Shining Palace by Christine Whiting Parmenter
James Lambert travels to a remote coast road and meets his grandson Mason at a weathered house Nora once called a shining palace. The boy shares memories of a brave father, a wheel chair, a magic carpet, and a family history that stirs James’s own hidden recollections.
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James
James Lambert
Nora
Port
Norton’s
Sonny
James Lambert Mason
Santa Claus
Iris
Tris
Daddy
Donald
Persia
Zadly
Boston
Mother
South Africa
High Seas
England
Nora's father's glimpse into Nora's lavish but odd home
James explores Nora's ballroom like a palace of mixed poverty and riches. He savors Japanese lacquer, a Venable painting, and a pew repurposed as furniture, noting books thrumming with atmosphere and a watchtower joke as he considers a guest room.
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Nora
James
Leonora
A Venable
Carl Venable
Don’s
Weever
George
New England
Watch Tower
Eskimos More Susceptible to Ills, Medical Aid Expands Care
The Far North sees Eskimos uniquely vulnerable to colds influenza and related diseases once new arrivals come. London Tit-Bits notes improved care from modern hygiene diet education and infant feeding. Government doctors nurses and hospitals patrol vast Arctic areas delivering medical aid to Eskimo Indians half breeds and indigent whites by airplane steamer motor boat canoe and dog sled.
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London Tit-Bits Magazine
Far North
Arctic
Dominion
North Country
Water Use for Sugar Growing in Hawaii Islands
Collier's Weekly notes that about 4 000 tons of water are needed to produce one ton of sugar. cane fields in drier Hawaiian regions rely on extensive irrigation systems. One plantation reportedly uses water in summer amounts roughly half of Philadelphia's city water use.
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Hawaiian Islands
Collier’s Weekly
Philadelphia
What To Eat And Why
An exposé by C Houston Goudiss argues that overweight, once praised, now harms beauty and health. It explains how excess fat burdens the heart, raises disease risk, and can shorten life by up to ten years.
Weighing Guidelines by Age for Height Alignment
The article advises under thirty to weigh five to ten pounds above average for height and age. After thirty the target flips to ten to twenty pounds below average. It supports maintaining normal weight for height at age thirty as an optimal plan per leading authorities.
Reducing Methods to Avoid Unhealthy Weight Loss Schemes
The piece counsels overweight individuals to pursue scientific weight reduction and warns against unsafe methods or drugs. It advises consulting a physician before any drug use and notes that many so called fat burning drugs can harm the heart and vision.
Help ful Hints on Planning a Laxative Diet
Readers are invited to write to C Houston Goudiss at 6 East 39th Street New York City for a free copy of his bulletin Help ful Hints on Planning a Laxa tive Diet The bulletin offers concrete tips for combatting faulty elimination through correct eating and hygiene it lists laxative foods and provides a full week’s sample menus A post card suffices to request it.
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C. Houston Goudiss
East 39Th Street
New York City
Rational Weight Control in Diet and Exercise
The piece warns against dangerous fad diets and unproven weight loss methods. It stresses that kidney harm can come from improper dieting and that fat comes from surplus fuel. Effective weight control relies on balancing dietary intake with energy expenditure.
Counting Calories Improve weight by counting calories daily
The column explains caloric counting to control weight. It defines a calorie, cites examples like sugar 50 calories per tablespoon and butter 100, and notes daily needs: men 2200–2800, women 2000–2500. It promises a chart and tips to cut 500 calories daily for about a pound weekly loss.
Reducing Menus For A Balanced Diet Plan In 1938
Sample menus guide daily meals in a reducing program emphasizing protective foods. The bulletin promotes weight control as a path to longer life and personal fate mastery attributed to Houston Goudiss in 1938.
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WNU
Houston
Goudiss
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