Insect and frog response to high frequency sound waves
The article notes that increasing vibration frequency raises pitch and energy in sound waves. French scientists F Biiancani H Biancani and A Dognon find high frequency waves around 25000 per second excite insects briefly, then kill with longer exposure. Frogs show tissue damage after death, suggesting strong biological effects for therapy but require further study.
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Unite States
Mma F. Biiancani
H. Biancani
A. Dognon
Theas
Ocean Liner Without Smokestacks Sparks Futuristic Debate
Detroit News notes that oil fired liners reduce smoke but keep stacks for looks. The Orion, a proposed England Australia luxury ship, will have a single funnel used for ventilation and sun deck emphasis, signaling a shift toward funnelless ocean travel becoming normal.
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Orion
England
Australia
Flrst
Detroit News
Canada backs League inquiry on glutted markets and food deficiency
Canada supports Australia’s proposal for a League of Nations inquiry into global market gluts and food shortages. Britain backs the proposal as it surfaces in the League assembly. Woods of Calgary praises the technical committee and Stanley Bruce of Australia outlines the assembly’s response.
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Canada
League of Nations
League of Nation
Britain
Woods
Calgary
League Sosembly
Stanley Bruce
Australia
Fort Qu Appelle Accepts Donated Historic Fort Building
The Old Georgian House known as The Fort at Fort Qu Appelle Sask is donated by Miss Norah McDonald of Vancouver to the town. The building will be restored with period furniture and will house items including General Middleton’s 1885 despatch desk. Tourists have long sought the site and locals hope for prompt restoration.
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Fort Qu’Appelis
Fort Qu'Appelle
Sask
Echo Lake
Archibald McDonald
Hudson's Bay Company
McDonald
Mies Norah McDonald
Vancouver
Fort Qu’Appelle
Oteatte
Middleton
Misa’ McDonald
The Wrong Policy and Economic Nationalism
John Buchan warned that pursuing national prosperity solely through self interest is self defeating. He argued nations ignore the divine guidance against exclusive economic nationalism and urged adherence to the Golden Rule as superior to all economic theories.
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John Buchan
Doctor Sends Sixpenny Telegram to Bracknell Cottage
A doctor in Berks addresses a sixpenny telegram to a cottage near Bracknell and accompanies the messenger seeking guidance. The scene highlights unique wisdom and a misdirected effort to obtain directions.
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Bracknell
Berks
England
Indifferent Golfer Confuses Instrument for Timepiece
A rough exchange in a golf scene shows a golfer misreading a device as a watch while a skeptical caddie clarifies it is a compass. The dialogue captures period slang and humorous tension on the course.
Railway boast claims trains averaged eleven minutes late
A behind the scenes boast reports that more than 120000 trains ran in a recent month with an average delay of only eleven minutes, highlighting efficiency improvements in the railway system. The source discusses potential cures for diseases and the impact of medical knowledge if fully utilized.
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England
Danger Of Polluted Water In Poultry
Waterborne disease risk in poultry is high as surface water can transmit diseases via drinking water. Proper drainage and yard redesign with sloped ground and gravel reduce surface water and disease spread. use spade, hoe, or plough to create drained high strips separated by drainways.
Highest plant found at 29000 feet on Everest
The plant Crucifer with pale pink flowers was discovered at 29,000 feet on Mount Everest, reshaping views on plant altitude limits. Lichens and mosses were believed to ascend higher, yet none were found above 17,500 feet.
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Mount
Everest
Music stool mystery ends in silence act
A buyer complains the claimed music stool produces no sound despite multiple attempts. The shopkeeper confirms the item is a stool but offers no replacement policy details in the exchange. The incident centers on a failed musical function and potential product suitability.
Western Lamb Feeding Plan Lets Lambs Fatten East
The Department of Agriculture announces a third year lamb feeding project where western sheep raisers send lambs to eastern Canada to fatten during winter. Approved feeders receive grain value plus 60 percent of the spread, ranchers get 3.75 per hundredweight plus 40 percent of the spread. Freight is prepaid and repaid from sale proceeds. ownership remains with ranchers until market.
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Dominion Livestock Branch Field Service
Canada
Moose Jaw
Kingsford Smith Prepares Final Long Flight To Australia
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith sailed the Britannic for England to attempt the last long flight in his Lady Southern Cross. The aircraft is shipped and to be assembled in England before a London to Melbourne leg via Athens Baghdad and Singapore. He plans a commercial operation on the route.
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Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith
Australia
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Britannic
England
Lady Southern Cross
Sir Charles
London
Melbourne
Athens
Bagdad
Singapore
Eastern superstitions and customs on praising children
A London Daily Mirror correspondent notes Eastern beliefs on child names and praise. Indian mothers avoid compliments, fear gods' anger, and prefer modest names. other customs include astrologer guided travel, owl omens, and moon warding measures.
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London Daily Mirror
Rex
Julius
India
Woman Opens Greenwich Village Cat Pharmacy for New York Cats
Misa Doris Bryant runs a drug store for cats, likely unique worldwide, with prescriptions written and filed for feline patients. Her clientele includes actresses Sophie Kerr and Mrs. James Cromwell. Bryant also creates cat toys and novelties such as cellophane crackling balls and mechanical beetles and butterflies to amuse cats.
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Fioneer
Misa_ Doris Bryant
New York
Bryant
Sophie Kerr
James Cromwell
Doris Duke
Miss Bryant
Greenwich Village
Misa Bryant
London shop sells bizarre items to professors
In London a queer shop serves professors who request butterfly wings rabbit legs mouth parts honeybee organs or hydra transfer sections and receive them. The text notes that river velocity, if doubted, multiplies its power to carry objects away by 64 times.
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London
Power On Farm Exgreer Examines Preventable Plow Waste
Agricultural engineer F N G Kranich reports field tests show improper hitching can raise plow draft by up to 34 percent and poor ploughing increases fuel use and reduces yields. Tests on power distribution reveal 55 percent of draft goes to cutting the furrow loose and 35 percent to turning it. The share wears fastest. dull shares raise draft well before plow failure.
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F. N. G. Kranich
Hymns and Worship Echoes From Old Boston Meeting Houses
The Boston Transcript laments lack of new hymns and recalls how fervent singing of Luther’s Erneste Burg and Cowper’s There Is A Fountain filled with Blood energized worshipers. It notes grim weekday restraint, limited amusements, and crowded Sunday meetings as a result of moral death from worldly restraint.
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Boston Transcript
Luther
Erneste Burg
Cowper
Protection for money bag is snatched from carrier
A money bag with an electric alarm rings continuously when snatched. The bag resembles a satchel but has a trigger under the handle held by the carrier. If stolen, the trigger releases and completes a circuit to a bell, ringing until the thief is stopped, with the key kept by the carrier.
Circus Hands Face Death of Elephant in Village
A traveling circus arrives in an unnamed village and three circus workers sit in silence. When asked, they reveal the elephant died and they must dig the grave, framing the grim task with a touch of local irony.
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C. N. Railways
Science bag sets safe concentration for benzene vapors
A science note states the probable safe inhalation concentration of benzene for workers is below 100 parts per million to avoid injury.
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