Did You Know Facts From the 1928 World
Facts about the moving picture industry worth over two billion dollars and 29.7 million automobiles worldwide. It notes 1928 world population around 1.9 billion, U.S. newspapers spending 200000 a day to cover a Houston convention, 3 million American school children who are blind, and Al Smith aged 54 as Democratic nominee.
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Houston
Water lowers air bacteria as rain dampens microbes
French researchers in Paris counted airborne germs before and after rain finding 3800 per cubic meter on a wet day and 16000 on a dry day. In the Paris subway sprinkling reduced bacteria to 410 per cubic meter while 2 hours later with dry tracks the count rose to 68000. Communities push more sprinkling and calcium chloride use to dust control and germ reduction.
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New Officer Finds Police Work Simple
A newly appointed policeman tells his friend that the job is not difficult if he simply mind his own business. He says he is getting along fine and sees no major challenges in the work.
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John
Show Girl Nickname Question Sparks Curious Exchange
A playful dialogue explores why show girls are called as such, with one speaker shrugging the mystery and the other noting it is their business.
Alligator and Crocodile Debate Style Fashion
A playful exchange has the alligator asking which displays the latest style and the crocodile replying that in fashion they are not later, hinting at timeless reptile style in a humorous zoo vignette.
Dust danger from sharp particles haunts workers and homes
Scientific work links dust to respiratory illness and higher mortality among granite and dusty-trade workers. Sharp dust grains—marble, metal, wood—cut mucous membranes and inflamed airways, risking sinus disease and tuberculosis. Calcium chloride used on streets to bind dust and reduce moisture and germs.
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Harvard Medical School
United States Public Health Service
Insurance Companies
L. R. Thompson
Thompson
United States
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