeDss.. who wrote the dictionary, give liberty or give me death" One of his colleagues pulled at coat and whispered:
 Daniel Webster did not wr'F dictionary. It was Noah
 Noah nothing" replied the "Eoah built the ark
Putnam patriot., 1909-08-13
@You never show yonr age-

sYou never show yonr age!
 She blushed prettily.
 swell. I'm sure" she said. its kind of you yo say so.
 sYes." resumed the older woman. closing the biz family Bible. tits been scratched cut some time. hasn't ity- New York PresA
Putnam patriot., 1909-08-13
Cookinu up A Reason.

Nan-I like play with stirring plot. Fan-That's the kind that thick. ems. isn't it?-Chicago Tribune.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-30
TAFT'S COMING
ST|RS BEVERLY
Village Folk Are Preparing To Re
ceive and Protect President Of
United States, "

BEVERLY, Mass. April 29.-Now
that it's become the summer capitai
OF the United States, guess folks VIII
get over calling Beverly a dead town.
Everybody is sure stirred up about II
around here.
OF Bill knew what he was about
when he picked out this town TO live
in. He had all the places in the coun-
try TO pick from. What he wanted
was a nice, quiet. refined place where
folks knew each other and were neigh
borly, and where man can steep
quiet nights and get three square
meals. and have a cool breeze from
the ocean.
Course IL will be a lot of respon-
sibility for the town, receiving diplo
mats and kings and senators and the
like, but folks around here Gale late
Beverly will be equal 10 II. all right.
Probably the heaviest job Is Al Good
hue's. He was talking sbout II the
other night over at Woodburys store.
Il fgger that the greatest danger
Is from anarchists and ofice-seek-
ers." Al says. Il been reading up
about EN- in the cyclopedia over AT
the Carnegie library nights. The anar-
chists are little and lean and dark
complicated. and they sneak through
the alleys and carry bombs and knives.
Il think III ask the town meetin'
TO put an extra man on the force. OF
Bill has got 10 feel safe. day and
night. You know. Pribably I'll go
10 work at noon. and work through
till midnight. Don't suppose the presi-
dent will get up very early mornings.
anyway. and by midnight all the ex'
citemeut will be over and new man
can work on the job all right"
\ And II any office-seekers 80 TO
botherin' the president, we'll guess
can take care OF EN-" AL says You
see. AL is great big fellow-weighs
pref nigh as much as oil Bill himself.
and is pretty quick on his feet.
Mother fellow that's going To have
his troubles when Bill comes Is Jim
Brown. the mail carrier. Jim figgers
out that he'll have TO get big wagon
of some kind TO carry the mail in.
With all them reports and messages
TO congress, and letters from the for
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-30

how quick the volunteers can get the
hose cart out Good thing. too.
One thing that Beverly 10 proud OF.
something that oil Bill couldnt get In
but very few towns In the country, Is
that he can have his own town his
torian.
Amt many historians In they coun-
try that have got II on Charley
woodbury.. He's the fellow that runs
the grocery and dry goods store. you
recollcct. Charley knows everything
that happened In this town clear back
TO 1926 Bev>rly Is one of the Oldest
towns IN New England. and Charley's
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-30

eign legacies. and seed shipments to
o. X. and all that. Jim'll have his
hands full.
Frank Norwood-he's the postmas-
ter here-was telling Jim the other
night that he'd write the postoffice
department at Washington 20 zee n
they cant hire extra clerks and car
riers and things. Frank and Jim are
both good men. but they're going to be
swamped unless they get help.
They say. too that Bill Ferguson.
the fire chief. is going to have some
practice drills next week. Ring the
bell when there amt no fire. and see
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-30
THE DETROIT TINES: FRIDAY APRIL 80. 1893.

ancestors built one OF the hrst houses
here. Charley Is a member OF the his
torical society. and has made speeches
before them several times, telling
about old things that other historians
didn't know,
Be pretty nice for the president.
when he don't feel like playing golf.
and IT'S too hot TO do anything but
Just sit around on the porch. to have
Charley Woodbury. come over and tell
him all about the history OF the town.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-30
MINISTER AND HIS WIFE
REC0NCILED IN WALES
Few. Evan T. Evans and Mrs. Evans
Are Living Together Again
After Differences.

PORT HURON. Mich. April 2s.-
The bigamy charge that once seemed
likely to be pressed against Rev. Evan
T. Evans. fofmer rector of St. Johns
Episcopal church IN Sarnia In connec-
ton with his elopement and subse-
Quent marriage TO young woman
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-30
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF
UNION TRUST COMPANY
DETROIT. MICHIGAN.
At close OF business April %, 1909.
DEGAT-DrL.C
OFFICERS.

Henry Il. Ledyard. Chairman
Frank w Blair. President.
George Hendrie, First Vice President.
A T. F. White. Second Vice President
Gerald J. McMechan, secretary.
Charles r Dunn. Treasurer.
Alexander c. Long. Assistant Secretary.
Hobart b. Hoyt Trust Officer.
Israel T. Cowies. Manager Title. Guar
anty and Abstract Dept.
w +. Bradford. Bond OFFICER.
Gilbert II. Osmun. Custodian safety De-
posit Vault.
Frank Y. Lingemann. Real Estate Of
fcer
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-30

member Of st. Johns choir. WIN
ably be dropped.
Mrs. Theressa Bolan. of par'
close friend of Mrs. Evans. says
she has received letter from
Evans, who 10 In Wales. stating
the differences between hereelf
her husband have been patched %
that they are living together. She
no desire 10 prosecute him. since
death OF the young woman with ~
Evans was infatuated. "a
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-30

=: .' e.. s Il john s' s: :'.-s s;s
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16

For Christmas a fine gun case
or hunting coat
A. L. HALL,
11ff First Az.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16

years prominent residents ~ San
Diego She ~ graduate Of the
Cincinnati Conservatory 81 Music
and WAS member Of John G.
Fishers and Henry sayage'a opera
companies for several years In
1901 she was married 10 Robert l..
Crane % Buffalo. after romantic
engagement A year and a half
later she got divorce aud resumed
her maiden name. She has since
lived with her parents Ia San Diego,
where her beauty and her charm Of
manner have maintained for her a
leading position IN local social
circles
Gage has lived In Gan Diego
since be retired from public life IN
1906 lie 10 70 years old. The new
home which be IL building Is on
Point Iona. across the bay from
San Diego. where Katherln Ting.
ley's theosophlcai headquarters are
located
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16
MANY AID THE
SODERBERCS I'm
THEIR STRUGGLE

Mrs. William soderberg. e0ss
Sixth nv. y. T.. the woman who
was lef, destitute because her hus.
band preferred jail life to earning
an honest living for his family. Will
not feel the cold this Christmas
The Pacific Lumber and Timber
company. ais 18th av. n. T.. has
sent bumper wagon load Of wood
TO help her In the fight for exist.
ence
This Is but one OF the many
things done for the members OF the
soderberg family since The star
told Of the struggle they are max.
Ing, Clothing and numerous other
necessities have been sent out To
their home.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16

sort and tic up and write down
and do things 10 the hundreds OF
thousands Of Christmas packages
aud letters that will pass through
the Seattle postofflce this year
Therein be husky football players
and oarHmen and baseball stars
yes, and debaterN and orators aud
student journalists working on the
night and day shifts. under the
pos;maBier's direction.
We've got 20 have help. said
Russell. and the students are in.
ielllgsnt--they learn quick And
most Of them are deserving Of help.
and need the extra money. We
used lot OF them las, year and
found !, u good system"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16

SAN DIEGO. Cal. Dee l6.-
While Lyman J. Gage and his young
bride are jauniing about the ooun.
try on their honeymoon. maaons.
carpenters. plasterers. decorators
and gardeners are working under
hlgh pressure 10 complete q really
palalial home which the aged "a
secretary ~ the treasury haN de.
signed Rs the future home Of the
1.-THE. winsome Mrs Gage.
San Diego society il looking FOR.
yard eageriy TO the Homecoming
For the new Mrs Gage. Who VAS
Miss Ada BaiioH. "F10rodofa gifi
and former ehum OF Nan Patterson
10 a leader IN the exclusive set OF
this city, and was. even before her
recent marriage 10 the Grand Old
Roman" az Cages friends are fond
Iof calling him.
She IL the daughter ~ Mr. and
Mrs. George ~. Balion. for many
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16
sEmsRIcH FOUND HER wArcH


Los ANGELES. Dec. Ie. 49,
Madame sembrich. the famed prima
donna. has found her $4,000 watch
which she dropped inside the slid.
ing window panel OF the door OF a
taxioab. A long search followed the
disappearance OF the watch. Final.
" the taNicab was turned upside
down. and the watch and part Of a
$4,000 pearl necklace slid from their
place OF conccalment.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16

There'li be- no ~rah rah" aimoa,
phera about your Chria,naa mail,
Posimasfer Russell promises. in
spite OF the fact that most OF the
estra work about the federal build
Ing this year will be done By uni.
vefsity and high school students
Something like i7b studcnts-the
cream OF Washington and Broad.
say and Lincoln athletics. will
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16
RAH RAH BOYS WILL DO THE
RUSH ACT AT POSTOFFICE

BY the way, tell EN- that
we can't use any more help
applicants" said Assistant Pest
master WIN. J. Colkest. Were
getting q hundred more appIi.
cations than ~e can possibly
use."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-12-16

Dunkic Is the man who acted as
go-between In negotiating with DR..
Cook. explorer, for the sale Of
faxed" polar records. lie lost his
Job with an insurance company the
day after he swore that his charges
we're true. He was born In Chi
cago. went into business IN New
Orleans. and later moved TO New
York.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-04-13
Snft's Summcriuplnlina.

30 tom II. 2lpriI. - ErGii0cnt
S0ft miro Den fommcn0cn CONNER
ilbcr cin Dem $oru. Hobt. :. GponS
Act0riAco Nnua ju Mopoburp Foi1t,
&C0crlp. ncbcn Der BON sSrn. Gnon@
iClbit cnlICnomncncn Sonlmcrpillu,
bGuobntn. Gbigc Ntitthcilln0 miro
hcutc 6cr Freiic blwf >prn. @ponS
acmodt tSron loit bril6tc OoS
0'ut oui ibrcr 9tersGin8lonO.Nciie I'M
lcbten IsRonot. lm0 an lebteu Non.
ncrIlnN crbiclt Nr. Guon2 bic alnoc,
hnB S1r Gait 0n9 0ol9 ilbcr Som,
mcr nIctbcn lucroc. Die @obmmg
IicAt an elmer Scr ih0nitcn StcIlcu
om l(lcr Der SnIcm.@oi.
~ ibington 3. g., t2 2Ipril.
- gSic ca bier beiBt lit Die llCbcriic'
0cltng 0cr t}unliIic laft nod Dem
pbcncrluubntcn &onOiibc nobe 0cuers
IN, Wto'', nod nl6t 0on5 ieIt bclbloi-
len uuo c5 Oiiritc nod ctIihc Gage
0aucrl, chc cine cn0giiltige Gntld)cis
0ul8 0oriibcr gctroiicn miro.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-04-13
@irO ricllcidJt gcacn ibrcn @nttrn
jcHgcli.

Ncm Dorf -. 9priI. 6ron
Claudia S6oinS, Hottin oca GupitdnS
Eeter Cooper looin9, JIM, welhcr om
ndhItcn NIonto1 81 6ltibin1, g. J.,
mcgcn GrmorOung ocS Wogajinidrei.
bcrs @illion &. 2lnuia Dor 0criht
ncltcat ucr0cl iol, miro Ditlciht ais
3cilgin NcAcn ibrcn Monn olitrctcn.
Giltritt9umrnlt TcNitt BON Queens
Goltntp bat Die tSrml in Bolton be.
ll6t lnto cine llntcrreoung nit ibr
Acbdbt ocren Jtclultat i'm Dem Ser
nc0mcn noh icbr bciricoiatc.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-04-13

@o ibingtolL &c. II. 2prlI.
- Ger 6iucIiIfc @cionote 9Sll Lung
sang btiuftc belltc Den Scfrctor
&uor im Stoota0cportcment mo be,
ltritt 0ic in Qcpiiien FittSblr2er &C.
pcihcn cntboItcnc 2(ngabc. ouB CT
0crtilen Gbtelen bricilicG ocn Notb
crtbcilt babe, nidt 0c9cn Die 5luci III
Eitt2burG ucrbuItctcn GblncIcn jll
3cuGcL lucIhc oca 1cicBmioriAen Der
falia htuCiii1er GbI9otionen olgc.
floBt murocu. Ger @uuocrncur bon
FennNIuulicL lucItcm @u (iug
,Fong'a Erotcit gc1cn 0ic bctrciicnOcn
Gerboltlln9cn ilbcrmttclt ulW0c, bat
nod tcWc 9lntmort 0nroIi 9cgepcn
mo 0u@ StuatpOcpurtCmcnt lit lomcit
obnc nllc oiiiiicllc Mcnut1ib bcjiiNlid
Ser 9(iiuirr.
CSp0tcr) - Gem Stoot3 -Icpor.
tcmcnt lit olrf Ocn @ouncrnclm BON
Ycnnlplponicn cin Shrci6cn Oc$
Mopor8 po1 Titt@bnr9 5uGeNonGcn
uelhcS 9cboucrn iibcr oic Dor 5ebn
Sogcn BORT crloIOtc ScrboitluG
}lpeicr bcfonntcn d)ineiiihen @c'
id)dftSlcutc GuBcrt. Sic 2cbteren luo.
rcn onNctlo0t dneiiihe NbIiGotio.
ncn obnc Hicen5 Dcrtmtft 81 boben
GoS Shrcibcn miro bcnl @ciunotcn
SSu 5llQcihidt wcr0cn, unb oic ri
foirc lit bicrnit olS crleoigt jrl be.
trQd)tcn.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-04-13
@itt2burD's W!ngur beOancrt,

&crboihmg hueiildIcr @ci60italcutc
ihcint obnc @crcdti9un5 criojat
SIT icin. - Gin @rotcIt oc9 Csc.
iuuOtcu Nl Iing Sang.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-04-13

She Gapinss ganf Of Baltimore.
% Widrj 1909.
Tie jdbrIi1teu Stnicu 6ur 9tatc uun brCi uno
riuem bultcn (3kt .sru5cnt,nm 1. gipril 1909
faais, ipe,oen an !onetn 3dae alif ben Credit
zines ieotH 9pntoS aei6ricbcH iueroen uuo am
uno mad 0luutag, oen 10. Npril 1903. 8lr
Gintraeung in Die Ef6er Der 2epotoren berFi
fen.
Staaiss nnb StnotIteuern tueroen bon Ger
Bari be5abIt.
@tltam g. Guutlira,
(Wdrs27 1WD Brdlioent.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-04-13
-
(trajD Snnfc tObt 9eiagt.

D}uStoNec StIob, II. 9(pril.
r. Ins Ncriiht lit I'M llmloli, ooB
Grasp Snofc, Der iliidtigc Soiptliug
Der Grcef. SloIoncr oli mclhen bic
StootSmilij icit 5mti @o6en pcrgc6.
lid geiobnoct bot toot lit. Seine 9c.
ltGtigunA oe9 9cribt5 lit iuoeiicn 5u
crlnngcn. Sic Neaicring bat per.
lhir0cnc &ertrctcr inn 6cloc, mel1e
noh Dem 0duptIing ihen nQein
tcine 9tohridten ino uon oenielben
cilgeldllien.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-04-13
Sam. 8ompcrs luicocr yYcriona
(1rata."
@ oi6inBton :. g.. II. up,

@oiGinBton :. g.. II. 9lpril
- Som, @ompera, Froioent ser
06cNcrntion pf Sobor," uclher icbt
miebcr rVcricnn 0rotn" i'm Wcibcn
6ouie it, bat oui ndhiicn ,Srcitog
cine luid)tige Gpniercnl 5wiidet Dem
Eroiioenten Gait lno Dem Grpfutiu.
rotG ser 1cberation nrrangirt. Iie
Gonferen5 iinoet ant raditen Sreitog
I'M @eiben Soite itatt uno peridjie.
henr 9Inscleacnbcften uun sro,cr &c.
bcntllng iiir bic orBaniiirie arbeit
iollen onrin bciprpfcn merocn.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-04-13
SO. Sabrgang.
GiseubrotsS
uertauSst bic lsste abiiefrrpus ihres berlbmtrn
Roh ~Niers

@rr;apit nno in Slaihcu bri alieu GnnOcn,
heute nnb mGhrcuo Der @pdJc,
aemiiicn beoient, ~ Tiaiden St.O0.
9rouerei t0-4O g8ilfinss ct.
(i03lh)
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-04-13

tFarlietnns iicbe 2. Seitr.)
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-04-13
aartcnIpicl madjt langjGbrigsr
1srcunoidIaft Gin Gnbr.

Y bicngo, II. April. ~ Soicpb
S5uod iuelter ielt 20 Sobren Elm III
s.. 0eiternionn's Sous gcnlietbcteS
Simmer bcmobnte. ipurbc bcutc irii6
Don Scltcrmann burh cinen 9iepol,
pcrid)uB in Den SoIS Detootet, poruui
Der Gbotcr SeIbitnoro beging. Sc.
ltcrnlonn mar Gl Sabre alt un0 icit
Gobrcn nit Snad intin beircln0rt.
Nan fono beioe Seidcn oui Dem 30.
ZEN lnho Elm aortcnipicl mar uui ri.
nem 1aihe I'M 3inincr 3critrelrt.
Cf'enbnr fparcn Die Ml1nncr bci'm
Aartcltipiclen in 5ireit gcrut6cn.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-04-13

% ilnhen, IL. }lpril. Yro.
iciior 9Inton '3cB, ocr bcriibnite Bib
bauer lit bier gcitnrbcu. CT ipuroc
II 1898 9cboren uno mar Eroieiior
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1909-04-13
9cntidc Sparbnnf pun Baltimore.

2. WIat6 1DOV.
Tie idhrlifen SinTcn sur 9iate opu orei uuo
etnem balbru (31a) &rp5cn., am 1. 9tpril 1909
fduia meroen un ieneir Gnoe aui ben Credit
enes ieocn 9ontp5 aedbrieben iueroeu mo am
iinb nab benz I. etprf 1909 8ltr GiRtruallna
in Die Yihcr Der Sepoiiiprcu berct iein, unS
lpenn nidt ae5ogcn, 8ur SerjuuHg oou L.
9Ipri an bereCbtigt fen.
Suatss urb Gt1otsStcucrn iperoen bon Der
F1Ht bejabi.
GbarleS spilmau,
Mlr627-gpri.9j 8rdioent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-01
WATERED BUTTER.
This Is Latest Thing Uncovered, by
Inspector kleinhans.

If a pound of butter is composed of Is
per cent butter and 80 per cent water,
how much butter is there in a pound!
This is the question that John Kleinhans,
pure food inspector, is asking himself to-
day. 1t came about through the adver-
tisement and operations of a firm in Kan
sas City, Mo-, that manufacture an emul.
assmilating water with butter. fat and
retaining it in the most natural manner
as a part of the butter composition.
KleinhanS read the advertisement,
bought some of the emulsion and turned
the stuff over to his wife and asked her
to take it and make pound OF butter OUT
of half pound of butter. using half
pound of water to fill in with
When Kleinhans, the pure food expert,
was confronted with the pound of wa
tered" butter he was astounded. 1t was
as good looking and good tasting butter
as the real thing. Only by expert and
chemical analysis could the substitute be
and "grainey'' and it tasted fine Klein
hans can testify as to the virtue of the
emulsion and is now on the alert to pre-
vent the manufacture of watered butter
by the emulsion method.
Butter costs about as much pound at
this time as gold nuggets and as it only
requires about ten drops of the emulsion
with a half pound of butter. the substi-
tute business would be a profitable one.
But any one assailed by the temptation
to get rich quick in this fashion had bet
ter be careful for the pure food depart
ment of the state is going to make a
speciality of looking for ...watered" butter
and thus prevent a repetition of the mir
acle of feeding the multitude on five
pounds of butter with enough water add
ed to make it go round
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-01
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
Spread Has Been Checked-Still
Mystery.


Phillipsburg woman. over the
signature of Mother" has written the
State Journal as follows:
why do you not give us any more
about 1nfantile paralysis? What are
the doctors doing about it, and is 1t
still spreading? We mothers are vastly
more interested in that than we are
about Cook, Peary and Taft"
1t is likely that this Phillipsburg
mother is not the only person who is
tired OF the north pole controversy
and details of Taft's trip. The Taft
and Cook headlines have the right OF
way over all vital news of local ma
ture and have enjoyed this precedence
for a month or two. Still, the Kansas
da1lies have printed all the informa-
ton obtainable about infantile paraly-
sis, its origin, symptoms and the
spread of the disease. There is so lit
tie to tell. The doctors are baffied
doctors of Kansas, but the leading
medical men of New York. Massachu-
setts and Pennsylvania
The origin of the disease can only
be guessed at It is not infectious,
yet it breaks out in community like
plague. The per cent of fatality
attending it is greater than in any
other disease known.
The doctors of the eastern states
wrestled with this disease last year
and learned nothing important about
it nor found any cure or check for
it. Now Kansas doctors, in their
turn. are fighting it.
While they have accomplished little
or nothing, it must be said for them
that they have done all they could.
In the beginning the state board of
health viewed the spread of the dis
ease in this state with grave appre-
hension. DIR. Crumbine visited the
stricken communities one by one, and
tried to find out the cause of the dis
ease. Finally it was decided to send
the patients to the State University
hospital where the best chemists, sur
geOns and medical experts of the state
could keep the closest watch on the
disease and it's symptoms and effect
in the victims.
perts have not yet found a basis upon
which to make report.
The board of health and the state
officials recognize fully the serious
ness of this plague and are fighting
it with all the resources and exper-
fence and ability that the state can
produce
So far they have had as little sue
cess as the Assyrians did at SEN
nacherib when their army was destroy
ed in night by the breath of the
Lord
One thing only is known about the
infantile paralysis, and that is that
its further spread is checked by cold
weather, and the doctors therefore do
not expect many more cases to be
reported in this state this fall.
The State Journal has from time to
time printed every scrap of informa-
ton obtainable from the state board
of health about infantile paralysis and
will continue to do SO.