The Value of Tears and Its Physiological Basis
In an article on tears, the author explains tears arise from carotid blood routing during laughter and sorrow. The exterior carotid contracts in laughter, diverting blood to the brain and triggering tear glands via the ophthalmic canal. Tears thus represent a release of congested brain blood and act as a natural anesthetic during grief, similar to alcohol or ether.
Secrets Love Should Hide
Helen Oldfield argues couples should balance honesty with discretion before marriage. She cautions that confidences can undermine harmony and urges clear understanding while acknowledging inherent gender differences and the need for mutual trust.
The Plan for a Daily Newspaper of Truth in London
A group of sixteen London journalists plan to launch a daily newspaper that would reveal all truths about courts parliament markets and famous families. They intend to publish from abroad and mail the paper daily to London in English arguing that truth is dangerous and must be dosed carefully by established papers to protect public sanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Japan
London
Savages
Belgium
France
England
Aeroplane and Airship Progress and Social Critique
A. Lawrence Rotch outlines early air travel tech from balloons to heavier than air machines citing Renard and Krebs, Renard and Zepelin, Lilienthal, Chanute, Langley, and the Wright brothers with speeds and winds. He notes future limits and the American lead in motor aeroplanes. He shifts to a social essay arguing brains over money in society invites, criticizing exclusivity and arrogance of the elite.
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Benjamin Franklin
Paris
Messrs. Renard and
Krebs
Patrice
France
Zepelin
Germany
Lilienthal
United States
Chanute
Langley
Wright Brothers
Farman
Delagrange
Church and the Christian duty to promote world peace
Francis H. Rowley argues the church faces a superb opportunity to advance arbitration and end war. He urges ministers to teach arbitration, highlight the moral costs of war, and uphold Christian principles that bind neighbors across seas, imagining the church outranking peace societies in hastening abolition of war.
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Brotherhood of Man
Earth
The Man Behind Bars and Civil Society Attitudes
A thoughtful essay on how public attitudes toward released prisoners shape their reintegration. It argues that social expectations, stigma, and distrust hinder ex-offenders from building new self-respect and finding a place in civilization after serving their sentence.
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S. S. McClure
DR. Romme
Helen Oldfield
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish
A. Lawrence Rotch
Blue Hill Observatory
Aero Club of
New England
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Church Aid Peace
Francis H. Rowley, D. D
William Gardam
Detroit
Count Ota
Vio
Ugo Ojetti