Moving pictures aid safer driving and social research
Harvard's cinematograph nerve test aims to reduce car accidents by testing chauffeurs with projected scenes. The method exposes drivers to emergencies while a car is stationary, predicting reaction times. Separately, studies highlight a shift in poverty focus from slums to middle class workers, urging income growth for all.
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Munsterburg
Harvard
United States
The
New Orleans Picayune
Brooklyn Man Receives Seven Year Kiss Sentence
A Brooklyn man is sentenced to kiss his wife at least twice daily for seven years. The judge notes a possible Sunday exemption and a lighthearted quip about Emerson. The piece then shifts to a French inventor in Algeria proposing a sledge with a 60 horsepower motor to glide over dunes at twenty miles per hour, using a lifting plane to clear obstacles and connect distant parts of Africa.
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Brooklyn
Emerson
Algeria
Africa
Woman Fined For Witchcraft in Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania woman was fined for witchcraft. The piece notes a parallel with a western railroad fined for mutilating a valuable art work by delivering a Venus statue with its arms missing.
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Pennsylvania
Western Railroad
Prediction of Money Washing Machines for Banks and Stores
It is predicted machines to wash money will be installed in banks and department stores as used by the government. They may not come into universal use because some people will have no use for clean money.
Life of a dollar bill and its microbial passengers
An authority notes a dollar’s lifespan is 14 months and asks how many microbes it harbors during that period. The question frames the bill’s travel as a microbial load question, implying a count of organisms carried or accumulated over the bill’s life.
Feathers and Furs: Smart Neckties and Muffs for Winter
Julia Bottomley notes the popularity of feather ruffs neck pieces and matched muffs in velvet plush or satin. Stoles trimmed with ostrich and down are versatile in taupe gray black and white schemes and coordinate with various costumes. Muffs remain large soft and easy to make at home with furriers or dry goods stock.
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Julia Bottomley
Iridescent and porcelain candlesticks for table styling
The article suggests iridescent glass candlesticks with shades of paper or lace for dining tables. It describes white Dresden or Belleek vase pairings, white or green shaded shades, and patent holders with lingerie embroidery. It notes colonial pressed glass works with white candles and lace shades, Canton china matching shades, and Delft blue Dutch options with blue on white paper shades.
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Dresden
Canton China
Delft
Holland
Dainty Drawn Thread Look Achieved by Machine
A Needlecraft contributor describes using a sewing machine to imitate drawn thread work on handkerchiefs. She marks lines with pencil, threads in color, and stitches with medium length. The result is prettier, stronger, washable without thread drawing, and time-saving, with friends planning to adopt the method.
Fashion notes point to autumn gowns and trims
The article highlights taffeta coats as a chief attraction this autumn, with fringe remaining a popular trimming on mantles. Gray and white striped flannel suits and white serge are also mentioned as widely worn fabrics for the season.
Neat Winter Motoring Bonnet Described
A striped black and white silk and blue velvet bonnet offers warmth and a snug fit for winter driving. White leather straps anchor under blue buttons and blue and white silk strings complete the elegant design.
Kind Words Elevate Hearts and Temperaments Across Interactions
A reflective piece extols kind words as inexpensive and time efficient, capable of improving mood and manners. It argues kind speech fosters goodwill, softens harsh sentiments, and leaves a lasting positive impression, contrasting with cold hot sarcastic and wrathful language.
Lengthening Frocks Puffing Tricks for Girls
To lengthen a small girl's frock, cut above the hem and insert a puffing of contrasting material. Repeat around sleeves and neck if paired with a guimpe. This makes the dress look new while boosting confidence. Allow about half an inch extra width for puffing allowance.
Prose Fragment Teases Merriment Over Sorrow
A cheeky quip argues against dwelling on grief urging merriment instead. The lines lampoon caution and melancholy with a witty warning that sorrow can be harmful.
Pennywise Purchases and Frugal Living Tips
Mrs Cellaneous warns that small daily expenditures add up, urging careful budgeting and itemized purchases to avoid month end shortfalls. Also includes simple fruit dessert Pineapple O Delight and Savory Toast ideas for affordable meals.
Quote on power and sovereignty from a timeless admonition
A terse ancient axiom contrasts two fates in vivid general terms. It frames a moral choice between ascent and decline, urging decisive action and firm command rather than passive subservience.
The Art of Cooking and Sentiment as Guide
Quote contrasts learning cooking with practice and sentiment as the best guide, likening it to swimming and painting. Emphasizes practical experience and inner judgment over books.
Practical Household Hints on Pastry and Domestic Tips
A collection of kitchen and home care tips: keep pastry cold and handle minimally for tenderness. use a hot oven. water cold and scant. Also remedies and housekeeping ideas include honey for coughs, red pepper tea, overshoe tips, charcoal odor absorption, tartar emetic to deter ants, to clean real lace with chalk or magnesia, packing shoes by color, dry bran as cleaner, and bran bath for delicate fabrics.
Choosing Good Leads to Victory, Evil Undermines
A motivational line emphasizes daily decisions shaping outcomes. Choosing good deeds advances success while opting for evil weakens character and integrity.
Velvet cream to lemon sherbet and other kitchen tips
A collection of home cooking instructions describes frozen velvet cream lemon sherbet using cream milk lemon juice and sugar, homemade cheese with peppers and sour cream, quick cake from melted butter eggs milk and flour, pie crust shells from leftover pastry, stuffed tomatoes with ham bread crumbs and butter, and breakfast mackerel preparation steps including soaking salt fish and cooking with water and butter.
Plain Dishes From Old Kitchen Bread Pudding and More
A compact bedside recipe excerpt describes bread pudding with butter soaked bread and a custard topping, plus variations including a two cup bread crumb version with molasses, a ginger bread mixture, a surprise baked apple bread dish, and mashed potato doughnuts with butter sugar milk and eggs in a baking powder batter.
Original Old Man Speaks On His Civil War Tale
A young speaker questions why they spend time with an old man described as original. The elder recalls modest claims from his past, including Civil War service, average athletic ability, swimming, fighting, looks, and popularity with girls, presenting a humorous self-portrait.
The Barber Explains Why He Calls Himself a Tailor Artist
A barber explains his self description as a tailor artist and demonstrates with a few cuts to illustrate the point.
Never Is Elected and the Dobbs Political Health Joke
A Republican era quip notes Dobbs must stay in politics for his health. Observers joke that he’s always running for office yet gains little besides constant exercise. The remark frames Dobbs as perennially active in campaigns.
Beetle Inquest Lights Up Bugville Scene
In Bugville an inquest into Mr Bumble Bee attracts several fireflies to shed light on the case. Willie Bug-Well is mentioned as a playful nod within the whimsical report.
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Mr. Beetle
Bumble Bee
Willie Bug
Skin Ailment Clears After Cuticura Treatment
Miss Elsie Nielson of Atchison Kansas describes years of facial eruptions including pimples and a red irritated rash. Four months of nightly Cuticura Ointment and daily Cuticura Soap, with regular washing, cleared her face and she continues using the products.
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Elsie Nielson
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Alphabetically Speaking In Police Exam
A Washington police force candidate of rural origin volunteers for the examination. When asked if native to the city, he says he is from Alabama, the first state in the Union alphabetically. The examiner corrects him that Alabama is not first, and the candidate asserts alphabetically it is auh.
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Washington
Darky
Union
Alabama
Different Youth
A grocery boy greets a suburban town customer and learns the customer prefers being called Alices instead of Alice. The exchange reveals a light social mismatch between clerk and customer as they address each other.
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Ales
Alices
Alice
Important to Mothers Warns Careful Use of Castoria Bottles
Important to Mothers urges caregivers to examine every bottle of Castoria for safety and proper use as a trusted remedy for infants and children. The notice stresses verification of contents and labeling to ensure safe administration.
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B. C. Hudler
Aan
Chicago Tribune
Cellaneous
Bugville
Creagy
Fletcher
Farmer Corntessel
Dean
Ohio
J. W. Priest
Marysville
Eh Pilcture
Dean’s
Ipney Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
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