Lightning safety rules favor large structures for protection
Rural lightning damage vastly exceeds urban losses with four hundred fatalities annually from sky bolts in the United States. The code for protection urges proper grounding of lightning rods on large buildings and advises seeking shelter in substantial structures or dense forests during storms. Prepared jointly by the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the National Bureau of Standards.
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US National Bureau of Standards
States Science Service
United States
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
National Bureau of Standards
Nova Scotia Premier backs centralized taxation for equity
Premier Angus Macdonald argues for national income and inheritance taxes with federal grants to provinces on a need basis. He cites Ontario and Quebec dominating succession duties and critiques current rules that allow double taxation for domiciled estates, urging inter provincial cooperation and federal distribution to fix unfairness.
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Angus Macdonald
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From Girl to Woman Stronger With Favorite Prescription
A fragment notes that windgirls suffer female irregularities and headaches and suggests Dr Pierces Favorite Prescription as a tonic to help daughters become stronger. The text mixes garbled phrases and seems to promote the tonic without coherent detail.
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Pierce
Australia as Security Base for British Pacific Fleet
In a raised call for strategic planning, the Sydney Herald argues Australia should lead defence preparations in the Pacific. It contends Australia must offer security to a British fleet, host a major air force, and house an industrial base to supply war materiel if Europe’s seas become dangerous.
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Pacific
Australia
Sydney Herald
Texas firm patent stops water seepage in oil wells
A Texas company develops a process inspired by bath soap reaction that pumps soap solution into oil wells. It forms a tough curd with magnesium and calcium salts, sealing pores and sands to render the well water tight without hindering oil flow. Montreal Star.
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Montreal Star
First Intercolonial Mail Run In 1672 Between NY And Boston
In January 1672 the American colonies conducted their first intercolonial postal delivery from New York to Boston, marking a historic step in colonial communication.
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America
New York
Boston
Sermon notes on Mark and Jesus family ties and mission
The text reviews Jesus choosing the twelve apostles near Capernaum after crowds press from Galilee Idumea and Tyre. It quotes lessons on friendship with those who do his Father's will and notes the setting on hills west of the lake. It closes with a malformed aside about spelling and Indian marriage customs.
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League of Nations health survey on soldiers ages
A League of Nations health survey indicates soldiers reached full stature by age 25, versus age 20 after the war, leaving the reason unexplained.
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League of Nations
Moonlight Reveals Light Takes Time Across Space
Observation of Jupiter moons shows light travels with delay, proving space light travel is not instantaneous. Data from early astronomical studies highlights finite speed of light and its implications for measuring distant events.
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