Metric plans loom in Congress despite varied support
Rodney Dutcher reports Washington chatter on a metric system shift in the United States. Promoters like Aubrey Drury cite World Parliament victories while lawmakers promise a ten year transition with liters replacing quarts and meters replacing yards. The piece notes broad business backing and mentions church census trends alongside 1927 disaster reflections.
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Rodney Dutcher
Awashington
Aubrey Drury
All- America Standards Council
Gillett
Britten
Thomas Jefferson
America
Thought for Today: Faith and the mentally lazy debate
A magazine writer argues that men are mentally lazy while women leaders of the sex emancipation movement are highly active. The piece mockingly cites figures like Henry Ford Lindbergh Byrd Al Smith Morgan and Rockefeller as examples and ends by scolding the debate as inconclusive.
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Henry Ford
Detroit
J. P. Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
Marconi
Thomas Edison
Doctor Michelson
Doctor Miller
Is Genius Changing or Fated to Hunger
A spirited opinion arguing that true genius defies hardship and loneliness, with the author contrasting common beliefs about genius and citing historical figures who thrived amid struggle. The piece asserts geniuses celebrate their own greatness and need for no external praise.
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Merica
New York
Robert Norwood
Doctor Norwood
Holiday charity call in Hocking valley urges cheerful giving
A local column urges residents to meet Christmas demands with a cheerful spirit. It notes that while some have little, others can help and that county agencies will handle many needs through taxes and charitable appeals.
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Hocking Valley
Berlin Scientists Create Record Cold in Lab
Thanksgiving reflection notes Berlin scientists achieving the coldest laboratory temperature 459 degrees below zero and compares it to the theoretical absolute zero of space. The piece discusses Fahrenheit equivalents and the concept of heatless space beyond Earth's atmosphere.
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Berlin
Earth
Row of Theoretical Properties In Extreme Cold
At extremely low temperatures matter undergoes phase changes. Metals lose resistance and act as superconductors. A mercury thread can power many lamps. Helium turns liquid near absolute zero. Motion halts as molecules slow, potentially raising conductivity.
Life's seed germination beyond absolute zero hints at cosmic origins
The article argues that life can survive near absolute zero, with barley, wheat, mustard seeds and other plant seeds retaining germination power after exposure. It speculates that life on Earth could begin from germs from other planets, ejected into space and later seeding Earth's oceans, evolving to microbes and humans.
Life Created Miraculously Across Billions of Planets
The remark argues that life arising by miracle would be required on billions of planets, a notion deemed highly unlikely and needing extensive miraculous creation across space.
Heat through ether turns sun rays into warming energy
The sun’s heat travels 93,000,000 miles of ether at absolute zero and becomes warmth when the rays meet atmospheric resistance. Electric current in winter warms when it meets the resistance of a stove, illustrating the same principle.
First abstract science then useful application
The text argues that abstract science should precede practical use, suggesting practical work could create metal conditions like absolute zero without reaching it. Such a breakthrough would enable lossless electrical transport and provide cheap power, framing a path from theory to energy solutions.
Americans Lend Billions Abroad Without Asking Uses
The article notes that Americans provide large sums of money to foreign countries with little inquiry into how the funds are used or the potential impact on the United States.
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America
Chinese protest U.S. loans to Manchurian railway
Chinese businessmen denounce proposed American loans to the South Manchurian Railway, calling the line a tool of Japanese imperialism used for political and economic penetration of China, not a commercial venture.
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South Manchurian
China
United Asia Vision Fueled by Japanese Leadership
A retrospective, tongue in cheek reflection suggests Japan financed a unified Asia as a strategic aim, imagining a coordinated region under Japanese guidance that could influence current national thinking. The tone contemplates long term consequences of such a policy concept.
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Asia
Japan
Thanksgiving Turkey Allowance Raised for Soldiers
President Coolidge ordered a turkey allowance increase for American soldiers on Thanksgiving Day from one pound to one pound and three quarters per man. The President received 100 pounds of fine turkeys from friends and reportedly ate about three ounces, avoiding overindulgence.
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President Coolidge
Engineer's Club honors Ericsson landing in America
The Engineer's Club of New York celebrated Thanksgiving and John Ericsson's arrival from Denmark. It recalls Ericsson who built the Monitor, mocked as a cheese box, which then destroyed the Merrimac and shifted Civil War tides. The piece ends with a wary immigration message inviting no new Europeans.
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Engineer's Club
New York
John Ericsson
America
Denmark
Ericsson
A Doctor Denounces Pollen Theories on Asthma Cure
The doctor argues asthma is a symptom with three true causes: diaphragm pressure, limited diaphragmatic movement, and excessive bronchial mucus. He prescribes diet and exercise as the only complete cure, rejects serums and animal protein remedies, and warns against mixing drugs with dietary treatment.
Woman about town rises in Manhattan society
By the Way in New York notes the rise of the woman about town as a social type. She matches male patterns in cadence and presence, travels, pays her own way, and fills party roles with wit and gossip, paralleling a brisk Broadway life and editor’s curious gendered perceptions.
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Gilbert Swan
New York
Manabout-Town
Tiree
Manhattan
Broadway
Chicago
Cheyenne
Montrnaa
Wyoming
Nearsightedness and eye care questions answered
A reader asks if near sight can be corrected without glasses. A doctor says eye exercises may strengthen eye muscles enough to avoid glasses, but near sight remains. Glasses advised for reading until the condition improves.
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McCoy
Caroline F
Practical Treatments for Numb Elbows and Knees
The numbness of your elbows and knees may be caused by a mild form of rheumatism or by poor circulation due to insufficient exercise.
Answers to Questions by Frederick J. Haskin
A Scotch verdict is not proven or not guilty in Scots law. The U S gold stock on Jan 1 1926 was 4 408 696 000 and silver stock 27 568 000. About 75 000 passenger street cars were operated in the United States. Columbus first landed on Guanahani later San Salvador Watling Island in the Bahamas.
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United States
American Electric Railway Association
Electric
New World
Columbus
Guanahani
San Salvador
Watling Island
Steel merger seen as first step to bigger plan
Youngstown November 25. Purchase of Trumbull Steel by Republic Iron and Steel, ratified by both boards, is viewed in steel and banking circles as the first move toward a large independent merger. Other possible absorptions include Otis and Corrigan-McKinney in Cleveland Inland in Chicago and Wheeling Steel in Wheeling West Virginia.
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Youngstown
U.P
Trumbull Steel Company
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Republic Company
Otis and Corrigan - McKinney
Cleveland
Inland
Chicago
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Wheeling
W. Va
Star Is Married Columbus Ohio Athlete Weds
Wilbur Arlington Tarbert known as Annie from Ohio State University in baseball and basketball married Margaret Helen Sizelan of Cleveland on November 1 per the bride’s mother Mrs. Gertrude Sizelan.
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Star
Columbus
Wilbur Arlington
Annie’) Tarbert
Ohio State University
Margaret Helen Sizelan
Cleveland
Gertrude Sizelan
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