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Chilliwack Free Press in Chilliwack, British Columbia

16 May 1912

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Chilliwack Free Press

Location

Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada

Date

May 16, 1912

Page

7

Which Is the Finest Race in the World?

A long feature reviews opinions of painters, sculptors, anthropologists, and travelers on physical beauty across nations. It cites Leighton, Bergmann, Thornycroft, Alma-Tadema, Shackleton, and others, weighing English, Italian, French, Spanish, and Nordic types against the Greek standard and Olympic ideals.

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Pericles Lord Leighton Para Otto Bergmann Manileh Samoa Laver Marcus Stone R.A England Hamo Thornycroft Teucer Artemis London Frank Dicksee Lawrence Alma-Tadoma Linton Riviere Lam Waelishmnen Tower of London William Goscombe John Europe Junion George Newman Harrison Petrie Spain Meredith Cléease Dwar Countelos America India United Kingdom Ireland Thury Ernest Shackleton China South Seas States Boston Liverpool Army Aldershot Sweden Arthur Diosy Italy Bergmann Sven Hedin Stockholm
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Artificial Eyes: Craft of the Enamel Eye Maker

A darkroom craftsman shapes artificial eyes from enamel whipped through a lamp driven by foot bellows. From ancient Egyptians to Ambroise Paré, eye fabrication evolved from stone inlays to glass and then durable enamel spheres, colored with oxides to mimic real irises.

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The Craft of Making Artificial Eyes in Early 20th Century

A detailed description of artificial eye production contrasts French and German methods. It covers iris formation with enamel pencils, pupil detailing, and fixation to the sphere, plus post blow process, vein painting, and separation from the blowing tube. The piece notes fragility and precision required in coloring, stressing only expert work survives.

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Ambroise Pare Amsterdam Demmenie
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Radioactivity in the Human Body Findings by Dr Werner and Dr Caan

Studies by Dr Werner and Dr Caan suggest body tissues emit effects on photographic plates similar to radium and X rays. Brain shows highest radioactivity, heart second, liver third, kidneys and spleen near zero, lungs minimal. Age correlates with ash radioactivity, while health may raise radiation. no theory on mechanism or health impact.

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Richard Werner Albert Caan Heidelberg Institute For Cancer Research Becker Cuan Caan
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Aging of flour and its effect on digestion in humans

The article explains that exposure to air or storage in paper bags bleaches flour through reaction with nitrogen oxides. Aging does not improve digestibility or safety, and nitrites formed or added do not alter the digestion by pancreatic juice or gastric fluids. Researchers Wesener and Teller studied aged flour in Chicago for digestion experiments.

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Wagland J. A. Wesener George L. Teller Chicago
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Cement for Pasting Celluloid Articles

Several formulas have been proposed for pasting celluloid articles. One serviceable mixture uses three parts alcohol and four parts ether kept in a well stoppered bottle. Wet both surfaces until softened and press together for twenty four hours. An alternative solution uses camphor with alcohol and shellac scale, applied hot.

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