Could You Throw a Baseball Round the Earth One Day
University of Chicago astronomer Professor William Duncan McMillan explains that a baseball thrown with enough speed could orbit the Earth and return to the thrower as the Moon and Earth continually fall around the Sun. He cites gravity, planetary motion, and the sun’s eventual energy exhaustion as key limits on life and cosmic duration.
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Earth
Kansas City
William Duncan McMillan
University of Chicago
cMillan
Prof. McMillan
Mathematica
Pacific Ocean
California
Deacons' Rivalry Over Pinochle Sparks Court Case
In Hackensack two deacons John VY Roscoe and John H Demarest clashed over pinochle games on Sundays. Roscoe sued for 10000 damages after harsh words said in a Dutch Reformed church feud over guinea fowl. The Bergen county court awarded Roscoe about six cents plus court costs.
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New York
Hackensack
John VY
Roscoe
Bergen
John H. Demarest
Demarest
Department of Health
Hats for Women Must Balance Look and Figure
London modiste warns women to evaluate hats with full length mirrors to match overall silhouette. Tall hats may look right in head view but create a top heavy or lanky look from toe to head. Hats should harmonize with shoes and stockings and suit narrow dresses to avoid mushroom appearances.
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London
West End
Walat
Ward
Married: Now You and Bays Felinden Terminated
The fragment suggests a note on marriage status and termination related to names Bays and Felinden, with unclear surrounding context. No additional readable facts provide dates, places, or organizations to confirm a full report.
Milk as a Cheap Nutritious Substitute in Diet
A health note explains milk supplies about equal protein and energy to beef or eggs, yet warns it should be modified for infants and not used as the sole food for adults or children. It compares milk’s value to beef and eggs, discusses prices, and urges balanced use alongside other foods.
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Caroline L. Hunt
Genesee Chocolates For Creamy Cocoa Balls
A recipe describes boiling a cup and a half of granulated sugar with five minutes of milk butter and two squares of chocolate. Remove from heat flavor with vanilla place the syrup in cold water and work in sugar. Shape into balls, dip in melted chocolate and drain on wax paper.
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Genesee Chocolates
Pineapple Cocktail With Layered Citrus Garnish
A recipe describes making a pineapple cocktail using oranges lemons pineapple and bananas. It instructs hollowing orange halves for cups, saving juice, dicing fruit, mixing with powdered sugar, layering in orange cups, adding juice and maraschino cherries for garnish.
Gold Leaf Cake Recipe Fragment
A recipe fragment lists sugar beaten yolks and flour with powder sifted in. It mentions milk and a hint of cream and three quarters cup sugar. The text resembles a kitchen note or old newspaper recipe snippet.
Lydia Pinkham Advice Service Offered to Women
Women with any illness urged to contact Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. Letters are read and answered by women, ensuring privacy and consent before publication. The ad promotes the 80 page Text Book, free by mail, and invites women to seek guidance and support.
Wright Contends U S Leads In Aviation Orders
Orville Wright argues in New York that American aircraft demand surpasses French machines. He cites foreign order books as evidence and recalls a Dayton boy’s Christmas joke illustrating excitement over a new suit as a humorous frame.
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Orville Wright
New York
Dayton
Burning Money and the Tale of Blobbs
Denver Times notes Blobbs questions how he made life and money by smoking tobacco. Blobbs says he has smoked tobacco nearly all his life but never earned money from it.
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Blobbs
Denver Times
Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills Promise Gentle Liver Activation
Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills are marketed as a non harsh laxative that coaxes the liver into action with gentle methods. The pills claim to soothe the stomach and nerves, enrich the blood, and teach the bowels to act without physic, costing 25 cents.
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Munyou
Munyon
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