Round House Idea Promoted by New Orleans Architect Wisner
Architect C N Wisner of New Orleans patents a circular home concept arguing nature favors round shapes. He argues square rooms are inferior for ventilation and cleanliness, and plans a company to build round houses aimed at young couples and their first children with profits funding education while tenants provide steady rents.
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C. N. Wisner
New Orleans
Wisner
Nature
Mr. Wisner
Wisney
America
Scientific
United States
England
France
Belgium
Russia
Round House
Albert C. Freeman
Freeman
Jacques Germain Scrifflot
Waist line study links middle age obesity to early death
A 186,579 person study across 43 life insurers finds highest mortality in 40 to 44 year olds carrying 50 to 80 pounds too much. It urges exercise and describes Jack Cooper’s 15 minute daily reducing cabinet device that simulates biking with heat and perspiration.
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Jack Cooper
Stamford
Popular Science Monthly
Curious schoolgirl fads alarm headmistress near London
A London area headmistress recalls wartime mania among girls at large schools. Some mimicked surgeons on animals after whiskey anaesthesia. others fainted in class after reading fiction. Other crazes included boyish pranks, jewelry fads, garters, slave bangles, and dyeing hair vivid orange and red.
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London
Cus
Tom Brown
St. Winifreds
The Citrus Cure for Influenza Findings by Oldfield
English physician R Josiah Oldfield promotes citrus fruits as a preventive and curative approach to influenza and other diseases. He advocates an orange cure with unlimited fruit and olive oil, plus rest, fresh air, light clothing, and up to ten miles of walking daily for recovery and stamina.
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R. Josiah Oldfield
Fruitarian Society
Oldfield
Corn Cob Glue Could Transform Corn Byproduct Use
A U S Department of Agriculture chemist announces a process to turn corn cobs into glue, offering cheaper, strong adhes ive to replace sodium silicate. Using 3 percent of annual cob production could meet today’s adhesive demand, with potential nationwide effects on grain and cattle feeds.
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Ohio
Indiana
Middle Western States
Siberia
America
United States
Frederick B. la Forge
Bureau of Chemistry
United States Department of Agriculture
Secrets of the upper air and world war meteorology
The piece explains exacting new findings on upper air temperatures during wartime. It notes deviations from the 1 degree F per 300 feet rule, reveals how lapse rates change at 2 3 miles, and describes the stratosphere or upper air where temperatures rise and storms are scarce. Dust pervades both lower and upper air, unlike clouds or moisture.
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Uncle Sam
Europe
Lang
Casale
Rohifs
Mount
Everest
Solar System
Earth
Pole Star
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Mother Nature
United
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The
Scientific American
J. W. Redway
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