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...revolution broke out in Sao Paulo, Capital of the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil...
...Juiz de Fora, Brazil, one Vicente Henrique Ferreira, aged 118, "father of 42 boys and six girls," announced his marriage to Georgiana da Silva, aged 23, "had hopes of bringing his immediate offspring up to 50." Black, he served three masters before the abolishment of slavery, has outlived four wives...
...There is an intense interest in athletics in South America, and four countries have made unusually large appropriations to defray expenses of their various athletes. There nations are Argentine. Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay. Argentine will send several sprinters who have made very creditable showings this year, and Chile has distance runners who will press even our great De Mar, and the Finns. Sports in the South American countries are receiving much attention, and individual performances occasion unusual outbursts of enthusiasm throughout the various countries...
Hookworm work was carried on during the year in Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Saint Lucia, Trinidad, Porto Rico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Salvador, Colombia, Dutch Guiana, Brazil, Australia, Fiji, Siam, Ceylon, Mainland India, Mauritius...
Yellow Fever. Dr. Noguchi was sent to Brazil and there conducted a fight against yellow fever (he discovered its organism). Similar work was done in Peru, Ecuador, Central America and Mexico, President Vincent said, with the result that in 1923 no cases of the disease were reported in Mexico, Central America, Ecuador or Peru; an outbreak in Colombia was put under observation; control measures were under way in Northern Brazil and workers were in training to resume study of the disease along the coast of West Africa...