New Discoveries About Deadly Poisons and Immune Life
The article surveys recent findings where lethal chemicals fail to kill certain insects and microbes. It notes Zygaenidae moths resist hydrocyanic acid, formaldehyde tolerance in fruit flies, and larvae surviving chromic acid. It discusses plant insect traps and unusual life in Owens Lake and California crude oil, raising questions about adaptation and immunity.
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Ithin
World of
Science
California
Richeson
Avia Linnell
Schulze
University of Berlin
Zoologischer Anzeiger
South Africa
Berlin
Shhulze
Dead Sea
Palestine
Great Salt Lake
Utah
Owen's Lake
Why Prima Donnas Are Cranky and Irritable Voices
The article argues prima donnas are exceptionally irritable due to the vocal instrument’s fragility and weather sensitivity. It cites the pressures of publicity, self focus, lack of creative work, and the self as instrument, leading to arrogance and a hard tone that harms public esteem.
The Dangers of Electric Fans If They Cause a Cold
The text warns that draughts from electric fans predispose to a cold in the head. It explains microbes in air, how lowered vitality aids infection, and cautions against directing fan blasts at people. It notes fans should create a gentle, enveloping current and bring in fresh air to aid oxygen intake.
What Hairdressers Never Tell You About Baldness and Hair Care
A practical guide argues baldness is mostly age related and inherited, urges early scalp care before thirty, and warns against overuse of tonics. It advises cleansing with soap, cautious mercury-based mixtures, olive oil as needed, overall health as key, and cautions against heat, dyes, and improper massages.
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Mative
How Alcohol and Tobacco Make You Color Blind
A report notes railroad superintendents prefer hiring nonusers of alcohol as excess drinking and heavy smoking impair color vision. In a study of 138 color blind individuals, 75 were hard drinkers, 45 used both, and 23 were inveterate smokers, with alcohol and tobacco blamed for most cases. Professor Cutten of Yale highlights blindness risk from regular drinking, even a single binge, and chronic damage to nerves, vessels, and organs from temperance-related misuse.
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Ailroad
Cutten
Yale College
Cutten Discxvarnd
Changing Your Name Without Court Permission, NY Court Rules
New York Court of Appeals has ruled that anyone may change a name for any reason without formal court action, noting that those who seek court orders are worse off than those who simply adopt a new name. The decision arose from a dispute over an accident policy where the insured had changed his name from Myron W Maynard to Maurice Mansfield. Judge Irving G Vann cites historical and literary examples of name changes by notable figures, including Rembrandt, Balzac, Irving, Grant, and Voltaire.
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New York Court of Appeals
Filer Boot
Fulton Booth
Heinrich Schwarzenpfefferkopf
New York
Court of Appeals
Maurice W. Mansfield
Maurice Mansfield
Mansfield
Myron W Maynard
Insurance Company
Supreme Court
Court of Last Resort
Irving G Vann
England
John
Peter
Johnson and
Peterson
Fug
Mac
Fitzgerald
MacDonough
O'Brien
Judge Vann
Rembrant
Gerrett
Balzacs
Guez
Henry Irving
John H. Broadrich
Maurice Barrymore
Herbert Lythe
Henry St Stamey
John Rowlands
Brander Matthewes
James B Matthews
Bayard Taylor
James B Taylor
Whitelaw Reid
Jacob W Reid
Ulyssea Grant
Hiram U. Grant
Grover Cleveland
Stephen G Cleveland
Voltaire
Moliere
Dante
Petrarch
Richelieu
Loyola
Hrasmug
Linnaeus
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