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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30

one time or another as a cure for cancer The majority of the profes- sion now pin their faith to surgery, N-rays and radium-in many in stances & combination of all three. It is dictum of surgery that the earlier operative treatment is em ployed in cancer the better are the results obtained.
 Among the known purely epidemic diseases none is anticipated with greater dread or occasions more alarm in this country when it gains a foothold than poliomyelitis, known to physicians as polio" and to the laity as infantile paralysis. That it originates from germ-a variety of bacterium named streptococcus, so- called from it's shape and arrange ment-is the belief of the majority of physicians. It is said to turk in the back of the mouth and nose, but the manner of it's spread from one individual to another is still a mat ter of doubt. Whether the conta zion is air borne or whether there is some Intermediary in the transmits sion of the infection, such as in in sect, remains mystery.
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 Heavy Toll in 1916.
 The historic epidemic of 1916 in this country, which began in Brook Il, large number of fatalities, leaving behind it a pathetic trail of paralyzed and otherwise crippled children. No specific remedy for it is known; the treatment is symptomatic only, and partial recovery from it's disabilities is painfully slow.
 Pellagra, long known in different parts of Europe, and which has af flicted sections of Italy for 300 years
  mysteries of the medical profession. For more than a decade it has pre- vailed in the south to a greater or less extent, the patients in a single year running as high as 50,o00 and filling hospitals and insane asylums. with pellagra present pathetic pie ture. Not only do they develop loathsome skin lesions, but their nervous systems are shattered and in many cases insanity develops.
 In Italy the disease for a long time had been attributed to the con sumption of spoiled maize. Some years ago an English investigator. Professor Sambon of London, accom- panied by medical representatives of the United States army and navy. carried on a careful inquiry and came away convinced that the disease was caused by a contagion transmitted by species or ny 1Ounu along water courses in the spring.
 Due to Dietetic Errors.
 When Dr.rJoseph l.. Goldberger of the United States public health serv- ice took charge of the federal gov ernments investigation into the cause of pellagra few years ago, after a few months work he arrived a the conclusion that the disease re- suited solely from dietetic errors. Those who studied his experiments and their results for the most part agreed with him; but it is not too much to say that to vast numbers of the worlds population the disease is still & mystery. On the basis of Dr. Goldbergers conclusions, the remedy of course, is a properly balanced diet. Still. however, cases of pella-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30
FAIRFAX PTURES. GREAT AUDIENCE
Greeted With Enthusiasm Upon Last Appearance
 In Birmingham

Generousness with bewitching voice and 8 personality unmatched would make Geraldine Farrar favorite even though she were not blessed with a winsome face, a roguish smile and figure that makes one forget about a mass of jewelry that must be worth the proverbial Kings ransom"
 What an unmitigated treat 1t is to see and hear 8 really great artist who does not have to be rolling fat" in order to sing.
 Perhaps 1t was when she sang the familiar "Habinera," from Bizets Carmen" that Geraldine got closest to her auditors. All know it and most people love it and it is one of the most intriguing of all the airs. ANYWAY, Geraldine wrapped herself in scarf that even q man could See was priceless. and while the thou sands in the great auditorium of the Masonic Temple sat, it seemed, frozen in their seats, the artist who made Carmen" a play as well as an opera, swept all to Spain with her and made the mountain country around seville familiar to Birmingham.
 What use in trying to tell of Far rar. it has been done by those who lave studied music and know what her work is. Suffice it to say that &gain and again, and yet again, ring ms genuine. spontaneous applause called heE back, and each time, with ? friendly happy smile the girl America gave to grand opera re- turned and offered generously of her Squisite art
 Claude Gotthelf will not always be s} accompanies. No one can play he piano with q lightness of touch tfat makes an accompaniment a rose Stld opal background for the bril- ant radiation of great voice. and not before long. he heraled. too. as "he of the elect Miss Farrar Is tess ed in the beauteous background t'ptthelf makes for her music.
 Henry Weldon. basSo-or is it ally tenor-robusto that nature
 s given hinl-had the Kindness of eart 10 sing simple things. save in l" instance when he voiced a sketch ;9a@ with laugh in il that must iiNe required months of practice To i7aster. ScruDulouslN he avoided the 9noerous airs written for effect and ith voice that was at times bril- l!ant sang so pleasinelE that he near !! shared honors with the girl from Massachusetts.
 Joseph MallSin does not play" the Nlplineello. as the program said. he caresses it and it responds Of all the instruments man has devised the cello. like a thoroughbred racer, IS only at it's best when touched by ts master hand. Malllin got more real music and effect out of his cello than most violinists draw from the smaller instrument with the help of a mute
 Miss Farrar has surrounded herself with aids that, despite their unques- toned fineness, do not detract from her work, but embellish it, as gems in cluster respond to each others ray in strong light.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30
Every Year, However, Shows Gain Against Strange Mala-
 dies Preying On Mankind

NEW YORK, Nov. 2s.-Slowly but surely the mysteries Of medicine are yielding to the importunities of science Biochemical research and animal experimentation each year rob some hitherto puzzling and dreaded ailment of It's terrors.
 The recent outbreak of devils grip" in Virginia is one of the un- solved puzles and was heralded as 8 mysterious epidemic. The descrip- tion was eminently correct for. al- though it is known that that disease is form of grip-or influenza, to give it it's medical name-influen8s itself belongs to the category of medica mysteries.
 Prominent among these strange and fearful problems may be mentioned cancer, poliomyesitis (infantile paralysls), jellagra, encephalitis, lothargica ("seeping sicknessD and epilepsy.
 For three generations laboratory workers and clinicalS all over the world hesve devoted a great deal of time and labor wrestling with the influenza problem both from the standpoints of cause and cure; but very little more is known about the disease than at the beginning of the inquiry. It is assumed, of course, that the malady is caused by 9 germ and more than once announcements have been made that it's probable cause had been isolated, but on ac- count of lack of corroborative find ings by other laboratory workers these announcements have failed of general acceptance Influenza then. remains as much of mystery as ever physicians declare
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 Varied CIsniroI irf
 Reasonable variations in the sy1np- toms of influenza Cor grip. as the public was long ago taught to call this disease) present different clinic al pictures, so that physicians at the onset of an epidemic sometimes are led to believe that they have a new ipalady to cope with This js now explained by the fact that in some years the germs that are believed to be responsible for the disease at tain a difference degree of virulence than they do in other years. Thus, in one year grip patients may pre- sent an abdominal ash. which leads tie physician to believe at first be is confronted with the beginning of an epidemic of typhoid fever; ir another year he may meet in similar patients a degree of mental disturbance which puzzles him until later developments eneble him to make a correct diagnosis Devils grip" it is believed is merely one Of these reasonable variations.
 Wher the mystery with which the origin of widespread and destruc- tive malady is cloaked yields to science and is dispelled, it often hap pens that the method of coping with it's activity sill presents as much of & puzzle as it did before, although, fortunately, this is not often the case. The late Dr. William Mama Thomp son of this city, who was well known as a medical teacher and consulting physician. was wont to say to his college classes when he reached the subject of whooping cought:
 There are more cures for whoop- ing cough than for any other disease which goes to show that there is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30

disease is encephalitis lethargica, to which the name Sleeping sickness" has enormously been given, forVit is distinct malady from the true sleepi1 sickness of Africa, of which
 the cause is known as well as defined methods of dealing with it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30

gra are found in the south year after year, just as sporadic cases of in- fantile paralysis are continually oc- curing in New York city since the historic epidemic of 1916.
 The most recent visitant to this country in the way of mysterious
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-30

Hevea braziliensis is the tree that furnishes what we know as real rub Der.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-08-03
Important to All Women
Readers of This Paper

Thousands upon thousands of women
have kidney or bladder trouble and never
suspect 1t.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in healthy con-
dition, they may cause the other organs
to become diseased
You may suffer pain in the back, head
ache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous, irri-
table and maybe respondent; it makes
any one so.
But hundreds of women claim that DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, by restoring health
to the kidneys, proved to be just the
remedy needed to overcome such condi-
tons.
Many send for sample bottle to sec
what Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver
and bladder medicine, viii do for them. By
enclosing ten cents to DR.. Kilmer L Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, you may receive sam
pie size bottle by parcel post. You can
purchase medium and large size bottles at
all drug Observation-Disclosures
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-08-03
GUILTY OF BOORISH CONDUCT
City Newspaper Condemns Visitors to
Rural Districts Who Leave Trash
and Litter Behind.

Wayfarers are constantly violating
the hospitality of those who afford
them pleasant spots for spreading their
basket lunches and eating them be-
meath the welcome shade of spreading
trees. 1t is bad enough to be obliged
to endure such uncivilized practice In
the city; It Is worse when inflicted on
rural districts less able to defend them
selves against ill-mannered intruders.
Motorists who leave smeared scraps
of paper, greasy boxes and scraps O.
picnic miscellany behind them after
finishing their lunch are not only in
dulging in boorish Indifference TO the
rights of others but are helping de-
stroy their welcome afeld. Owners of
rural homesteads have a perfectly
proper resentment against tourists who
camp on or near their premises and,
departing, leave such offensive evil
dence Of their slovenly habits. Such
conduct is utterly inexcusable.
Only the minority Of autoists, Of
course, are guilty Of such practices.
But the offensive minority are likely
to prejudice country jewellers against
the whole Increasing tribe of tourists.
Against this minority the majority
should set itself firmly, determined 10
eradicate an evil that threatens all
Plain Dealer.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-08-03

" Buildinq'
SELECTING SITE FOR HOME
49, Impossible to Give Too
"'ucn Thought to Matter Of such
High Importance

before you build 1t Is necessary n
"aYe parcel Of ground. Too much
1aie cannot be taken in the seIect,on
VI site. Remember, II IA the sn,t -.
which you and your family will sneDd
Dany years, at least that is the gen
s = a supposition, for the building Of q
% usually one Of the highly I'm.
por'ant happenings Of ones NE
Location determines the character
- - mousse and 1t has much TO do with
','e iamlly's happiness and health II
Tue person contemplating building
uome VIII observe the following enc
sestions when buying or selecting q
ste ne viii save himself a lot NJ I'm
lure trouble and at the same fine
make an investment that will increase
rainier than decrease In valna h.
are the suggestions:
Buy only in a section that ia b,oh
ory and healthful.
Locate In a neighborhood that .,
Hkeiy to increase in Talue and alvvav.
oD'c IOT MONIES.
ASK about the water supply. who're
the water comes from, IL the local
system is modern and whether the sun.
ply is plentiful.
churches, schools and stores should
be convenient.
flnd out If the section has all mod
ern subsurface improvements, sewers
for instance.
what is the tax levy? Compare II
with previous rates for years.
Why the increase or decrease II
any?
Are gas and electricity easily OBJ
talnable?
Does the site need much grading
seeding or planting?
What are the transit or transports-
ton facilities?
What is the travelling time to place
of business?
What is the expense?
If the property meets these condI-
lions satisfactorily, then you may be
sure Of your selection.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-08-03
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|!XXVQ
Most Important Breeds
of Ducks for Marketin,

Ducks are the most valuable ~ Of
oomesticated waterfowl, for CONNER
cial purposes.
DUCKS can be successfully raised
IN almost any locality where they have
q good supply Of green food and plenty
OF drinking water. In recent year,
tne production Of broiler ducks FOR
market has become a large business
me raising Of ducks for the prodnc.
ton OF eggs for market, while still in
It's infancy, promises to grow to con.
Siderable proportions. The most i'm
portant breeds Of ducks for the produc-
iron OF market poultry are the Peking.
Aylesbury and Rouen.
AS ducks are rather hardy birds
they do not require more than ordina-
rlly good shelter from the weather. II
is custom to place them in low-built
houses on range, where they will
have plenty Of room to range. Duck
houses should be placed on ground
that has sufficient slope to drain 1t at
all times Of the year. The floors of
houses for ducks should preferably be
OF sandy soil
The ground composing the floor of
the houses should be dug out to the
depth Of six inches each spring and
fall, and replaced with fresh soil. The
floor should be kept continually COW
cred with a litter of dry straw on
which the ducks can roOst or rest at
night. This litter should be taken out
frequently and dried in the sun, and
whenever 1t becomes filthy at should
be removed, the floor carefully
cleaned, and fresh litter placed in the
houses
A small house well suited for ducks
is II feet wide, 10 feet long, feet
high in front, feet high at the back
With a yard 80 feet square the house
and yard are sufficiently large to 40
commodate 65 ducks
Ducks need lots of fresh air and in
building the houses provision should
be made for abundant ventilation. If
a large number of ducks are kept in
close house. the air will get so bad
that some ducks will actually go blind
from the irritation of their eyes by
the ammonia arising from the manure. |
Few articles of equipment are essen
tial for duck houses, the principal ones |
being water vessels, feed hoppers and I
nests. Where ducks are supplied with I
an ample swimming pool they will |
have a sufficient water supply; where |
they do not have this water supply /
they must have water continually be- |
fore them in troughs, small galvanized
iron buckets, stone crooks or water
fountains.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-08-03
Very Satisfactory Milk
Substitute for Calves

Prepared By the United States Department
OF Agricultural
A very satisfactory milk substitute
for feeding calves after the second
week has been devised by the United
States Department Of Agriculture. The
mixture consists of 30 parts finely
ground corn, Is parts linseed-oil meal,
Is parts finely ground rolled oats. 10
parts dried blood -four, 10 parts skim
milk powder, and one-hah part salt. 1t
Is stirred up with warm water at the
rate Of pound Of meal to pounds Of
water. The feed is increased gradually
as the whole milk Is decreased, until
at the time the calf is 80 days old 1t Is
getting only the Cruel. At this time
IL to 2 pounds OK meal mixed with
water will constitute a days feed.
Whenever there are indications of
scours the feed must be reduced.
When calves are vigorous, the fol-
lowing schedule may be~adhered to In
changing from whole milk to the SUBJ
stitute:
First week-Whole milk.
Second week-WhoIe milk
Third week-Three parts whole milk.
one part Cruel.
Fourth week-Three parts whole
milk. one part Cruel.
Fifth week-Whole milk and Cruel
equal parts.
Sixth week-Whole milk one part
Cruel three parts.
Seventh week-A1l Cruel
Grain and roughage should be fed
with milk substitutes the same as with
separated milk. Milk has to be very
high in price to justify the use of sub
stitutes during the first two weeks Of
the calfs life.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-08-03
Right Time for Culling
Indifferent Laying Hens

Look for a high death rate among
farm poultry. The culling season,
when the Indifferent layer and all her
sisters should be disposed Of to the
hest advantage, Is at hand. Culling
demonstrations are in order from June
to January.
Nine hundred and eighty-six demon
STATIONS were put on in IS counties or
Minnesota last season. Three thou
sand eight hundred and thirty-eight
focks. totaling 313,557 birds, were
cuIled; 1OO,932 birds, or practically
one-third, were discarded as unprodit-
able.
at is evident from these figures,
saws N. E. Chapman, poultry special
ist with the agricultural extension
division of the university, that about
one-third of the farm fiocks should
he culled, and this culllng should De
gin as soon as the hens begin TO mott.
Early molters having small combs and
wattles and yellow legs Of the Ameri-
can and Mediterranean breeds are the
ones that should be discarded. SUCH
fowls may be consumed Immediately
canned for future use or put on the
market. This will give the remainder
of the flock more room and better
chance all around. Sale OF the non
LAYERS Will provide a fund for the pur-
chase of feed for the growing stock
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-08-03
BOY
Sou s
RI
toendactsd By National Council OF the Boy
Scouts of America)
BOY SCOUT HEROES

The boy scout movement takes 4
boy at the age when he Graves the op-
portunity to translate heroic words to
DEEDS, says an observer, land stir
ring are the incidents Of youthful
bravery and self-sacrifice fulfilling the
ioeais for which scouting stands"
The following trio Of heroic acts are
typical.
AT the risk Of their lives, Scouts
Maurice Shanahan and Irving Settler
OF Syracuse, together with Arthur A.
Mullett, painter, recently saved a
bed-ridden invalid from being burned
10 death when fire broke out in the
building in which her apartment was
located. The boys, in passing, were at
tracted by the smoke. Calling to the
painter, who was working nearby, the
three made their way into the burning
building. The flames drove the boys
back when they reached the second
landing. Mullett continued on to the
third floor, reaching Mrs. Sheeran as
the flames were licking the posts of the
bed on which she was lying helpless.
Mullett picked the woman up and car
ried her to the second floor, where
Settler and Shanahan Joined him and
aided In carrying the Invalid from the
building.
Because his older brother passed
boy scout resuscitation tests for per-
sons burned by live wires states the
nafpnfr ISL
old Herman Scott of Plainwell, Mich,
Is alive today" The Scott boys, &C.
companied by companion, were re-
turning home along an interurban line
when Herman stepped on the third rail.
The lad was knocked down and rolled
under the rail, where his body was ter
ribly burned. Sending their companion
for a doctor, the scout pulled his broth
er's unconscious form from under the
rail and carried 1t down to the river.
There the scout held the smaller boys
limp form in the cold water until he re-
vived, and upon the arrival of the ply
sician the scout assisted In dressing the
burns.
A quarry hole at Westerly, R. l.,
might have gone down in local history
as the sceie Of tragedy had 1t not been
for the training end presence of mind
of Scout de We're Laing.
With some othe7 boys, the scout, fol-
lowing baseball game, went swim
ming in the quarry hole. Suddenly one
CT the group, Thomas Lenihan, evident
ly becoming paralyzed in the cold wa
ter, began to sink. The scout dived In
after him and, as Lenihan was about
to go under the third time, succeeded
in bringing the unconscious boy to
shore. Laing worked on the PROSTATE
form Of his companion, pumped the
water from the lads lungs and finally
succeeded in restoring him to con-
seriousness. After a short rest Lenihan
was able to return to his home.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-08-03
Organization Necessary.

In the beginning was organization,
and organization was mans, and
through organization man worked his
tortuous way from savagery to civ
illzation. Latterly, we have discov-
cred anew this ancient highway OF
life. We have become intensely con-
scious of organization. And so 1t has
come about that whenever anyone sug-
gests a task TO be done, someone
arises to remark: "Let us organize"
We have labeled our generation, IAN
age of organization" and have laid
our hands upon the most solid truth
we know-that men make progress
and gain more abundant life by work
ing together and not alone.-Ex-
change
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-08-03
Right Care of Horse in
Harvest Quite Important

Horses working In the heat should
be fed only limited amount of hay In
the morning and the noon feeds. and
should be given a liberal amount Of
grain. preferably oats, with from 10 to
20 per cent Of bran added They
should be watered In the morning be-
fore being fed and should be allowed
water again after feeding. At noon,
when coming from the neld they
should be given 4 limited amount Of
water II they are hot, followed by feed,
and again be wetered before going to
the field At night they should be given
a limited amount when brought from
the field. followed by the evening feed.
and should then be given all the water
they will drink.
II is an excellent practice, also, to
water the horses In the middle Of each
half days work. A drink ar this time
Is as refreshing 10 the horse as TO the
man and will be repaid by better serv-
ice. Frequent breathing spells should
be given In the harvest neld 10 avoid
overheating and injury 10 the wind,
which may result IN permanent I'M
sOundness.
The shoulders should be washed
With cool salt water at night 10 pre-
vent shoulder gals and sore neciks
The collar should also be carefully
cleaned when taken OIL. s. Mont
Eomery, University Fam, ST. Paul.