Study Twins Show Differences In Symmetry And Mental Traits
Researchers described measurements from 15 sets of identical twins at a session of the Eugenics Research association and the American Eugenics society in New York. The study found identical twins resemble each other in mentality, with younger pairs more alike, while pair symmetry was not greater than that of nonidentical twins.
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New York
Laure Biss
University of Vermont
Eugenics Research Association
American Eugenics Society
75 Pound Ice Cake Faces Elimination Plan
The Commerce Department division of simplified practice proposes ending the 75-pound ice cake as unnecessary variety. It favors standardized sizes 25 50 100 and 150 pounds and seeks to ensure dimensions fit new simplified ice boxes. Ice distributors, manufacturers, architects and engineers were surveyed over two years for this plan.
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U. S. Bureau
Washington
Department of Commerce
Odd Power Credited to Precious Stones
The article surveys myths about stones with magical or healing properties. It cites opals in birthstone lists, roosters’ gizzards and crab shells as talismans, serpents eggs worn for invincibility, and beliefs that sapphires could cure eye diseases. It notes scant historical evidence for many claims.
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Gaul
St. Paul's
London
Isidore
Seville
European art objects judged as inferior by critic
William Bolitho argues in Vanity Fair that European art is a mixed bag with little discernible quality. He rails against grand monuments from Versailles to the Eiffel Tower and laments post 1840 works as the current standard of aesthetics, calling much prewar architecture reverent.
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Europe
William Bolitho
Versailles
Eiffel Tower
Chateau of Blois
Cologne
Seale
Pastor Draws Business Sense For Church Growth
A Starp er columnist argues churches pursue growth like retailers. He compares church success to a furniture shop with large establishments and wide offerings, saying ministers must sell their institutions as effectively as commerce experts.
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Winister
Starper’s
Chamber of Commerce
Hooks For Home Use From The Successful Gardening Magazine
A practical guide advises homeowners to invest in a good assortment of hooks to prevent doors from banging when left open and to hook doors on the inside. It suggests using hooks on feed box covers and storm windows, and warns against hooking doors tightly to avoid pets or children locking themselves in.
Night Lovers Beside Park Gates Will Tie Knot Next Year
A park keeper chases away two youths lingering after dark in the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph tale. The couple, apologizing for the late hour, reveal plans to wed next year.
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Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph
Explorer Witnesses Erupting Ve nvo Volcano Reventador
Joseph TH Sinclair of the American Geographic Society returned from exploration through Wenador with dramatic observations of the Reventador volcano. He reached within seven miles of the crater, noting repeated explosions and lava flows while natives guarded the summit with mythic fear. A lone white man nearby shared that locals fear the mountain and would not guide the expedition.
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Joseph TH. Sinclair
American Geographic Society
Wenador
Mr. Linchiff
Keventader
Immunity to Poisons in Desert Animals
A discussion of natural immunity to poisons notes desert animals such as scorpion sting resistant beings like the desert fox and kanaroo rat. It suggests desert species survived past venom exposure, passing on resistant traits to descendants.
Crested Cinderella and the Fairy Tale Accents
The piece reviews Charles Perrault and Verrault as authors of fairy tales. It notes Verrault’s dull poetry and his aim to please his son with Yales of Mother Goose. It mentions Cinderella as a favorite heroine and debates the slipper being crystal rather than fur.
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Charles Perruit
Cinderella
Red Riding Mood
Verrault
Lewis Carroll
Perrault
Ask Ban on German Doctors Be Lifted
An urgent plea by the German Colonial society and allied bodies asks the federal government to mobilize the League of Nations to lift the ban on German doctors in former German colonies and mandated territories. The petition argues rising diseases and inadequate medical staff justify German medical experts in combating malaria sleeping sickness yellow fever and tuberculosis.
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Berlin
League of Nations
Plans Own Funeral in New York for Celeste De Longpre Heckscher
The will of composer Celeste De Longpre Heckscher directs her funeral be held in the evening and that mourners wear white.
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New York
Celeste de Longpre Heckscher
Cigar Shop Indian Maker Louis Jobin Passes at 86
Louis Jobin, famed originator of the cigar store Indian and celebrated wood carver, dies at eighty six in Ste Anne de Beaupre Quebec. His life spanned seventy years of carving saints angels and ship figureheads for churches and shoreside ships. His work traveled world wide though he signed none and his legacy lives in Ste Anne shrine Wolfe statue Quebec and Toronto gallery pieces.
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Toronto
Ste. Anne de Beaupre
Quebec
Christ
Mary
Ste. Anne
Canadian Lourdes
Jobin
College of Ste. Anne de Pocntiere
General Wolfe
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Wolfe
Montcalm
St. Nociuine
Rue St. Jean
Quebec City
Canada
New York
Pointe Aux Trembles
Neptune
Montreal
Edouard Marcotte
Napoleon Death Mask Declared Rare Treasure at University
The Napoleon death mask, a plaster cast owned by the University of North Carolina, was placed in a safety deposit vault after an offer to buy it. The cast, once on the president’s desk, is one of six made by Dr Francesco Antomarchi the morning after Napoleon's death.
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Napoleon
Emperor Napoleon
University of North Carolina
Resenrel
Francesco Antomarchi
Nipoleon
Frep Jones Declares Candidacy for Lumpkin County Legislature
Frep Jones announces candidacy for the legislature from Lumpkin County subject to the Democratic Primary. He appeals for support from all voters and pledges faithful honest and energetic service if elected to uphold the best interests of the people.
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Lumpkin County
Frep Jones
Dahlonega Gainesville Bus Line Schedules
Dahlonega to Gainesville bus departures at 8 A M and 8 P M from Princeton Hotel Dahlonega contact J F Sutra phone 51 Dahlonega includes a 47 30 A M and 4 P M return option with Dahlonega departures only.
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Dahlonega and
Gainesville
Dahlonega
Princeton
Atlanta
North
Forsyth St
The Cruelest Lies in Silence and Betrayal
Quotation discusses how silence can breed disloyalty and calumny. Stevenson warns that pride and shame keep men from speaking at critical moments, letting love and trust perish while one remains tongue-tied.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Airplanes Transform Gold Fields Travel in New Guinea
Air service lowers travel from six days by land to about 50 minutes by air to a 2 000 foot plateau 60 miles inland where new gold fields are located. A fleet now carries supplies to the fields and returns with cargoes of gold and passengers from the coast.
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New Guinea
Waterproof Glue 4asein Glues Stand Water Immersion
Waterproof glue 4asein resists water and retains most original strength after long immersion. It is inexpensive and made from readily available market materials. The glue is applied cold and sets without heat.
Swedish students uncover world’s largest crater in Iceland
Two young Swedish geologists Wadell and Yeberg report finding what may be the world’s largest crater in Iceland. They say it measures five miles long and a quarter mile wide and also found warm springs at the site.
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Wadell
Yeberg
Iceland
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