Red Cross Budget Approves $9.74 Million for 1922 23
The American Red Cross approves a total budget of 9 739 872 47 for its services and relief in the United States and overseas for the fiscal year starting July 1 1922. Veterans receive the first call with 3 030 892 90 allotted for disabled ex service men and families. Total domestic and foreign programs exceed 10 million when chapter activities are included.
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Why the nose and brain detect faint odors
A Popular Science Monthly excerpt explains the olfactory system. Nerves governing smell are located in a high membrane above each nostril, not the nasal passages. Sniffing draws air to sample odors. smells are stored as brain impressions, influenced by taste and prior associations.
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Popular Science Monthly
New Italian Invention Aims to Cut Silk Prices
A Rome reports that a Italian silk expert has developed a machine to unreel raw silk mechanically replacing hand labor. A new company has acquired the patents to manufacture the machines, aiming to lower silk costs enough to rival cotton and linen.
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United Ice Commercial
H. MacLean
Rome
Italy
Iceberg Detection Device Warns Of Hidden Dangers
A French inventor has introduced a device that detects icebergs six miles away by sensing melting ice through invisible revs. The thermo-couple linked to a shipboard telephone receiver alters its tone as icebergs approach, warning the lookout instantly.
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Mane
Humorous exchange over Africa hunting humans in the paper
Mrs. Johnson exclaims land o the livin as she reads about scientists planning an Africa expedition to hunt for humans with family. Gap Johnson from Rumpus Ridge dismisses the idea with a shrug and a joke about tin cans.
Why He Had to Steal
A courtroom quip shows a prisoner confessing he stole a doctor’s watch because the prescription called for “a spoonful every hour” and he had no timepiece, prompting a humorous exchange with the judge.
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Boston Transcript
How Algebra Got Its Name
The term algebra derives from the Italian word and from the Arabic al jebr meaning the reunion of broken parts. Early usage related to bone setting and repair before broad mathematical meaning emerged.
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