When the Urge Is On by Preston and the Power of Urgency
A 1928 Western Newspaper Union piece argues the key to high achievement is the urge to do better. It cites military preparation, a church speaker’s Palestine trip, and a camel trek to illustrate how necessity and drive push people to excel quickly. It notes Preston’s organization could top lists if members wanted the goal badly enough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston
Palestine
Jerusalem
Emmaus
Jesus
Thor
Western Newspaper Union
Flying Fishes Use Wind and Gliding to Stay Aloft
Scientists J T Nichols and C M Breeder Jr report in Natural History that flying fishes employ a planing flight with occasional wing motion. Larger individuals act as gliding planes, while young fish show insectlike wing vibrations. Flying is aided by strong winds, enabling greater height and distance. Observations come from Beeb’s Arcturus expedition collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
J. T. Nichols
American Museum of Natural History
C. M. Breeder, Jr
New York Aquarium
Natural History
William Beeb
Chalk Comes From Fossilized Sea Creatures
The chalk used for writing is made from calcium carbonate derived from the remains of tiny marine animals. These particles settled on the ocean bed and, over time, formed chalk cliffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Newspaper Union
Help Plants to Breathe Says Whale Oil Soap No
Nature Magazine advises washing palm fronds with whale oil soap to remove scales and sponging leaves of all house plants to reduce dust and improve breathing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature Magazine
Ban on Red Washington Farm Homes
Federal home demonstration workers urge farm women to beautify farmsteads by using coordinated colors and tidy yards. Miss Grace Frysinger explains red paint is discouraged due to landscape blotting and calls for unity of color, orderly fences, and proper confinement of livestock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Miss Grace
Frysinger
Central States
World's Perfect Crystal Ball On View In Washington
The National Museum displays a 14 inch diameter crystal globe weighing 110 pounds. Visitors seek messages from the future while a legend of a massive Burmese block and a Chinese mandarin's gift lingers in the mystic lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Museum
China
Chieng Lang
Burma
French Beauty Mile. Raymonde Allain and crystal ball beliefs
The article notes Mile. Raymonde Allain as France’s beauty representative for the International Pageant of Pulchritude in Galveston Texas. It discusses crystal ball lore from the Orient and medieval figures like Roger Bacon, asserting balls reveal distant events and ward off evil when properly cared for.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mile
Raymonde Allain
France
Galveston
Texas
Roger Bacon
Notre Dame Star Joins Rockne European Tour
Fred Miller, captain of Notre Dame football in 1928, is the millionaire member of Knute Rockne's forthcoming Olympic and European tour. Rockne's overseas squad will showcase a football seen as faster than anything Europeans have witnessed in football or rugby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Miller
Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
Rockne
Child exclaims butter has lipstick in odd oleomargarine moment
A three and a half year old watches oleomargarine being applied and blurts that butter has lipstick, in a charming, unscripted line captured from a casual moment.
Curators Battle for Heart of Queen in Nantes Feud
Dispute over a golden heart said to be Anne of Brittany’s organ sparks a feud between Nantes museums in Loire Inferieur. The item, linked to the queen born in Nantes in 1477, was bequeathed to the city, prompting questions of rightful representation and custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nantes
France
Nante
Loire Inferieur
Anne of Brittany
Department of
Anne
St. Louis
Holy Ground
Richard the Lion Hearted
Rouen
Back Seat Driving Not Ground for Divorce in Iowa Case
Judge J Meyer of Polk County District Court dismissed a divorce petition by Mrs Blanche Lowenberg wife of Judson Lowenberg grand master of the Ancient Order of United Workers noting that back seat driving by a husband does not constitute sufficient grounds for divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
J. Meyer
Polk County
Blanche Lowenbergy
Judson Lowenberg
Ancient Order of United Workers
Lowenberg
How Much Water Should Baby Get A Famous Authority Rule
Ruth Brittain reports on baby hydration guidelines asserting six months of three ounces per pound daily, later two ounces per pound. Weigh a breastfed baby before and after feeding to determine needs, bottle fed similarly, and supplement to meet requirements. Fletcher's Castoria is recommended for various infant ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Brittain
Fletcher
Chas. H. Fletcher
Untold Window Costs in English Estates
An English author notes that some houses like Windsor Castle Wentworth Woodhouse and the Fitzwilliam family seat York shire have windows never counted. A former duke of Marlborough says putty for Blenheim palace repairs costs him 500 pounds annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Windsor Castle
Wentworth Woodhouse
Yorkshire
Earl Fitzwilliam
Duke of Marlborough
Blenheim Palace
One Solution Nervous Clerk Seeks a Raise
A joke exchanges between a nervous clerk and a boss about finances and marriage as a humorous office scenario. The clerk laments the difficulty of living on his salary while the boss cheekily suggests divorce as a remedy. Path Finder Magazine presents the quip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pathfinder Magazine
No-title ad copy on laundry blues and honesty
The text promotes Red Cross Ball Blue as a solution to rust spots from inferior bluing and contrasts this with shiftlessness and jealousy. It presents a brief moral line about suspicion of inferiority and a short advert tone urging readers to try the product.
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Charles Sughroe
Japan
Nero
Battle
Ford Museum
Hobart Porter
Brooklyn City Railroad Company
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Mich
Brooklyn
Allen
Allens
Nature
Warner
Warner’s Safe Remedies Co
Rochester,n.y
Warner’s
Warner's Safe Kidney
Thacher
Stanford
Dale
Erie
Michigan Ave
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