Noorden on diet
Vienna professor Dr Karl Noorden argues against strict all-animal-product vegetarianism and supports a fleshless diet including eggs milk butter cheese as a nourishing choice. He notes adequate albumen from both animal and plant sources, warns of heavy vegetable diets burdening the stomach, and questions its use for obesity or constipation.
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Vienna
Austria
Karl Noorden
University of
Vail
Noorden
Decrease in Drinking Habit Shows Progress of Temperance
The piece notes long historical strides toward temperance and credits public opinion, education, and better living standards for a steady drop in drunkenness. It argues harsher laws failed without public will, and predicts further declines as civil improvement continues.
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I. K. Friedman
Chicago Daily News
Porter
Tippling House
New York Aeroplanist Defends High Flying Claim
Glenn H. Curtiss argues military objections to high altitude flights are unfounded. He says two factors limit progress: pilot nerve and motor reliability. Once motor troubles are solved, pilot confidence will grow, advancing long-continued high flights despite earlier cross currents concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Glenn H. Curtiss
Aeroplanist
Mr. Curtiss
Death Dream Came True in Jeffersonville Case
An Indiana woman Lena Brooks died after five weeks of treatment for appendicitis at Jeffersonville hospital. Dr W Brunner dreamed at the exact hour of her death, later learning the truth when he reached his office. Mrs Brooks suffered a fatal cerebral hemorrhage, the third such attack in her case.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Lena Brooks
John Brooks
Salem
Jeffersonville Hospital
W. Brunner
Lost Radium Bottle Triggers Paris Police Notice
Paris police seek a small bottle of salts of radium lost on an omnibus. The $5,000 contents could burn or injure if mishandled. A physician at 4 Paris hospital appealed to the omnibus company to aid in recovery. Mme Curie commented that even small amounts pose risk and criticized the potential for a joke or experimental loss.
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Paris
France
Paris Hospital
Omnibug
Mme. Curie
Sorbonne
Hair Caught by an Airship in Aspirational Family
In Asbury Park New Jersey Miss Helen Bull of Garwood had her hair shorn to prevent injury when a homebuilt model airship with an electric motor snagged her hair as it swung from a bookcase. Her father, enthusiastic about aviation, quickly cut free the tresses with a knife.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Helen Bull
Garwood
Miss Bull
March Soldi ers Until Dead
Japanese newspapers report fatalities from sunstroke among South Osaka division troops during a 29 mile forced march in 120 degree heat. Soldiers carried 80 pounds, many delirious, six died, scores exhausted, 40 hospitalized. Mosquitoes, mud, and malaria halted Southern Pacific railroad work on the Mexican coast south of Mazatlan.
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Victoria
B. C
Japan
Osaka
Los Angeles
Cal
Mexican
Southern Pacific
Mazatlanny
Walter Wiles
New Jersey saloon signs banned by lawmaker action
Gloom falls on New Jersey saloon keepers as a new act forbids exterior signs or emblems on drinking places and makes the rule effective on the Fourth of July. Brewers face large write-offs, with estimates of about 200000 dollars saved annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
No-License Victory in Yates County Sparks Statewide Push
Yates county becomes the first in New York to vote out the saloon with the county seat as the last holdout. The temperance win, set to take effect in October, is seen as a catalyst for renewed statewide efforts and further victories next year.
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New York
Yates County
Parrot saga and a man named Robert the Devil on Broadway
A narrator recalls meeting a Honduran based firebrand known as Robert the Devil. The tale shifts to a comical, increasingly frantic incident with a parrot that imitates the name creating a chorus of protesting birds, forcing the exile to abandon the ranch and relocate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tegucigalpa
Robert
Carambo
Robert the Devil
Central America
Wet Blanket Advice Sparks Cheerful Outlook
A fragmented reflection urges dropping gloom and embracing cheer. It contrasts weariness with joy, laments pessimism, and urges the Lord loves a cheerful giver while mocking the damp mood of a wet blanket.
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Joan
Gerard Johnson
Globe Theater
Southwark
Poet's Corner
Westminster Abbey
Shakespeare's House
Stratford-on-Avon
Thomas Hart
Hugh Blaker
Gloom
Jersey
Robert, the
Devil and the Parrots
Henry Collins Walsh
Broadway
Honduras
United States
Heath
J. B. Lippincott Co
Hogge
Buxted
Sussex
Wnegland
Ralph Hogge
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