Noted medium revealed as Mrs King in English society
The medium famed for predicting the World War is identified as the Hon. Mrs Alfred Lyttleton widow of the late Hon Alfred Lyttleton brother of Viscount Cobham. She supports the English Speaking Union and is a friend of Lady Astor.
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King
Alfred Lyttleton
British Empire
Viscount Cobham
Lady Astor
United States
Society For Psychical Research
Mrs. King
Worth Knowing Facts and Oddities of Light and Life
A miscellany notes the sun’s brightness relative to the moon, sneezing as lucky, Sir Philip Lloyd Greame enjoying comic songs, frogs’ breathing with mouth closed, Marie island’s dense population, an Egyptian crank drill before 38000 B C, and Viscount Lascelles, Princess Mary’s husband, collecting old glass.
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Philip Lloyd-Greame
Board of Trade
Marie
Island
Viscount Lascelles
Mary
Los Angeles Man Learns He Is Baron Sobrero
Raul Silvio Sobrero of Los Angeles has received official papers from Rome confirming he is a baron. The hereditary title was conferred on his father for service to the duke of Genoa in a battle, and now passes to Sobrero by succession.
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Raul Silvio Sobrero
Los Angeles
Rome
Sobrero
Genoa
Tomb Seed Fakes and Viable Kernels in Old World Tombs
The passage argues that wheat and grain kernels found in ancient Egyptian tombs are the result of pranks or faked displays by guides to mislead visitors. It notes that some seeds claimed as thousand-year-old Indian corn are unlikely to be genuine and discusses seed viability over time. Seed vitality declines with age, though well-preserved seeds may last a decade, with longer life only possible under exceptional moisture protection.
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New World
Old World
The Artificial Plant Asto
A woman enters a florist shop examines a green palm in a pot. She questions sun and shade growth, demands honesty, and discovers the plant is artificial. The manager admits the plant’s artificial nature, ending the exchange with a sharp remark.
Train disaster shows women more likely to survive
Statistics indicate a man and a woman in a dining car wreck have differing survival odds with women more likely to escape death than men.
Grape-Nuts Seeks New Recipes for Cash Prizes
An advertisement invites women nationwide to submit innovative Grape-Nuts recipes beyond breakfast use. The plan offers at least 101 cash prizes of 50 dollars each for new ideas, to be compiled in a richly illustrated cookbook, highlighting economical dishes, puddings, salads, and more.
Grape-Nuts Nutrition and Home Earnings Pitch
The advertisement promotes Grape-Nuts as a nutritious wheat and barley cereal rich in vitamins and minerals. It claims long baking time aids digestion and sweetness, invites mastication for teeth, and offers housewives a $50 prize and Good Housekeeping Institute awards for home educational efforts.
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Good Housekeeping Institute
Purchase and Awards for Grape-Nuts Recipes Announcement
The Postum Cereal Company will buy up to 101 recipes or uses for Grape-Nuts at $50 each. Good Housekeeping Institute offers $2500 total for the top four, with $1000, $750, $250, and $ priced awards. Submissions must be mailed between May 1 and August 31, 1923 and meet formatting rules.
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Postum Cereal Company
Good Housekeeping Institute
Good Housekeeping Magazine
United States
Good House Corping
Good Flousekeepin Magazine
Postum Cereal Company, Inc
Gooa Housekeeping Institute
Good Housekeeping
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