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Clearly this measure would subvert a very foundation stone of aristocracy. If the rabbits of a duke are to be "reduced" upon mere complaint by an adjacent farmer, the sanctity of dukedoms totters in the balance...
Babies come crying into the world. They cry for air but in many cases the tears are gummy with pus, the little eyelids swollen and glued together. "Babies sore eyes" (ophthalmia neonatorum) is a common complaint. Gonorrhoeal infection is almost always the cause; contracted from the mother, or in an occasional instance from infected hands or articles. Total blindness is often the result, how often is indicated by the 25% of all blindness in children ascribed to it. This dark, tragic disease may be entirely prevented by therapy during pregnancy; may even be entirely cured, after having been contracted...
...case of James Barrett Johnson, artist, against whom Mrs. Ruth Johnson had a complaint. Mrs. Johnson wished to be divorced; she charged cruelty and said that her husband had neglected, during the nine years of their wedlock, to provide her with flowers and candy. Also, she complained that since she had left his bed and board, James Johnson had pursued her onto street cars and had sent her more flowers and candy than she wanted. Mr. Johnson heard his wife's criticisms with dismay. For himself, he told the court, he loved his wife and desired her return. To this...
...Foolish untruths," replied Secretary Hoover, "I have received no complaint from either group...
...January 12 Admiral Collard threatened me in the presence of several guests, that if I did not make Commander Daniel do his duty in introducing people to each other at a dance he would make him do it. I thought his complaint unjustified and his manner of address improper...