Seals and Antarctic Life From Little America Club Chapter
Excerpt from a Mackay Radio dispatch dated April 24 from Antarctica describes long nights, upcoming sun return, and details about Crab-eater and Weddell seals as well as penguin species. It notes dog teams, supply bases 180 miles south, and an invitation to join the Little America Aviation and Exploration Club with free membership materials.
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America
Antarctica
Mackay Radio
Antarctic
Hjalmar Gjertsen
Tce
Innes Taylor
William Paine
Finn Ronne
Dick Black
Mapas
A. OC. Abele, Jr
Little America Aviation & Exploration Club
Lexington
48Th Street
Lexington Avenue
New York City
South Pole
A Dollar Dinner For Four In March
A cheeky March menu guides frugal cooks to a four person dinner for a dollar. Ham and Beans au Gratin with melted cheese tops the dish, followed by a spring salad, bread and butter, and ginger peaches with cream.
Elephant Shows Bananas Appetite at London Zoo
A young pigmy elephant brought to the London zoo eats bananas, consuming about 150 daily. A curious note from the period reports on animal appetite and a world record rainstorm in Assam, India with nine inches in 35 minutes.
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London Zoo
Assam
India
Sunday Dinner Suggestions
Weather favors winter vegetables and berries with plentiful cabbage lettuce broccoli and tomatoes. Asparagus starts next week and fresh fish supplies are limited though other varieties cover demand. Quaker Maid menus offer Low Cost Corned Beef Dinner Medium Cost Roast Ham and Very Special Roast Lamb with sides and desserts.
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Quaker Maid
Coldest Room in World Reaches One Hundred Degrees Frost
Scientists at the Cambridge low temperature research station test extreme cold, reaching near one hundred degrees of frost. Researchers avoid staying in the chamber for more than about ten minutes each session.
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Cambridge
London Answers Magazine
Soybean staple in Manchuria diet noted
The article highlights the soybean as a constant staple in Manchuria where the soybean granary of the world supports the vast population. It notes the Japanese diet often includes soy in multiple forms as a common food element.
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Manchuria
Despair Not, Better Self by Ruthless Inner Cleansing
Motivational lines urge not despair after a fall. They promote repentance as a noble act and advocate self-improvement through severing all inner evil with ruthless honesty.
Lunacy and Moon Belief Linked to Madness Origins
The term lunacy traces back to the belief that the moon's influence governs mental states. Historical writings connect lunar cycles with episodes of insanity and mood shifts.
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Pearl
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A&p Food Stores
New England
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Gaspee
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Lux Soap
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King Arthur
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Newman’s
Weber Ducks
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S&s. Pierce
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