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This picked up and dusted off episode of History Daily, originally aired on April 20th, 2022.

It's July 8th, 1921, at the Baltimore Hotel in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.

Outside a large crowd, jeers and hisses as a public health officer from New York

makes his way through a mass of people. Back in May, the mayor's office hired Dr. Charles North

to help sanitize Kansas City's dairy industry after a batch of contaminated milk caused widespread

disease. Dr. North is a fierce advocate of a relatively new bacteria-killing process known as

pasteurization. But he's been met with fierce opposition from dairy farmers here in Missouri,

who believe pasteurization is a waste of time and money. Dr. North bounds up the front steps of

the hotel. And inside, a gaggle reporter is waiting for him. One photographer steps forward and

says, smile for the Kansas City star. With the camera flash still burning in his eyes,

Dr. North blinks looking around the lobby. And there standing in the middle of the room is a cow.

A reporter approaches Dr. North, hands him a bucket and says, let's see if you really are America's

leading authority on milk. Dr. North approaches the cow and becomes acutely aware of the dairy farmers

crowding the lobby. Their narrow eyes, boring into a messy gingerly, takes a seat at the milking stool.

Dr. North removes his jacket and rolls up his sleeves. He knows that if these people are ever

going to take him seriously, if they're ever going to listen to his recommendations and implement

mandatory pasteurization, he's going to have to earn their respect. And he's going to have to milk

this cow. Dr. North clears his throat. He throws an apologetic glance at the animal. And then with

trembling fingers, he takes hold of an utter and starts to pull. But nothing comes out. As hostile

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