There's No Sure Cure for Poison Ivy
A Nature Magazine summary by John Dickinson Sherman notes that washing off poison ivy oil is the only cure once skin contact occurs. The piece outlines variable susceptibility, warns against misleading remedies, and details treatment including thorough washing with cheap soap, avoiding rubbing, hot water baths, and keeping nails from spreading the oil. It also discusses poison sumac, desensitization myths, and practical control of plants along fences and waste places for campers and woodsmen.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Bert A. Hansen
Nature Magazine
Hansen
Mr. Hansen
Knitted Capelets Lead Fashion In 1924 Styles
Julia Bottomley notes knitted suits with capelets redefine costume design in 1924. Rust crepe and boucette coats feature Crusader motifs and interknit patterns, blending Chinese mahjongg, Navajo, and tartan plaids. Capelets conceal lines across frocks, coats, and blouses, with diaphanous drapery and scarf-like chiffon extensions enhancing summer wear.
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Julia Bottomley
Western Newspaper Union
Fairfield High School graduates divide honors in 2-person class
The Fairfield Pennsylvania high school graduation honors were shared by two students. Mary McClear gave the valedictory and presented the class history while John Kittinger sang or spoke on The Flag of the Free as salutatorian. Both students were the entire graduating class.
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Fairfield
Pa.) High School
Mary McClear
John Kittinger
Sun Heat Measured On Chilean Mountain Observatory
Scientists at Montezuma solar station on a Chilean mountain use wind power to light an observatory run by Smithsonian experts. They study how sun heat changes relate to Earth's weather, with windmill power aiding weather-driven experiments. A separate note comments on Yvette Guilbert’s return to Paris as old posters reappear.
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Chile
Montezuma Solar Station
Smithsonian Institution
Recovery Story Promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Mrs George Spink of Minnesota Junction Wisconsin recounts long illness with abdominal and female organ pains after six bottles she finally regained strength and can do her own work again while a new baby thrives. The account is part of a country wide canvass reporting 98 percent benefit from Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and it notes druggists everywhere sell it.
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Minn
Wis
Jena
Lydia E. Pinkham
George Spink
Minnesota Junction
Wisconsin
Lydia E. Pinknam
De Bergerac Heroed by Real Cyrano Era Figure
The real Cyrano de Bergerac, born 1619 and died 1655, inspired Edmund Rostand to write a drama where De Bergerac is the hero. The real man was noted for courage and for duels, numbering over a thousand, many sparked by his notably large nose.
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de Bergerac
Savinier Cyrano de Bergerac
Edmund Rostand
Real de Bergerac
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Science Service
Paris
Rip van Winkle
Empire
Yvette Guilbert
London Mail
Paulus
Anna Held
America
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Mrs, Sper
Bellans
Alexander
London
Edinburgh Scotsman
Bayer
Oy Express
Sooklyn
N. X
Haarlem
Weolth Softakin
C.h.berry
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