Why Do We Do Things Involuntarily
The text explains why sneezing and yawning occur without conscious control. Sneezing results from particles entering the nostrils triggering nerves, while yawning stems from shortness of breath and tired nerves disrupting normal breathing.
Three Visions of Business Success from Hoagland
Detroit motor truck sales manager M B Hoagland urges salesmen to aim beyond the present. He identifies three mindsets: past-focused, present-facing, and future-oriented. The speaker argues true success comes to those who plan for demand after tomorrow and build an expanding business.
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M. B Hoagland
Motor Truck Company
Detroit
Hoagland
How Welsh Coal Trade Began
In 1829 the London smoke act spurred demand for smokeless coal. Two traders met Mrs Lucy Thomas at Merthyr who demanded 4s a ton and cash upfront. They agreed, coal moved by mule to Cardiff then shipped to London, selling at 18s per ton, thus beginning the Welsh coal trade.
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Wales
London
James Duke
Merthyr
Lucy Thomas
Cardiff
Rest and Flax Plans Highlight 1910s Page
A column extols daily rest to ease heart strain and raise vitality. It also notes England's plan to grow 10 000 sacks of flax for airplanes, signaling prewar industrial push and expanding flax use.
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England
Switzerland
Durinty Ince
Engleac
Tank
Russia
Diamond hardness and garden artistry in oblique notes
An excerpt contrasts the peril of overvaluing beliefs with aging, notes on the diamond as an invincible stone, and a vignette on Chinese garden statues where vines cloak painted figurines. It cites The Marshall Herald and the Terre Haute Star as sources paid for one year.
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Marshall Herald
The
Terre Haute Star
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Machlan
Marshall
C. L. Parsons
Grocer
New Prunes
Haynolda Tobacco Co
Prince Albert
P. A
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N. C
McDougall
McDougalls
Sanitany
Bubeck & Gallacher Undertakers
Marshall, Hiinoig