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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1913
Page
6
The piece discusses long standing efforts to improve child comfort in school and links vertical writing to spinal strain. It cites experts and the French Association for the Advancement of Science noting that vertical writing forces a position causing compression on the spine.
A critique argues French and American schools should abandon vertical penmanship after X ray studies show spinal compression and permanent curvature in children. It warns of impaired nerves and health, urging return to slanting writing for safer posture and legibility.
The article argues that ancient claims of tempering copper to steel hardness are myths. Experts contend copper cannot be tempered, noting it lacks the necessary properties. Hardening can occur only via surface alloying with antimony or arsenic, or by smelting copper nickel cobalt. Recent Mexican research suggests hard tools arose from alloyed ores, not true tempering.
The article explains that humans possess vast energy for living and that the average man requires about 2,500 calories daily. It defines a calorie as heat to raise water and notes 10,000 thermal units daily for maintenance, with only a portion convertible to muscular work.
A former health column offers practical tips for underweight girls to gain weight naturally. It stresses consistent weighing under similar conditions, proper sleep, dental health, chewing efficiency, balanced meals, and avoiding gum chewing. It also highlights the role of stress reduction, humor, and regular meals in building a healthy rounded figure.
The article reports Professor Gautier arguing humans lack an instinct for proper nourishment while animals know their food. He cites dogs and primates thriving on simple diets and failing on complex human fare, noting savages die mainly from battle accidents and old age, contrasting cooks with sermons and books.
An English inventor created a penny in the slot device for trains that measures speed. A dial shows miles per hour once a penny is inserted and the button pressed. The device taps public curiosity, promising quick answers to travelers whether eager to reach a destination or simply watch the scenery fly by.
Two medical authorities discuss psychic epilepsy a new fatigue related disorder. They link overwork long hours and exhaustion to impaired judgment causing engineers to miss danger signals. A Western railroad case illustrates fatigue leading to a fatal accident after a night of partying.
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