Play-Girl Debuts in Cairo Themed New York Scene
Starr Ellison embraces a new life as she rents a penthouse at Essex House, adopts a Cairo inspired persona, and plots a high profile debut with impresario Michael Fairbourne. The episode includes clashes with her former landlady, swift shopping for new wardrobes, and the lure of romance despite a hidden heartbreak.
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Starr
New York
Mrs
Essex House
Michael Fairbourne
Michael
Starr Ellison
Cairo
Pierre
Michael Hassan
East River
Egypt
Blood Pressure Rise Tied to Physical Changes Not Exercise Itself
Prof R J S Mc Dowall told the British Association meeting in Blackpool that the blood pressure rise during exercise is caused by physical changes in muscles rather than the act of exercise. He noted pressure falls after stopping exercise due to reduced muscle resistance and questioned the dilated muscle blood accumulation theory.
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R. J. S. McDowall
Physiology
Blackpool
England
British Association For the Advancement of Science
McDowall
Clean Your Chimney Fires Risk Warned to Hearths
The piece urges homeowners to clean chimneys and fix defects now as winter nears. It notes chimney fires cause more destruction than any other blaze source and stresses minor cleaning costs versus rebuilding costs.
Odd Deep Sea Fish Found With Luminous Port Holes
A Capetown discovery reveals Astronesthes Boulengeri, a rare deep sea fish with illuminations along its underside and a wildcat like head. It is only the fourth specimen known to science and features huge curved teeth and two external tooth rows.
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Capetown
South Africa
Astronesthes Boulengeri
New Mimic Telephone Demonstrated at Harvard Tercentenary
A new voice mimicking telephone shown in Cambridge by Dr. Frank Jewett can imitate voices from female to male and create duets or multiple tones. The device analyzes pulses from an ordinary phone and re creates a new voice before broadcasting it to a speaker.
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Harvard
Frank Jewett
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Jewett
Friedrich Bergius
Bergius
Trade Revival In Britain Brings Record Employment Rise
Great Britain reports 10,961,000 employed excluding agricultural workers, the highest on record. Unemployment fell by 38,132 to 1,613,940 in four weeks to Aug 24, a six year low. The revival spans theatre, apartments, and urban housing, with big blocks rising in major cities including London.
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Great Britain
London
Rare orchid blooms in Rumson conservatory
An orchid plant in Hubert Dalton’s Rumson conservatory is flowering for the first time with 399 blooms on four spikes about three feet long. Two orchid experts say it is the only specimen of its kind they have seen, believed native to Molocca Islands and Malaya.
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Hubert Dalton
Rumson
New Jersey
Molocca Islands
Malaya
Should Raise More Geese On Dominion Farm Ottawa
Poultry experts at the Dominion experimental farm in Ottawa urge farmers to increase geese production. They note a Christmas market shortage that supports profitable prices and cite ideal conditions, range freedom, and abundant green feed as advantages at the farm.
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Dominion Experimental Farm
Ottawa
Tags Return From Arctic Goose Tags Discoveries
Jack Miner reports a batch of 76 missionary goose tags collected in the Arctic Circle by Rev. Arnold C. Herbert at Port Harrison Hudson Bay near the 60th parallel. Tags were affixed between 1925 and 1936 and later recovered this summer.
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Jack Miner
Arctic Circle
Arnold C. Herbert
Port Harrison
Hudson Bay
Copper Find Unearthed By West Siberian Prospectors
A native copper lump weighing 782 pounds was found six feet underground during field prospecting for the West Siberian Gold Mining Trust.
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West Siberian Gold Mining Trust
Hidden impulse to do good and purify the soul
A devotional meditation on Purity and purpose. The speaker cites 1 John 3 3 and urges daily dedication to God. It contrasts worldly roles with noble longing, suggesting true success lies in moral purity over social status.
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God
World’s tallest man believed to live in Alton
The 18 year old Robert Pershing Wadlow in Alton Illinois is reported as 8 feet 5 inches tall and still growing, with a weight over three hundred pounds. His father, an engineer, weighs about 145 pounds.
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Alton
Illinois
Robert Pershing Wadlow
Geranium Day in England Raises £42,500 for the Blind
The event named Geranium Day in England collected 42,500 pounds to support blind residents. Beneficiaries include local charities and services aiding independence, education, and accessibility. The fundraiser drew donors from across communities and highlighted ongoing support for visually impaired people.
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England
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