A Dull Fellow On A Murder Cruise
On a cruise ship, Capt. Rhodes disproves a theory of suicide and declares Arthur Kimball murdered. The investigation traces Kimball’s known associates among cabin occupants and reveals a rival who faced financial losses tied to Kimball’s actions. The captain exposes a concealed motive and a staged suicide scene.
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Capt. Rhodes
Arthur Imball
Capt
Rhodes
Arthur Kimball
Brooks
Captain Rhodes
iKimball
Cap'ain
Mr. Kimball
Kimball
Mr Kimball
John Cole
Arthur &Mball
Caprati
Experiments Suggest Shallow Plowing Conserves Power in Grain Fields
At Ottawa Central Experimental Farm and in eastern Ontario studies, clay and loam soils were tested with mouldboard and disc ploughs at four to seven inch depths. Results show no yield gains from deeper plowing for corn on clay, with slight gains on loam when plowing six to seven inches. Seed treatment methods are explored, highlighting sterilized flats with sand or vermiculite and chemical seed treatments to prevent seed and soil borne diseases.
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Central Experimental Barm
Ottawa
Ontario Ploughmen’s Association
Ontario
How To Improve Your Memory At The School Of Memory
Psychologists in New York run a ten week memory course teaching association to help recall names, birthdays, numbers, and titles. Graduates include a hotel manager who remembers all guests’ names and room numbers and a detective who memorizes living ex-convicts in New York State. The method links ideas by association to trigger recall.
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New York
New York State
Memory Tricks From Napoleon and Mental Imagery
The passage explains mnemonic methods like picture association used by Napoleon to remember names. It describes writing and visualizing a name, then discarding the paper while retaining the image. Tips include linking titles to experiences and questioning contexts to trigger recall, noting memory is not improved merely by repetition.
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Napoleon
Picture Association
Married Folks Have Fewer Headaches
A survey by Dr. Henry Ogden of LSU finds headaches vary by age and status. Twenty somethings show about 80 percent with headaches, while those sixty and older report 23 percent. Singles 71 percent versus married about ten percent less. Medical students lead at 80 percent, farmers at 50, housewives 69.8 percent. Women suffer more than men, seven to five.
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Henry Ogden
Louisiana State University College of Medicine
Small Plot Gardening for Big Yields in Limited Space
L Gordon Sounth explains efficient double cropping on 10 by 20 foot plots. Focus on compact staples like beans carrots beets spinach radish lettuce and a few tomatoes and cucumbers. Emphasizes spacing quick crops early and protecting plants with healthy seedbed and staged chemical treatments.
Hair Of The Dog Phrase Tied To Rabies History
The piece explains the saying hair of the dog and links it to old rabies beliefs. It notes that in past medicine included animal parts from the biting animal. An 1866 inquiry mentioned a dog’s liver being cooked and given to a child to try to save her life.
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Richard H. Wilkinson
Algo
A. P. Chan
Horticulture Division
L Gordon Sounth
Allene Scott
Aitkui
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