Rice and radishes fuel talk on Secretary Byran gifts
A Canton Daily News item notes free gifts to Secretary Virvan including grape juice and white radishes. Report mentions traveling expenses and free stationery for Congress, with humor about lavish parcels arriving at the secretary's desk amid a spate of unverified anecdotes from Washington.
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Byran
Washington
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Bryan
Wilson
Daring Atlantic Rescue by United States Life Saving Service
The June 6 report highlights 1671 life saving interventions in the fiscal year, focusing on Cape Hatteras operations. It recounts the December 27 Mary Adelaide Randall wreck near Block Island and the arduous multiple-line efforts, brief daylight delays, and eventual perilous dawn launches, plus later rescues of crews from Harry Prescott and Creeds Hill as seas remained brutal.
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United States Life Saving Service
Sumner J. Kimball
Mary Adelaide Randall
Norfolk
New London
Block Island
Atlantic
Sandy Hook
Bhoreham
Cape Hatteras
Creeds Hill Station
Harry Prescott
Pe Hatteras
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Creeds Hill
Cape
Lifesaving actions amid wrecks and a biased report
The article recalls rescues near Cape Hatteras where a sloop from a wreck was helped by the crew, and a Grand Park incident where life savers faced police threats while attempting a rescue. It notes motor boats caused most life-saving casualties in the year and discusses ice cream science and a stubborn old barrel organ in church service.
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Prairie
Grand Park
Chicago
Carland
Lifesaving Corps
Why sherbet feels colder than ice cream
A short explanation notes that sherbet feels colder because it interacts with the mouth differently than ice cream. It argues that ice cream is not truly frozen as a cream and explains the fat globules and milk composition that underlie the sensory difference.
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