American Type of Man Has Appeared in America
Anthropologist Dr. Ales Hrdlicka reports that older Americans and later immigrants form a growing, distinct American type. He notes tall stature, mixed eye color, frank yet energetic behavior, and that immigrants show no general physical deterioration despite differences in head size correlated with education and occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ales Mirdlicka
Smithsonian Institution of Washington
Hrdlicka
National Museum
Smithsonian Institution
Amerian Statistical Association
Pollack Foundation For Economic Research
United States
Great Britain
British Isles
Tennessee Highlanders
Household Hints From 1920s Tips Column
Practical kitchen and home care advice covering honey uses baked goods and cooking tips, feather cleaning with paraffin, steaming in cans, caramelized sugar for gravies, poached eggs glaze, potato hash with butter and cream, veal loaf wrapping, making soap from fats, watering ferns, patching lace curtains, and odor remedies. Includes safety notes on earache light bulb heating and fire risk.
Deaf Services Highlighted by Wichita Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church of Wichita operates regular services for deaf mutes and seeks to maintain steady attendance. It is one of four churches nationwide offering such programs alongside ones in St. Louis Chicago and a Texas city.
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Wichita
Kan
United States
St. Louis
Chicago
Texas
Gutenberg Bible Sells For Record 106000 At Auction
A Gutenberg Bible printed in 1455 sold for 106000 to Dr W Rosenbach of Philadelphia, setting a new record. The Melk Bible is one of fewer than 20 in perfect condition from 45 extant copies. The sale adds to a chain of notable U.S. holdings including J P Morgan and the New York Public Library.
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New York
W. Rosenbach
Philadelphia
John Gutenberg
Mainz
Carl Pforzheimer
United States
Pect Jana Lenox
George Brindley
Hartford
Conn
Anderson Galleries
Melk
Austria
New York Public Library
Ford Buys Longfellow Smithy in Uxbridge Mass
Henry Ford purchases Longfellow's village smithy in Uxbridge with plans to add the old Taft blacksmith shop on Kissing at Movies New York. Magistrate Macrery dismisses a disorderly conduct charge as a girl permits a fellow to kiss her in a cinema. Wigs said to be made of spungiless material in Germany reportedly defy detection better than hair wigs.
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Chestnut Hill
New England
Wayside Inn
Sudbury
W. W. Taylor
Mr. Ford
Louis Albee
Japhet Taft
Caleb Taft
Henry W. Longfellow
Taft
Ford
Longfellow
Uxbridge
Mass
Henry Ford
Detroit
New York
Magistrate Macrery
Germany
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound testimonials headline
Readers in Atlanta Missouri claim health improvements after using Lydia B Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Mrs Barker reports increased weight and energy after years of weakness, while Mrs Coxs says she recovered from severe illness and could resume household duties.
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Atlanta
Lydia B. Pinkham
Missouri
Parkville
Pinkham
Ams Coxs
R. R
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Army
Navy
United States National Museum
Atlantic States
Europe
Britain
Holland
Fasichen
Western Newspaper Union
Stevenson
Sid
Church For Deaf
Merk
Kissing
O. K
Sus
W. M. Bailey
Georgia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Manufactures
Napoleon
Cicero
Fletcher
U.S
U. S
United States Rubber Company
Arctics
Rubbers
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