Word: philadelphianization
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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DOCTOR JOHNSON (A Play)?A. Edward Newton?Atlantic Monthly Press ($3.50). Mr. Newton, well known Philadelphian, book collector and essayist, here presents, with the assistance of numerous immortal shades, four scenes from the life of that burly Doctor, hater of oatmeal, Scotchmen, professional politicians and cant, who is one of the few among the dead celebrities of English literature whom, via Boswell's life, we can know as if we had met him on the street or suffered his thunderous rebuke in person. In this play Mr. Newton's task has been, avowedly, to string certain gems of Johnsonian...
...Gould, 34, Philadelphian, won the National Court Tennis Championship for the 16th successive year. His opponent in the finals was C. Suydam Cutting of New York...
...prominent Philadelphian suffering from sleeping sickness completely recovered after several injections of the Mayo serum for the disease, administered by Dr. John A. Kolmer, professor of bacteriology in the University of Pennsylvania and a director of the Research Institute for Cutaneous Medicine. The paralysis which usually follows encephalitis has not developed. The serum was discovered by Dr. E. C. Rosenow, of the Mayo Laboratories, Minnesota. Although the new remedy has not been proved to be a conclusive cure, it offers hope that the present outbreaks of the disease in New York and Philadelphia may be successfully combatted...