World Topics and Antiquated Notes Across 1932 Europe and America
A collage of items from March 16, 1932, detailing a mix of social reform efforts, public works speculation, and historical notes. It covers Mark Trafton’s healthful breakfast gospel, a prophecy about Boston’s future, Italian arrests in New Orleans, per capita wealth comparisons, a plan to brighten Chicago for the World’s Fair, and a reminiscence on Mme. Holmes’s triumphant Ode. Also noted are a ser vant reform movement tied to the 1893 Chicago Exposition, relics from the Calebee battle near Shorter’s Station, and the last Jackson era veteran Rev. Jon Dennis. Finally, Snaile eggs’ moisture absorption is briefly described as a curious scientific aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mme
Augusta Wolmes
Palaise de Industrie
Mme. Holmes
Chicago
Solin Lucas
Inois
United States
Chiccago
Old Hickory
Calebee
Jackson
J. C. Shauffer
Jon Dennis
Dallae County
Ala
Georgia
Floyd
Dennis
Charge And Resolve At Rifle Gun On Ridge
A Confederate brigade holds in reserve while a gun on a bush covered ridge enfilades their right. Company G lines advance, charge the gun, and win the position after brutal close combat, with 19 wounded or dead of 56. The crowd cheers the victory as the unit earns a lasting page in war records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ife
Williamsburg
Yorktown
Fair Oxke
Malvern Hill
Heroeca
Detroit Free Press
Big Game Doom Threatens Deer and Elk in Park County
The Livingston Montana Post reports deer and elk are increasingly hunted as large game move from National Park summer rendezvous into surrounding canyons and hills. Ambiguity in amended game law sparks concern over lawful purposes for large game killings, urging immediate official interpretation to prevent extinction of the species in the state.
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Livingston
Park County
National Park
James Howell
Tiel Roaring
Yellowstone
Junter
Montana
Palatable Medicine From Paris Hospitals
Paris physicians concealed medicines in food and in a special chalybeate bread to ease a patient’s reluctance to take drugs. Oils like cod liver and castor were hidden in soups, while iron tonic was delivered via bread containing lactate of iron, providing effective daily dosing. The report advocates adopting this approach to spare patients from unpleasant tastes.
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Paris
Mustache meanings reveal character and mood traits
A note on mustache form linking lip shape to feelings and traits such as pride self reliance and manliness. Ragged styles signal poor self control while straight orderly styles imply discipline. Upward curls suggest geniality and desire for approbation whereas downward curls imply sedateness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Household Tips and Easy Recipes for Homemakers
Practical advice from era papers on keeping a griddle clean with stale bread and salt. Guidance on stains using benzine and egg yolk, oxalic acid, or javelle water. Simple recipes include sponge cake, muffins, custard pie, telegraph pudding, and beef stewed with onions for everyday kitchen use.
Chloroform Use Debated by Doctor in New Orleans
A Boston physician argues chloroform remains widely used, especially in private institutions. He contrasts it with ether, noting faster action and deeper sleep, and cites rare dangers over twenty years of experience, while observers report patients recount vivid visions under anesthesia.
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Boston
New Ouleans Times-Democrat
City Court of
Brooklyn
Logal
Tne
Scientific scraps on guns, powders, and dragonflies
Range data for naval guns is given, with a 29.2 inch rifle reaching twelve miles. A pneumatic gun fired a two and a half mile dummy shell. Notes cover migratory water birds along the Rio Grande and rock disintegration by organisms and acids. New silica and asbestos powders for molds and a Paris porcelain process are described. influenza research cited from Berlin doctors. Lumholtz notes dragonfly deifications in Sierra Madre ruins and petroglyphs in Arizona and northern Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Pfeiffer
Kitasato
Canon
Berlin
Carl Lumholte
Sierra Madre
Mexico
Granados
Arizona
What Incense is Made of for Tabernacle Service
The article explains the incense for the Tabernacle burning comprised of stacte onycha galbanum and frankincense in equal parts. It details stacte as a liquid exudation from myrrh, onycha as the operculum of a strombus shell, and galbanum as a resinial substance linked to Balaam, noting regional nomenclature and historical uses.
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Pliny
Theophrastus
Europe
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Bombay
Mount Amamna
Syria
Savage Lion-Workers Archeology Collection Shown
A veteran missionary to the Fan tribe presents to the University of Pennsylvania a major archeological collection. The Fans, described as cannibal rulers of equatorial Africa, display notable civility and metal craftsmanship. Native iron, ore smelting, iron hammers, stone anvils, and iron currency are highlighted in the material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
du Chailly
Equatorial
Equatorial Africa
Children's Circus Hopes Fade In Barn Tale
A child narrates plans for a barn circus with a clown and a ringmaster, but misfortune hits when the trapeze act is cut and a boy laments growing up while memories of simple toys like pins and rag dolls surface. Also included are short vignettes about a dog named Gyp and a family dog story with a buried hen and a moral lesson.
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Little Ray
Jimmie Brown
Bill Jones
Mamma
Bess
Jane
Ned
Grace
Kate
Don
Gyp
Harper
The Camel and Its Endurance Across Climates
A Nature article summarizes Herr Lehmann on camel adaptation to temperature and moisture. Camels tolerate extreme heat and cold, with regional strains thriving in home conditions. Humidity limits camel presence, as does vapor pressure surpassing twelve millimeters.
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Herr Lehmann
Sahara
Semipalatinsk
Eastern Asia
Asia
Atlas
Abyssinis
Tuarek
North Africa
Fezzan
Tripoli
Nile
Nature
Honey for the children turns daily habit into health
A rural parent describes two young children aged five and three who eagerly come to the workshop each morning, bringing paper squares and asking for honey. He notes the children prefer honey to ordinary candies and believes daily pure sweets may deter future stimulant or intoxicant use. The anecdote, from temperance notes, links regular honey to rosier, more active children and cites wider opinions on alcohol and youth behavior.
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Friend II
Bea
Also Mentioned on This Page
Indiana Progress
Winonespar
Aniique Man Fm cix
Mark Trafton
Mr. Washington
Mr. Hudson
St. Clair
New Orleans
Crescent City
United Kingdom
Ireland
Germany
J1e
H.C. Frick & Co
Mammoth
Mount Pleasant
Peon
Keighley
South Wilkesbarre
Penn
Lane
Angelo
San Andreas
Cal
New York Press
Jones
Jrife
New York Voice
New York Commercial Advertiser
St. Louis Republic
Rio Grande
River Val
Wm. QO. Atwater
Mary
Dolly
Siwage
Biddy
Francie
Brady
Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
Osavon
Lowell, Haas
Exscuros
Conway, Ark
Temperance
Bartenter
Temperance Banner
London
Akron
Ohio
Philadelphia
Norfolk
England
Gladstone
Tanerat
Hounsar Blecs Bos
Gojumra
Japan
W. Chilis
Holland
Massachusetts
Haney
Faxon
Sierra City
Stanierg
Price
Sali Lg
Swearingen
Pennsylvania
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