Tracing Salmon’s Travels Across Atlantic Waters
The Canadian department of marine and fisheries tagged numerous Atlantic salmon with silver fin tags to trace their movements. A tagged salmon released off Port Maitland, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia on June 11 was later killed in the Moisie River, Quebec, early the following month. If following the shortest route it would cover about 400 miles. along the coastline it would exceed 1,200 miles.
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Department of Marine and Fisheries
Port Maitland
Yarmouth County
Nova Scotia
Moisie River
Quebec
Ends to Bunion Pains with Emerald Oil
An ad promotes Moone's Emerald Oil as a simple inexpensive cure for inflamed toe joints and bunions. Apply night and morning. one five-ounce bottle lasts long, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. It also claims improvement for swollen varicose veins with continued use.
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Moone
Army Tents Used as Bait By Post Office Dept Says Source
Old Army tents repurposed as bait for mail carriers as the War Department notes. The Army diverted millions of yards of surplus duck canvas since World War I, turning tents and wagon covers into usable material. A leading life insurer estimates costs to rear a girl at 67 dollars and a boy at 77 dollars to age eighteen.
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Post ‘Ofice Department
la Ter
United States Army
Wash Goods Show off Delicate Washable Lingerie Styles
Fashion notes from Julia Bottomley describe washable fabrics gaining prestige in summer wardrobes. Cotton weaves, rayon checks, and voiles appear in frocks and lingerie, with two in one garments expanding practicality. Silklike textures and crisp trims highlight chic, slender silhouettes for country club events and social attire.
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Dame Fishin
Sojfrong
Fassion
Bringham
Relieving Pain With a Reading Lamp
A short piece by Edna Purdy Walsh explains how a small nitrogen reading lamp can relieve focal pain such as earache toothache joint or rheumatic pain when held within ten to twelve inches of the affected area and covered with a cloth. It notes doctors use light therapy in hospitals and sanatoriums with twenty minutes sessions alternating with ice to stimulate blood flow and reduce inflammation.
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Uct
Many Uses for Old Phonograph Needles in Everyday Craft
A 1927 Western Newspaper Union note highlights diverse uses for used metal phonograph needles. They can frame pictures without chipping edges, seal frames with a push of a screwdriver, decorate glass or china boxes, clean milk bottles by shaking in soap and water, and loosen stubborn cling in test tubes with a spark plug.
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Western Newspaper Union
Pendulum studies traced from Vinci to Gelileo
Invented Perdualim gens, a Dutchman born in 1628, first practical exponent of the pendulum in clock mechanisms. Not the original discoverer, Leonardo da Vinci noted pendulum study. Geliled continued these inquiries.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Needle Simile Noted In Wiline Writ Of Pru Wilstach
The excerpt highlights the simile naked as a needie taken from the writ of Wiline with its original nedie spelling. It cites the collection of similes edited by Pru Wilstach as the authority and notes the text’s sparse adornment lends itself to coin a simile.
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Wiline
Nedie
Pru Wilstach
The Obvious in Glass Houses Should Draw the Blind
A. witty Toronto Star line argues liars inhabit fragile walls and should surrender by drawing the curtain that hides deceit. The quip reflects a sharp media voice on honesty and exposure in public discourse.
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Toronto-Star
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Oldsmobile
Oakland
BUICK
Lasalle
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