Falling Between Train Cars Ends In Narrow Escape
Willie boarded the first car while Bill hesitated, choosing the fifth car. Bill reached for the top grab iron, it broke, and he swung outward then fell under the train. He says he lay flat on his back and watched the wheels pass inches away as fear and shock set in.
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William Joseph Brinkley
Brooklyn
N. Y
Bill Brinkley
Bill
Adventurers’ Club
Atlanta
Central of Georgia Railroad
Willie Baker
Willie
Adventure
WNU Service
Primary Cause of Decay of Teeth Still Unknown
Theodor Rosebury reports three year study at Columbia University showing that a fully adequate diet does not prevent dental caries. Five generations of rats fed an adequate diet still developed decay, indicating diet is a modifying rather than primary cause.
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College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
Theodor Rosebury
Scientific American Magazine
To Drop In or Drop Up Idioms Discussed
The piece notes that the English idiom to drop in means to happen in for a chat, a well established phrase. It contrasts it with to drop up which is not generally accepted due to its incongruity.
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Literary Digest
A Colorful Wall Hanging With Simple Embroidery Stitches
In honor of spring a colorful wall hanging depicts roses and lilacs and uses lazy daisy for lilacs and satin plus outline stitches for roses. The pattern 5527 includes a 15 by 20 inch transfer, color chart, materials, stitch illustrations, and making directions. Send fifteen cents to The Sewing Circle, Household Arts Dept., 250 W. 14th St., New York, NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewing Circle
Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th St
New York
N. Y
Household Cleaning Tips From The Past
A vintage column offers practical care tips such as vinegar cleans stoves the housewife uses a soap powder soak for stains and washing whites with ammonia. It also suggests painting shades a wardrobe hack and a memory aid with an envelope pasted inside a cookbook cover.
Noble Thoughts on Sharing Knowledge and Counsel
Lillian Whiting quotes Emerson on exclusiveness and inclusion. The note urges embracing others to gain greater wisdom and culture, arguing that sharing knowledge brings deeper sweetness. It emphasizes that counsel and wisdom outstrip mere sense when openness guides thought.
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Emerson
Lillian Whiting
Rumor Spread Hypothesis Persists Despite Skepticism
The article explores how rumors continue to occupy thoughts even when individuals doubt them. It examines psychological factors that fuel persistent thinking, including cognitive biases and social dynamics that sustain rumor circulation.
S.S.S. Tonic Restores Color and Energy for Reader
A reader describes a past decline in spirits and energy and credits S.S.S. Tonic with restoring color to the skin, increasing stamina, and rejuvenating red blood cell strength. The account emphasizes regained vigor and feeling like the old self after a course of treatment.
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S.S.S
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Tibet
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Lhabrang Gomba
Ab See
Collier’s
FBI
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Germany
Eac
ORC
Ralph Burch
Glover
N.Y
Daisy Fly Killer
Ome Adventurers’ Club of
Floyd Gibbons
Rosebury
Pyof
Bel Syndicate
WNU
Clabber
Delicio
Pe” Kee Grea
Joe E. Brown
CLUB
Joe
Battle Creek
Michigan
U.S. A
General Foods
Joe E. Geenene
Ile Autor Hedert
Mich
New Brown
Warner Brothers
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