by Darren McMannis | Feb 15, 1926 | Old News, Science
Dancing Causes A Girl’s Death. Physician Declares That Charleston Is Dangerous For Young Women. Seneca, KS – The recent death of Evelyn Myers, 17, was “due to dancing the Charleston,” her physician, Dr. W. R. Boyer of Pawnee City, Nebr., said in a statement made...
by Darren McMannis | Nov 27, 1915 | Good Old Days, Old News, Science
Thumb Sucking Is Discouraged. Where a baby sucks its thumb, it may irreparably injure its speaking and singing voice in after years, Dr. Newton C. Thomas of Northwestern University of Chicago, told delegates attending the National Council of Teachers of America which...