When the Volts Broke Loose
Richard Flushing of Jamaica New York, an electrician, recalls a near fatal eleven thousand volt surge at a Long Island railroad sub station on February 7 1933. A back feed sent current through an ungloved ground wire shielding Dick from a deadly blast. both men survived but left the scene scorched and amazed at the power.
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Ello
Sing Sing
Richard Flushing
Jamaica
N. Y
Long Island Railroad
New York
Long Island
Copyright
Air use by adults and beet sugar discovery record
The article notes variable air consumption by a normal adult with activity levels from lying to walking. It also recounts Marggraf discovering sugar in the beet in 1747 and Achard advancing large scale sugar extraction a half century later.
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Collier’s Weekly
Marggraf
Achard
Cacti and Symbols in Aztec Coat of Arms
The article notes cacti feature in Mexico's coat of arms and links early Aztec legends to city sites guiding settlement. It recounts a myth where a clay image pierced with cactus needles by a tribal healer would spread severe illness or death as punishment.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Poi and Hawaiians' teeth and bones linked to poi calcium
Researchers note poi contains high calcium and phosphorus and, with sunlit islands providing vitamin D, contribute to Hawaiians’ strong teeth and bones. This traditional dish linked to superior skeletal health long before modern science.
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Islands
Poodle Becomes King of American Dogs
A black standard poodle named Ch. Pillicoe Rumplestilskin, C. D., owned by Mrs. Milton Erlanger of New York, has been selected as the new king of American dogs amid pomp and pride.
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Poodle
Ch. Pillicoe Rumplestilskin
C. D
Milton Erlanger
New York
City
King of America
American Kennel Club
New York City
Call Recruits In War Against Syphilis Nationwide
General Pershing chairs the National Anti-Syphilis Committee of the American Social Hygiene Association with Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur as vice chair. State and city committees aid a nationwide drive to enlist broader interest and raise a $500,000 volunteer fund to fight syphilis and its spread.
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Gen
John J. Pershing
Ray Lyman Wilbur
General Pershing
Wilbur
The
American Social Hygiene Association
Colleges Join War to Check Syphilis Headlines Spark Study on Campuses
A Chicago Tribune survey shows serological testing for syphilis is not widely required for incoming students at most colleges. Some institutions including University of Chicago University of Iowa and Dartmouth require Wasserman or Kahn tests for newcomers while New York University offers free tests without a mandate. Dartmouth began last fall finding one congenital case in 650. Iowa started testing freshmen in 1924 then stopped in 1930 citing objections and now tests only select groups.
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The
Chicago Tribune
University of Chicago
University of Iowa
Dartmouth College
New York University
Chicago Board of Health
University Health Service
Sound Waves Detect Herring Off Loch Fyne
Fishermen around Loch Fyne Scotland use an echometer fitted to a west coast trawler to locate shoals of herring. Quartz crystal emits electric waves that return echoes from fish bodies containing air, revealing when a shoal is near and its direction.
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Loch Fyne
Scotland
Even Beginner Can Make These Crochet Set Pattern 5953
Delightful project for beginners and youngsters. Instructions and illustrations show double crochet and popcorn stitches to create a warm four fold Germantown set in white or color. Pattern 5953 details material needs color ideas and usage. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept New York for the pattern. Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets 60 Pellets 30 cents.
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Household Arts Dept
Fourteenth St
New York
N. Y
Fruit of Patience a Philosophical Saying
A concise quotation notes that patience is bitter to endure but yields sweet results, attributed to Rousseau. It frames patience as a virtue with lasting reward and moral insight.
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Rousseau
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Advertisement
An old advertisement promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for menstrual discomforts. It urges women to endure and smile through marital strain and urges immediate purchase from Fanettes, citing three generations of guidance on female well being.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Nature
Pinkham
Our Vocation: Serve Others, Tolstoy Quote
A Tolstoy quotation on vocation states that the true calling of every person is to serve others. The maxim emphasizes selfless work and community duty as a guiding life purpose.
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Count Tolstoi
Musterole advertised for chest colds and chest congestion
Musterole marketed as a counter irritant for chest and throat distress. It claims faster relief than mustard plasters and offers Regular, children's mild, and Extra Strong strengths. The ad notes doctor and nurse endorsements and Good Housekeeping approval.
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Good Housekeeping
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Adventurers’ Club
Floyd Gibbons
Hudson River
Newburgh
Dutchess
Beacon
Fung Kuok Young
Fung Kuok Young, Jr
China
Joseph Rinehart
Connie Keane
Tahitia Beach
Miami
Fla
Supreme Court
Stanley Reed
Roosevelt
George Sutherland
Leslie Hore-Belisha
Woolwich Arsenal
England
Britain
Joseph
Blackman
Blackman Stock Medicine CO
Chattanooga, Tenn
Neil
L Lar
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