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...Important cancer tidings at the convention: organization of a radiological research institute; by the Chemical Foundation; to make a thoroughgoing study of all cancer problems, to reduce the cost of radium (now $60,000 a gram...
...year-old farmhouse of Mellie Dunham, Henry Ford's favorite fiddler, at Norway, Me., burned down. Stoically said Mellie: "Still got Gram [his wife], and still got the fiddles...
...Mouse Unit" Potency. The potency of female sex hormone substances is measured in "mouse units" or "rat units." One "rat unit" equals four "mouse units." One gram of comparatively crude hormone-containing substance is sufficient, if injected with properly minute doses, to make 30,000 spayed mice rut again. The crystals will stimulate 8,000,000 mice or 2,000,000 rats...
Reputed peddler price per gram...
...Gram Dunham, 71, wife of Mellie Dunham (Henry Ford's famed Maine fiddler), went into the woods near Norway, Me. with a rifle, killed a buck deer, dragged it home, butchered it for steaks & chops. Said she: "When a family in the country needs fresh meat, a rifle in the hand is worth two fiddles...