Weight myths fade as charts track healthy build variety
Health officials say there is no single standard weight for a person’s height or age. Type and heredity govern body size, not mere pounds. A doctor should judge malnutrition, not a chart, while educationist Charles Taylor develops height based type tables to monitor fitness and mental efficiency in schools.
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Chicago
Dieter Bundesen
Charles K. Taylor
Carteret Academy
Orange
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Speyer
New York
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University of Pennsylvania
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Fatal Snakes Warn Citizens on Rattlesnake Bites
The Kansas City Star notes rattlesnake bites yield about 10 percent mortality, but fatalities are rare due to infrequent bites and rattlesnake behavior. The piece cautions against frequent exposure and mentions snakes rattle when disturbed, with a reflective moral about folly and experience.
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United States
Uncle Fogy Quotes on Age and Growth Philosophy
Uncle Fogy muses on age, saying it either ripens a man or spurs him. The remark reflects a centric view on maturity and progress.
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Uncle Fogy
Two Big Cities in Common Says Geographic Bulletin
A National Geographic Society bulletin compares New York and Amsterdam, noting both are largest cities and commercial power centers in their countries. Amsterdam, like New York, hosts major shipping firms and is an industrial hub with shipyards and diamond mills, with its city layout built on canals and islands.
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National Geographic Society
New York
Amsterlam
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Venice
Antwerp
South Africa
Brazil
Far East
Caterpillar boat proposed to solve shallow river navigation
A two hull river towboat with an endless paddle-chain power plant is touted by the Quincy Whig Journal as a caterpillar style craft that crawls through shallow water without fouled propellers or broken paddle wheels. The piece argues it shares mechanical principles with ground caterpillar tractors and could move across obstacles with power.
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Quincy
Jury Stockings Panic Delays Atlantic City Court
In Atlantic City a jury deliberation nearly halted as three women jurors found holes and rips in their stockings. The court investigated and learned raw-edged bolts on chairs caused the damage, suspending proceedings until new chairs arrived.
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Atlantic City
Renis
Flying Safety Device Aids Low Visibility Landings
In foggy conditions, Lieut H Cooch reports to the Royal Aeronautical Society of England that cockpit instruments keep pilots automatically aware when within 1,500 feet of ground and indicate every foot of descent. Additional gauges show the exact part of the airfield over which the aircraft is, helping safe landings even when the ground cannot be seen until touchdown.
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Lieut. H. Cooch
Royal Aeronautical Society of England
Vision by radio to show image this year
Edmond Belin, inventor of sending drawings by telegraph, predicts that before 1926 ends a microphone speaker will transmit voice and image worldwide. A person could see the caller or the called party during a telephone chat without asking who it is, Capper's Weekly reports.
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Edmond Belin
Belin
Capper
Cod Liver Oil Reimagined By Biochemists Say New Extract
A Popular Science Monthly note credits New York biochemists Dr. Harry E Dubin and Casimir Funk with a new cod liver oil extract that removes the nauseating taste and packs thousands of times more vitamins per given quantity.
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Harry E. Dubin
Casimir Funk
Biochemists
New York
Popular Science Monthly
Maimonides A Celebrated Medieval Jewish Scholar
Famous Jewish scholar Maimonides born in Cordova Spain 1135 to 1204 became the most celebrated thinker of the Middle Ages. He served as chief rabbi of Cairo where he likely died.
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Maimonides
Cordova
Spain
Cairo
Small Catch Says Wife Makes Him Quall
A brief quip from a Boston Transcript page notes a man nicknamed a bird. The gag suggests his wife keeps him in line, underscoring a humorous domestic dynamic in a concise daily item.
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Boston Transcript
Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin for Constipation in Children
For 47 years Dr W B Caldwell of Monticello promotes a harmless regulating laxative to ease constipated infants and children. His Syrup Pepsin is praised for a pleasant taste and claimed to establish natural bowel regularity, with a 60 cent large bottle available at retailers.
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W. B. Caldwell
Monticello
Galdwell
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