Worth Knowing Miscellany of Science and History Snippets
A compilation of curiosities and facts from science and history including early trade between Egypt and India, 1914 jITY debut, Shipley church echoes, seaweed alginic acid potential, theater mirrors, sycamore as shade tree, Swiss cheese traditions, Lister Institute kitchen, Tuallboard elevators, India seed oil output, laundries dyeing tech, pendulum clock regulator by Christine Hughes, Kaiser war donation, Wagner and Tannhauser dates, Spain hydro plants, golf ball balloons, and 750 mile Dutch German Russia air routes.
Warns Housewives on Home Accident Dangers
Mrs Lawrence Wall Coleman head of the Safety Institute of America home society committee released a list of Don'ts for housewives. She outlines accident hazards in the home and practical prevention measures aiming to reduce fires from hot irons and kerosene mishaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Wall Coleman
Home Society
The
Safety Institute of America
Coleman
Rumors Stir Over Ronshy Tree Bark Eating Dogs
A Kansas City Star excerpt quotes a neighbor from Rumpus Ridge and a man named Gap Johnson debating alarming chatter about people in Ronshy eating tree bark and even dogs amid growing concern that action is needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronshy
Gap Johnson
Rumpus Ridge
Kansas City Star
Logio Dialogue on Money Between Father and Son
An old man rebukes his spendthrift son for begging money. He recalls his father’s generosity and questions why more should be given, leaving the son to reflect on satisfaction versus expectation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logio
Boston Transcript
Peacock coloring and hummingbird throat hues explained
Scientists say the peacock tail colors and the hummingbird throat reds are not pigments. Iridescent feathers show brown barbs with flattened plates creating color from thin film interference, detectable by feel in dark feather tridescent specimens.
The Telephone Talks Monologue
A humorous piece from the Rooston Evening Transcript discusses the telephone as a device that makes dates but cannot call itself. It notes how men and women use it to contact others, and how the company may remove it sometimes while the bell is celebrated for its role and the rings it receives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern Bell
Tam
Roaston Evening Transcript
The King of the Gnomes and the Fairy
An old self-styled king of the gnomes steals a fairy from a violet bloom and imprisons her in a cave to force a marriage. The fairy uses her wand to transform him into a turtle, then escapes to tell the tale to her queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottle
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Indiana girl Alice Terry rises fast in films
Alice Terry, a 20 year old from Indiana, attracted a prominent producer's attention after traveling to the movie capital. She weighs 115 pounds, has dark eyes and light hair, and has won unusual early distinction in the photo play world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Terry
Indiana
Miss Terry
The Etiquette of Gossip in Everyday Life
A discussion on gossip emphasizes that while gossip is common among people of all backgrounds there are moral lines. It warns against on phone conversations and in transit where others may overhear, urging discretion and restraint in sharing news about neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana University
War Memorial
Archie Warner
Indiana
Warner
Ossip
Canada
United States
Western Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
J. Broughton
W. Adams Street
Chicago
Ill
J. M. Maclachlan
Jefferson Avenue East
Detroit
Michigan
Dept.of Immigration and Colonization
Dominion of Canada
Gossip and Conversation Across Time and Place
A caution against gossip across various social boundaries. The piece cautions listeners not to gossip through postal cards servants children or behind fences. It emphasizes restraint in everyday conversation and notes a McClure Newspaper Syndicate origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nand
McClure
Proper use of vacations boosts health and happiness
The piece argues that vacations only aid workers if used wisely. It warns against overspending and overworking on days off, urging restful outings and rest to improve post vacation performance, noting many fail to benefit from trips and may worsen debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Whats in a Name Pansy and the flower’s lore
The article explores the name Pansy as a flower name with roots in the French pensee meaning thoughts. It traces the name’s sentimental use, lists English variants like None-so-pretty and Love in Idleness, notes its relative novelty versus Rose or Violet, and mentions the talismanic beryl and Sunday as lucky day with a talismanic claim. It also notes a Paris trend about divorced women rings featuring a broken Cupid’s arrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emure Uttle
Pansy
Rose
Violet
Lily
Whepler Syndicate, Inc
Paris
How a boiled egg shows air inside the shell
The article explains that a chick requires air soon after forming and the egg’s interior creates a small space. Boiling seals the contents, hardening them and pushing air to one end, leaving no visible space when the egg is opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Wheeler Syndicate. Inc
Also Mentioned on This Page
Remy Offeers
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Maryland
Eugene Field Monument
Blue
Eugene Field
Lincoln Park
Chienzo
Edward McCarten
Madania
Great Britain
Egypt
India
Los Angeles
Shipley Church
Sussex
England
Switzerland
Lister Institute
London
California
Christine Hughes
Association of
Germany
Richard Wagner
Spain
Holland
Geran
Konigsberg
East Germany
Moscow
Itussia
Alexandria
Weather Bureau
South
Washington Street
Gnome and the Fairy
Tuy
Mary Marshall Duffee
Ey Walter
Robinson
Buenes
John Kendrick Bangs
Nra
Putnam
Scientific American
Cole
J. W. Cole Co
Rockford, Kl
Iowa
Aren
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