Unusual Insurance Policies Cover Wide Range Of Risks
The article cites diverse insured risks from Kubelik canceling a $120,000 policy for a larger one to shops near St Pauls Cathedral insuring against collapse. Notables insured include Miss Poulton for eyes, Miss White for dimples, Paderewski for hands, Verna Mosconi for drums, Polaire for ugliness, Fay Marbe for smiles, Ben Turpin for cross eyes, and Alberta Vaughan for candy consumption.
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Paris
Kubelik
St. Paul's Cathedral
Tzar
Russia
Cecile Soret
Comedie Francaise
Mable Poulton
Rats Blamed as Typhus Carriers by NIH Scientist
Jos E Ramsdell, director of the conference board at the National Institute of Health, announced that three NIH physicians in Washington discovered that typhus is spread by rats rather than lice. He urged eliminating rats to end the fever during Union College commencement remarks.
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Jos. E. Ramsdell
United States National Institute of Health
Ramsdell
National Institute of Health
Washington, D.C
Union College
Oysters Remain Luxuries in Europe Despite Small Pleasures
The text notes that oysters still hold luxury status in Europe while casual acts like opening bottles differ, highlighting lingering cost and access gaps for everyday indulgences.
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Europe
Gardening notes on celery roses and garden supports
Gardening tip sheet covers celery from sowing to harvest and bleaching, rose care with fertilizing and crowd control, and practical plant supports using green or brown stakes and galvanized wire choicely shaped to blend with beds. It notes climbing roses on trellises and sweet peas on old nets, plus Irish Free State Dundalk crackdown on public dance halls.
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Dundalk
Irish Free State
Gardens Open to Public Across England and Wales
The Times lists gardens in England and Wales open to the public on fixed dates from March to October to benefit the Queen's Institute of District Nursing. Royal gardens at Sandringham and Harewood House have specific Wednesday openings with modest charges. A weekly list appears in The Times, and letters from Lady Georgiana More offer a yearly general list with dates, garden names, owners, and counties. Japan oil imports are growing.
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England
Wales
Queen’s Institute of District Nursing
Royal Gardens
Sandringham
Georgiana More
Victoria Street
London
W. L
Elephants Haul Fire Engine Through Sand to Cooch Behar
Two elephants pulled a fire engine 20 miles over sandy roads to Cooch Behar to reach a blazing rice and jute storehouse. Police asked Calcutta fire brigade but road conditions forced a return. A state elephant team then towed the engine, reaching the fire just in time.
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Calcutta
Cooch Behar
Cooch-Behar
Fish revive after anesthesia in Ottawa symposium
Scientists at Ottawa report fish that seemed dead after two hours of anesthesia regained movement when placed in sodium thiocyanate solution. Dr. J E Rutzler Jr of Cornell presented the phenomenon with no explanation offered.
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Ottawa
J. E. Rutzler, Jr
Cornell University
Deplorable Price Drop Criticized By Canadian Homemakers
Mrs N F Cameron president of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada spoke at the Homemakers Convention in Saskatoon. She condemned the drop in farm produce prices arguing butter eggs and other goods have fallen while mortgage and loan interest stays the same, harming family living standards.
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N. F. Cameron
Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada
Homemakers’ Convention
Saskatoon
Tracking Sea Currents by British Meteorological Office
A bottle dropped from a British vessel near North Queensland after drifting 434 days and 2,500 miles was found. It carried a request to return to the Meteorological Office, part of a program using 494 ships sailing the seven seas to drop bottles daily to collect data for tracking sea currents.
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British Meteorological Office
North Queensland
Pacific Ocean
Fiji Islands
Meteorological Office
British Air Ministry
Seven Seas
Where Wind Always Blows Port Elizabeth Claims World Wind Record
Port Elizabeth South Africa known as Where Wind Always Blows cites Algoa Bay lighthouse data to claim the world’s windiest location. Last year wind blew from varying directions nearly daily. speeds ranged from nine to sixty eight miles per hour with most days between 35 and 40 mph and an average of 33 mph.
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Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Algoa Bay
Town Builder Thomas Adams Receives NYU Doctor of Engineering
Edin burgh native Thomas Adams, renowned as a master town builder on both sides of the Atlantic, is awarded the Honorary Doctor of Engineering by New York University. He advised Canada on town planning from 1914 to 1921, aiding Halifax’s rebuilding after the 1917 explosion.
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Thomas Adams
Edinburgh
Atlantic
New York University
Adams
Canada
Commission On Conservation For
Halifax
Just Like Lightning and a Man from Scotland
A man praises his wife calling her extremely capable with nails and lightning speed provoking a listener. He quips that lightning never strikes twice in the same place. The piece ends noting slight earthquakes have been shaking Scotland.
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Scotland
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