Health Education Goes Into Thousands of Workers Homes
Marses describes visiting nurses from Metropolitan Life Insurance reaching 3,955 towns and provinces in Canada and the U S. They made 424,986 calls at 109,395 homes in two winter months. Nurses demonstrate care to families to combat ignorance and save lives especially for babies and young mothers.
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Marses
Saasaanasames Sennans
The
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Canada
Penelope and Ulysses Tale and a merchant’s sharp remark
The text recalls Penelope delaying suitors by weaving and unwinding a shroud during Ulysses absence at Troy. It also quotes Fred Kelly noting that many smart people are criminals but suggests honesty thrives in big business and teamwork, with crooks needing mutual oversight.
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Penelope
Ulysses
Ithaca
Troy
Laertes
Fred Kelly
Origin of Honeymoon Story and Meaning
The origin of the word honeymoon is disputed with old Teutonic lore linking honey wine to a month after marriage, and a legend about Attila the Hun. Modern philology suggests the term originally referred to the changing character of the moon rather than a month.
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Atilla
Prince Rupert’s Drops and Their Curious Breakage
The tadpole shaped glass drops shatter with a loud report when their tails are snapped due to rapid cooling. Common belief credits Prince Rupert with their discovery, though Faraday notes they were brought to England by him in 1660.
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Prince Rupert
James I
England
Faraday
1660
Movie plot gimmick uses snowstorm staged with props
A director visiting a mountain observatory learns from a scientist that genuine snow could be captured for a scene. A telegram prompts a storm setup, but the arrived snow and props a pyramid, a New York subway section, and a barroom scene misalign with the intended snowy effect.
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New York Subway
Gold Coatings Outshine Silver for Reflectors
Popular Mechanics Magazine reports tests show gold coatings on light reflectors outperform silver. After seven centuries of silver use, copper reflectors plated with pure gold reflect more light and emit higher proportions of red and yellow rays, enabling finer color distinctions.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Legion eyes use of $800000 unexpended bonus funds
Following the New Jersey state bonus payment to former servicemen the remaining 800000 dollars may be used by the American Legion to furnish hospital accommodations for ex soldiers who may become incapacitated.
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New Jersey
American Legion
Tribute Money in Jefferson Era Barbary Crises
The Barbary states troubled both the United States and Europe through piracy. Europe paid tributes. the U S did the same until a small Mediterranean fleet forced an end to the blackmail. This marked the only time the United States paid tribute to a country.
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Thomas Jefferson
United States
North Africa
Mediterranean
New Quartz Lenses Promise Faster Photo Efforts
An article notes quartz glass transmits chemical rays ideal for photography but double refraction hinders clear images unless lens openings are narrow. French optician E Morin reportedly made small quartz lenses that overcome some issues and show great rapidity of action.
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E. Morin
Mississippi River Flows Uphill Says Source
A statement frames the Mississippi as flowing uphill by contrasting up and down with Earth’s center. It notes the river runs 18 degrees of latitude and links the polar radius being shorter by over thirteen miles than the equator, making the source nearer the Earth's center than the mouth by more than four miles.
Lafayette land grants and Florida township in early 1800s
The text notes Lafayette received ten land grants along the Mississippi in 1803 and a 11 520 acre township in west Florida in 1824. Tallahassee now sits on that site. It says most grants were unsurveyed then, aside from special surveys marked by land sharks.
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Lafayette
Mississippi River
Florida
Tallahassee
What Soterie Means in English Usage
The term soterie in England is new and derives from Greek meaning salvation. It combines words for deliverance or safety and to rescue from danger, suggesting safe deliverance from peril as its full sense.
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England
When Live Wires Endanger Birds in Power Lines
The fological survey notes small birds rarely die from light contact with trolley wires due to incomplete circuits. A larger bird touching two wires could complete a circuit and die, with eagles cited as having been killed in such incidents.
Rooster Valued at Two Hundred Dollars at Farm
A city gentleman toured a large well equipped farm and noted the prices of animals, telling his wife about a rooster priced at $200 as a genuine Southdown.
Throwing of an Old Shoe in Custom and Beliefs
An account surveys ancient customs around a bridal shoe toss. It traces origins to property transfer traditions in various cultures, including Jewish and Egyptian practices, where removing or giving a shoe signified exchange or sale and symbolized domain over the bride.
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London
Keel hauling described as naval punishment practice
Keel hauling was a punishment used by the British and Dutch fleets. A weight attached to the offender’s feet caused the person to sink beneath the hull as they were hauled from side to side.
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British Empire
Netherlands
Bristol Assessors Require Tax Returns for 1924 Property$
Town of Bristol Rhode Island directs all voters and all liable persons to file complete tax accounts by June 16 1924 with no exemption without proper return. Assessors will meet June 17 1924 to June 18 1924 daily 10 to 12 and 2 to 4. Executors guardians and trustees covered.
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Aaa Ee
Bristol
Board of Assessors
A. D
Rhode Island
Town Clerk Notice for 1924 Voter Registration Deadline
Town Clerk John W Church warns all residents must register in person to vote in 1924 by June 30. June registration hours run daily 9am to noon and 2pm to 5pm except Saturdays afternoons Sundays and holidays. extended June 23 to 30 9am to 9pm.
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John W Church
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