Teeth and the Diet in Days of Health Beliefs
The article urges systematic dental care linking mouth health to overall wellness. It notes Mayo Clinic and insurers favor dental exams, cites immigrants' diets as healthier for teeth, and warns against refined foods. Regular six month visits, reduced candy, and proper brushing are emphasized to prevent pyorrhea and decay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayo Clinic
Italy
Greece
Balkan States
Poland
Germany
British Dental Association
Good Places To Sleep In Sleepy Towns
A humorous piece compares Irish and English place names noted for sleep related lore. It mentions Kells Meath with its boast of heaviness, and England’s villages Feather Bed Snoring Sheet Nap Bolster as inviting insomnia. It adds Norway’s Mell attracting tourists with a return ticket gag.
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Kells
Meath
Ireland
Old England
England
Feather Bed
Sheet
Hampshire
Nap
Yorkshire
Bolster
Minnesota
Poland
Norway
Bergen
Canadian Poultry For the World's Congress
The Live Bird exhibit for the World Poultry Congress in London next July is set. Ottawa chaired by Geo Robertson limits Canadian entries to 1000 birds. Entries must reach Robertson by February 21 via provincial secretaries. provincial departments handle inspection and transport to Ottawa, the Federal Government covers Ottawa to Congress travel and entry fees. L. F. Burrows in Ottawa is secretary of the Congress for further information.
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London
England
Geo. Robertson
Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Canada
Robertson
Federal Department
Congress
L. F. Burrows
Tree Owns Itself in Athens GA White Oak
The famous tree in Athens Georgia is a self owning white oak. The tree both owns itself and the land around it within eight feet. Its owner reportedly bequeathed the tree with a clause granting possession of itself and the surrounding circle.
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United States
Athens
Rock of Gibraltar Under Moorish Rule Through Fifteenth Century
The note states that Gibraltar remained under Moorish dominion until the fifteenth century, highlighting its historic control before later changes in sovereignty.
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Rock of Gibraltar
Women protest census classifying housewives as no occupation
A National Women’s Party representative condemns labeling housewives as having no occupation in the census. The piece argues mothers work long hours, averaging 63 hours weekly for farming families, including cooking, cleaning, child care, sewing, and budgeting savings. It condemns dismissing domestic labor as idle.
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Citzens
National Women’s Party
Department of Agriculture
Trade With U S Growing A Favorable Account
William Phillips, recently resigned minister to Canada and former under secretary of state, praised U S Canada trade relations to President Hoover before leaving Washington for an extended Egypt vacation. He forecast rising exports and imports between the two nations, saying stronger ties will boost international goodwill.
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United States
Canada
Hoover
William Philips
Mr. Hoover
Washington
Egypt
Phillips
Motion Display Cabinet with Moving Dolls and Bottles
A window display sign on the market features a cabinet housing a flexible metal mirror that bends as eccentrics on a shaft rotate, driven by a small electric motor. Pliers appear to open and close while bottles stretch tall and short and dolls dance in an attractive display.
How awkward when they make pinheads
A fragment quotes Pages Gates of Yverdon remarking on the awkwardness of creating pinheads in a bygone context. The line reflects a facetious view, signaling literary or editorial wit rather than a formal event.
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Gates
Yverdon
The Ladder Of Life And the Red Cross Social Welfare Program
A reflective piece compares life to a ladder of welfare, tracing Red Cross work from prenatal care to school health education and care for the sick and underprivileged. It praises parent education, lifelong support, and community volunteers sustaining mercy across life’s stages.
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Red Cross Society
Red Cross
Origin Of Word Sundae From Virginia Blue Laws Story
The London Sunday Times recounts how Sunday blue laws in Virginia led a Norfolk drugstore to serve ice cream with chocolate syrup as a sundae. The inventor named it to avoid law, and the treat gained popularity beyond Sundays. The original store is proudly cited for visitors.
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London Sunday Times
Virginia
Norfolk
Most Popular Coin In Canada In 1929
The humble cent remains the most popular coin in Canada. The Royal Mint struck 12,330,000 one cent pieces in 1929, with other outputs including five cent pieces 5,340,000 ten cent pieces 3,250,000 twenty five cent pieces 2,688,000 and fifty cent pieces 168,000.
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Canada
Royal Mint
Department of Finance
Modernized Poultry Farm in Kansas Spurs Efficiency
Model Chicken Ranch in Jefferson County Kansas uses labor saving devices to equip a 2000 bird operation. Flock management includes feeding watering and litter disposal in twenty minutes daily with mechanized handling of feed water litter and eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred True
Jefferson County
Kansas
Wisdom of the Bee asks if bees reflect intelligent design
The Duluth Herald notes Frank C. Pellett argues in Flower Grower that bees’ six sided honeycomb, laid out with engineering accuracy, could imply an intelligent source behind natural knowledge. Beaumur is cited on the mystery, urging mechanists to consider creation rather than evolution.
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Frank C. Pellett
Peilett
Beaumur
Duluth
Calendar Teems With Unlucky and Lucky Signs for 1930
A calendar study notes only one Friday the 13th in 1930, occurring in June, with other almanac markers including Golden Number 12 and dominical letter E. Four eclipses appear that year, Easter late, Lenten period from March 5 to April 18, and several holidays and Jewish dates listed such as Rosh Hashanah Sept 23 and Yom Kippur Oct 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Germany Coming Back Says Minister After Europe Trip
In a Victoria British Columbia address to Rotary and Kiwanis clubs Rev. Dr. W. G. Wilson described Germany as returning with rapid economic growth. He warned that if the current pace continues, Germany could dominate global markets with its factory products.
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Rotary and
Kiwanis Clubs
Victoria
B.C
W. G. Wilson
Germany
One-Man Submarine Aims For Deep Sea Excursions
A single seacraft developed in Milan Italy measures 53 feet in length and 10 feet in width. It carries oxygen tanks for 66 hours underwater enabling private underwater trips.
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Milan
Italy
Student questions why he must attend school
A mother asks her child about school and the child replies that he is fine with it but wonders why he is needed there since there are many other kids. The exchange conveys a child's perspective on compulsory education.
Sea Ked Earthquakes Prompt Ocean Cable Repairs by Ships
Western Union cable ships Domina Calvin and Cyrus Field are repairing Atlantic cables after earthquakes near 1,000 miles east of New York and south of Newfoundland. They will gather oceanographic data on return while storms delay splicing. No major seabed changes observed. deepest cable breaks at three and a half miles.
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Atlantic Ocean
North Atlantic
Western Union Telegraph Company
Dominia
Lord Calvin
Cyrus Field
New York
Domin
Calvin
Azores
Cyrus
Newfoundland
Poi
Bishop to preach at parade amid arms order in India
In a Lucknow based infantry battalion an order stated the Bishop of Lucknow would preach at Sunday parade while all men must carry twenty rounds of ammunition. Since the mutiny troops in northern India attended church with arms and ammo, the timing linked church service and weaponry humorously yet unfavorably.
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India
Lucknow
The Trombone Trick Confuses Village Band
A brass band visited a small village and delighted locals but could not understand the trombone. Cyrus Haywire was sent to investigate and dismissed the performer, noting a trick to the instrument as he watched the act.
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Old Cyrus
First Seaplane Arrives Punctually in Antigua
The Island of Antigua in the West Indies witnessed its first aircraft. A seaplane's arrival was announced by the bellman, drawing surprise as the craft reportedly landed precisely at four o'clock. A local woman exclaimed in astonishment at the perfect punctuality.
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Antigua
West Indies
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Rome
Canadian Poultry For the World’s Congress
Tree
W. R. Motherwell
Sherbrooke Livestock Show
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Ladder of Life
Model Chicken Ranch
Mae
Wil
Nebelspalter
Zurich
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