Consistent Diet Plan to Cut Pounds by Proper Eating
A health focused feature explains using average weight tables from Life Extension Institute and Metropolitan Life Insurance to gauge healthy weight. It outlines a practical reducing diet around 1,000 calories daily, offering a structured meal plan including fruits, vegetables, lean meat, fish, eggs, and minimal sugar. The article emphasizes gradual weight loss with consistent diet over months, plus the Rule of Five nutrition guidelines. Bell Syndicate. WNU Service.
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Life Extension Institute
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Bell Syndicate
WNU
That Goat on Beer Signs Stirs Zoo Claim
Cincinnati zoologist Sol Stephan asserts the animal pictured on back beer ads is not a goat but an Algerian aoudad. He says the creature is a sheep rather than a goat, challenging popular labeling of the ad imagery.
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Cincinnati
Sol Stephan
Cincinnati Zoo
Wood-Burning Lorry Developed by Japanese Army
Tokyo reports Japan has developed a wood burning motor truck for army use. A small wood burner sits on one side with a boiler beneath, proving practical for mobility though fuel station shortages will limit broader deployment.
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Tokyo
Japan
Ship AHOY Matrimonial Bargain Declares Union Afloat
In a witty exchange the suitor proposes with a nautical joke promising a wedding if a raft of money is earned. The reply affirms the plan once finances are secured, framing the match as a playful bargain on a sea of plans.
Widows Mourn Late King of Zulus
Cape Town reports Solomon King of the Zulus died recently leaving 67 widows and 67 costly motor cars plus his favorite court uniform including a leopard-skin girdle gold-braided coat and a bus conductor's cap as part of his estate.
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Cape Town
Solomon
Wood burner seeks to cut fuel costs in military trucks
Trials on trucks between Tokyo and Nagoya showed need for an extra motor conveyance to carry fuel in small sizes. Japan spends about 150 million yen yearly on motor fuel and military expenditures are high. The wood burner was designed to reduce ordinary costs rather than create a new war machine.
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Tokyo
Nagoya
Japan
Name of Blucher Boots Earned From Field Marshal Blucher
The piece notes that naming rights are rare and valued and explains that "bluchers" or military half boots are so known because they were first worn by the famous Field Marshal Gebhard von Blucher.
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Gebhard von Blucher
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Old Warship Bells Put Up For Sale By British Navy
The British admiralty lists bells from scrapped war vessels for sale to naval officers at 50 dollars each for bells from the Bacchante, Dominion, Hercules, Mars, and Perthshire. Submarine bells are priced 25 to 5 dollars. Purchasers must explain their sentimental claim to a bell.
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London
British Admiralty
Bacchante
Dardanelles
Dominion
North Sea
Hercules
Jutland
Mars
Man Who Stole Patrol Sentenced to Sit in Police Wagon
James Williams twenty four itinerant admitted attempting to steal a city patrol wagon because I wanted to sit under the wheel of a machine with a siren on it. He was sentenced to sit in the police vehicle for one hour each day for three days in San Jose California.
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San Jose
Calif
James Williams
Missouri Man Claims He Has Never Lied to Wife
Springfield Missouri Marion Baker of the city fire department offers his domestic record for challenge to anyone in the country. After 14 years of marriage he asserts he has never told his wife an untruth, a claim viewed as nearly impossible yet he says he has managed never to lie to her.
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Springfield
Marion Baker
City Fire Department
Baker
Sugar Covered House Draws Beehive Swarm in Pittsfield
Bees swarmed the home of Frank Wilson in Pittsfield Massachusetts forcing the family indoors for hours. A mystery was solved when painters revealed they had used three gallons of maple syrup instead of linseed oil on the exterior.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Frank Wilson
Lights of New York 7. Adults Turn To Toy Fair For Adult Pastimes
The toy fair reveals a crossover of adult amusements with trains and betting devices, parlor shooting galleries, bucking riding toys, and foreign peasant toys from Russia. American toy business has grown from 50 million to 200 million annually in 14 years, with adults paying 20 to 40 percent more than last year for gifts this Christmas. A fashion scene on Fifth Avenue contrasts with a taxi altercation near Madison Avenue while drinking trends shift toward cocktails at popular eateries.
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Middle West
Russia
My Neighbor Says Practical Household Tips
A reader shares everyday advice on cooking rhubarb slowly to keep color, polishing glass with tissue paper, serving portions in appropriately sized dishes, and choosing pillowcases large enough to fit pillows properly.
Row Over Child Discipline Sparks Domestic Tiff
A mother accuses her child Tommy of defying her commands to make him mind. Little Jack and Tommy are mentioned in the dispute as the source of the quarrel.
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Jack
Tommy
Cleaning smoke rooms with vinegar on a hot shovel
Instructions describe burning drops of vinegar on a hot shovel to clear smoky air. A second method uses a red-hot coal on a shovel with vinegar. It also notes eau de cologne or other perfumes can substitute vinegar for use in a sick room.
Electric Cords Safety Advice On Plug and Wire Use
A cautionary note advises that cords from electric irons, toasters, and waffle irons should be pulled by the plug rather than the wire, and be hung up rather than twisted together and stuffed into a drawer to prevent wear and damage.
Grease Removal Method for Silk Uses French Chalk
Grease spots on silk may be removed by covering the soiled parts with French chalk. Let stand for a few hours, then brush off. Repeat the application if necessary.
Survey Reveals Defense of Modoc Caves as National Monument
A four cave site survey in Northern California shows more than 936 caves remaining from 10 to 10 feet deep, highlighting the Modoc region as a potential national monument site with significant geological and historical value.
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Modoc
Northerm
California
Trace Word Sparrow to Low German Immigrants
The article traces the word sparrow from early Low German immigrants to England, via an apas root implying fluttering activity. It notes how sparrows, including Savannah, grasshopper, chippy, fox, and nightingale variants, reflect regional naming and legends across North America and the Atlantic coast.
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England
Montreal
Savannah
Wilson
Low Countries
Atlantic
Georgian
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Kennedy
New England
Peabody
Siam A Nation Of Contrasts And Traditional Remedies
Siam shows striking contrasts from kaleidoscopic pageants in cities to ox carts on rural roads. Popular medicines include rhinoceros horns snake galls and herbs. American influence shaped medicine education printing and language, aiding sovereignty after 1925 treaty abrogation.
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Siam
Bangkok
Bangkok Oil Their Jara (Or Oil Tins) With Water At Gallary Street
North
National Geographic Society
America
The Trombone A detailed look at the instrument’s brass construction
The trombone is a wind instrument of the trumpet family built from sections of brass tubes forming two parallel loops. Its curved bottom ends have a bass section with a jointed handle. The slide lengthens air column, yielding about two and a half octaves, and valves can replace the slide, though they lessen tone richness.
Gluttonous cod gobbles almost any prey in stomachs
According to the bureau of Geb eries, big codfish stomachs reveal cannibalism and surprising items. They devour birds like ducks and ingest edible objects, rope, wood, stones, and even old shoes, alongside small fish crabs and lobsters.
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Bureau of Geberies
Legends of the fan and its evolving meanings
The text traces the origin of air changing palm leaf fans, then expands to ceremonial, practical, and flirtatious fans. It notes a legend that Cupid made a feather fan from his wings and recalls a Spanish late eighteenth century era when a full fan language emerged through gestures of its wielder.
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Fas
Cupid
Spain
Ferrel's Law and Its Core Principle
William Ferrel is notable for formulating what is commonly called Ferrel's Law. The principle states that the Coriolis effect deflects moving bodies to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere, influencing atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns. This foundational concept helps explain prevailing wind directions and storm tracks across global climates.
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