Quarantine Cuts Pneumonia Death Rate
The article reports that quarantine of pneumonia cases in Washington and Pittsburgh reduced pneumonia deaths. It notes the common cold underlies many pneumonia cases and links throat and nasal ailments to urban smoke pollution from poisonous gases and metal particles.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Bose
Walking Conversation Between He and She
Dialogue about liking to walk and planning to do it while strolling together. One character expresses enthusiasm for walking as they converse about enjoying the activity.
Queen Visits University College Curiosities Exhibition
The queen made an informal visit to University College London and handled an ancient urn thought to be linked to Moses. She encountered the preserved body of Jeremy Bentham, a college founder who left substantial funds on condition his body be preserved and seated with staff during professional board meetings.
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University College
London
Moses
Jeremy Bentham
Statesmen Prize Packages Include Everyday office Tools
Members of the Pennsylvania legislature received prize packages containing practical items such as scissors, a fountain pen, pencil, comb, hairbrush, clothes brush, two diaries, two address books, a pocket knife, a memorandum book, and a dictionary.
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Pennsylvania
California couple adopts fifteen children in long family cycle
Mr and Mrs Harry Ewing California ranchers have adopted five more children after raising ten and seeing their own children marry and leave. The Ewings now add a new set of five adopted children, continuing a family pattern.
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Harry Ewing
California
Ewings
Philippines offers prizes for veterinary students
To meet demand for trained veterinarians and protect livestock the Philippine government provides scholarships and exemption from matriculation fees and laboratory charges to students in veterinary science.
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Philippines
Philippine
Growth of Electric Signs in New York City
A 30 year history notes an early sign with 200 bulbs pioneering the business. Today New York hosts signs totaling 19,000 lamps and about 25 million candle power of illumination across the city.
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New York City
Can Harden Copper Rediscovered by Engineers Group
Engineers report a rediscovery in the art of hardening copper. The method features an alloy of pure nickel and silicon and was presented in a papers session at an engineers convention.
New Gramophone Record Made at Westminster Abbey
A gramophone record was produced in Westminster Abbey using an electrical method. A microphone adjusted the massed effect of the Westminster Abbey special chair in a control room, with the signal sent by line to a distant recording studio.
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Westminster Abbey
Export of Capital and 1925 American Investments
American foreign investments excluding debts owed by foreign governments to the United States totaled an estimated 9.522 billion dollars in 1925. The data highlights the scale of capital outflow and cross border investment activity during the period.
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United States
Berlin business offers partial payment horoscope plan
The Dearborn Independent reports Latest Installment Idea Berlin adopts a partial payment model for services. A practical astrologer markets first class horoscope readings with prices from five to fifty dollars and proposes a 25 percent down payment followed by monthly installments.
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Berlin
Dearborn
Spanish Women Struggle Under Male Legal Power
The article argues Spanish women, though allowed limited political roles, remain legally dependent on husbands. It notes Primo de Rivera’s opening of language academy doors to women but claims married women lose control of property, cannot drive without consent, and face no divorce. It contrasts their status with emancipated Turkish women and calls them last legal slaves of the Occident.
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Primo de Rivera
Royal Academy of Languages and Literature
France
Thuy
Tie
Christendom
Belmont Gold Mining Company charter sought in Lumpkin County
Petition from John H. Hill R W Haines Lee Worsham A Hunt and H N Hill requests incorporation for twenty years as Belmont Gold Mining Company with capital stock of 25000 dollars in shares 100 each The charter would authorize mining metals mercantile activity water power tramroads telephone lines milling and dredging along with real estate bonds and ordinary corporate powers Dahlonega headquartered with branch offices to be established as needed. The filing is certified by Clerk T F Carrerran June 1927.
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Georgia
Lumpkin County
Said County
John H. Hill
R. W. Haines
Hamilton County
Tennessee
Lee Worsham
A. Hunt
Fulton County
H. I. Hill
Hanmilton County
Belmont Gold Mining Company
Uodo
State of
Dahlonega
F. Pruett
J.G. Couriss
J. J. F. Christian
Superior Court
Said Ccounty
Rk. W. Vaines
H.N. Hill
T. F. Carrerran
The One in Trouble with a Married Woman
A brief exchange centers on a man noted for trouble with a married woman, with the punchline that the real issue is his own wife. The dialogue implies social gossip and marital scrutiny in a domestic scene.
Chewing Gum Aid for Royal Air Force Aviators
Popular Mechanics reports the flying training manual from England endorses chewing gum for RAF pilots to stimulate saliva and ease swallowing during descents. It also notes chewing can help equalize ear pressure and describes the "clicking the ears" method by pinching the nostrils and forcing air from the chest.
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Royal Air Force
England
Popular Mechanics
Pants Shared by Two Brothers With One Pair in Oklahoma
Two Jefferson County boys shared a single pair of trousers, alternating weeks for wear. Both were absent recently, the teacher investigated and learned they had only one pair. One brother wore the pants on Sunday and slipped into a mud hole, delaying drying for a whole day.
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Jefferson County
Oklahoma
Hubble Studies 400 Spiral Star Groupings at Mount Wilson
Popular Mechanics notes Dr. Edwin Hubble studied four hundred spiral star groupings at Mount Wilson Observatory. Each has an average diameter of about 5,700 light years and brightness around 200 million times that of the sun.
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Edwin Hubble
Mount Wilson Observatory
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Russian Botanist Claims Light X Rays Boost Plant Growth
Popular Mechanics reports a Russian botanist uses soft X rays on seeds bulbs and tubers for a carefully measured period to stimulate development. He says the longer wavelength soft rays yield stronger roots and higher output compared to hard X rays.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
British Empire covers quarter of habitable land
Estimates place the British empire at about 13,406,103 square miles, occupying roughly one quarter of the world's habitable land area and excluding the Arctic region.
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British Empire
Arctic
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