Rest to Cope With High Tension and Sleep Habits
The article stresses rest amid rising nervous exhaustion from modern life and urges regular eight hours of sleep. It notes how short relaxation can refresh, compares human and animal rest, and offers tips on sleep hygiene including fixed bedtimes, lighter meals before bed, warm drinks, and proper bed setup. It cites Thomas Faison Napoleon Edison and ends with advice from the Health League of Canada.
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Rip van Winkle
Thomas Faison
Napoleon
Edison
Shakespeare
Health League of Canada
Mystery Lake Wakatipu Beats Like a Heart in New Zealand
A South Island lake in New Zealand known as Lake Wakatipu heaves about three inches every five minutes. Its rise and fall pattern resembles a heartbeat, with no satisfactory explanation. The lake is shaped like an S, about 52 miles long and three miles wide.
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Wakatipu
New Zealand
South Island
Pennsylvanian Bill Carved on Clay From Ur
An ancient fragment records a bill from Philadelphia era academia: a forged clay tablet noting three lambs delivered to Ur, the precursor city of Ur, dating to roughly 2350 B C. The artifact links early commerce with Mesopotamian urban centers and shows paleographic record keeping.
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University of Pennsylvania
Jersey signs market premium milk with festive farm branding
At the Canadian Jersey Cattle Club meeting in Toronto William Hunter showcased six sided signs featuring a Jersey head. The signs mark farms producing Jersey milk sold as special or premium and distributed through city distributors. Farms along highways within 75 miles of Toronto have displayed the signs at farm gates enhancing pride in Jersey milk producers.
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Canadian Jersey Cattle Club
Toronto
William Hunter
Jersey
Chinese Birds Nest Soup Revered For Strength
A traditional Chinese delicacy uses swift nests with glutinous secretions gathered from nature. The nests, resembling gelatin, are stewed into a nourishing soup. Doctors frequently prescribe birds nest soup for its reputed strengthening effects.
Scottish Barber Bemoans Summer Wage Cuts
A Scottish barber jokes he will lower wages in summer due to lighter work. An applicant counters that customers still need haircuts, to which the barber replies that staff need not help customers with their overcoats.
Britain Moves to Open Transatlantic Air Service
Preparations in Britain aim to establish a transatlantic air route with Langstone harbor as a combined land and sea base. A four motor flying boat prototype appeared at Rochester as work continues toward two British and two U S flying boats delivering weekly service from Portsmouth, backed by government subsidies and a new air navigation bill.
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Rochester
Langatone Harbor
Portsmouth
North America
United States
Langstone Harbor
Chichester Harbor
Britain
Bermuda
Canary Islands
North Atlantic
Empire Air Service
Imperial Airways
Singapore
Australia
Africa
Central
Weather Change Debate Across Borders on Drought Risk
Toronto meteorologist J Patterson cited 100 year records showing dry spells followed by moisture arguing climate fluctuations are ongoing. He noted western rainfall barely meets agricultural needs and droughts can ease or recur, endorsing a thorough study of the drought problem by the weather service.
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J. Patterson
Meteorological Service
Toronto
Henry Wallace
United States
Mr. Patterson
Drouth
Patterson
Weather Service
When a Man Cannot Make Ends Meet
A quip notes that a person struggles financially when his goals pull him in opposite directions, implying tension between duties and desires. The remark frames financial strain as a result of divided aims and competing priorities.
Nosegay Quilt Pattern Promises Charming Scrap Patchwork
A Nosegay quilt pattern offers evenings of pick up work with varied scrap blocks in single or double bed sizes. It includes a Block Chart yardage diagram and patch placement guide. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg to obtain pattern 5419. no Alice Brooks book is published.
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Household Arts Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Savage Middlesex Assizes Record and Shakespeare Death Era
The 1614-15 Middlesex assizes saw 418 tried and 160 condemned, with 100 hanged. Most were convicted for burglary and theft, not murder, despite a population of about 250,000 versus 1929 Britain at 150 times larger. The New York Times notes the Guardian’s sardonic “Merrie England” heading.
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Middlesex
William Shakespeare
London
Great Britain
England
Manchester Guardian
Merrie
New York Times
Nose and ear changes tied to aging study
A Smithsonian Institute scientist reports thousands of measurements showing that aging lengthens the nose and ears and widens the mouth. The findings suggest physical changes are gradual over time affecting facial features.
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Smithsonian Institute
Proposals in the Garden Echoed by a Balcony
Mrs Smith voices concern about eavesdropping on a young couple's plans to marry in the garden below. Mr Smith questions why they should be warned, joking that no one whistled to alert him.
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Hudson Bay
Hudson Strait
Manitoba
Churchill
Wales Island
N. B. McLean
Alice Brooks
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