Finger Prints Could Identify Every Person, Says Expert
A 19th or early 20th century treatise explains that fingerprint classification and imprinting can positively identify individuals. It outlines patterns loops arches whorls and practical uses in law enforcement immigration insurance and voter registration, and details a basic setup for taking and filing impressions.
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United States
Frederick Kuhne
New York Police Department
Mann & Co
Golles
Erie
Army
Navy
Fide
Municipal Civil Services Commission
New York City
Immigration Department
Bats Said to Guard Health Against Mosquitoes
A New York medical push links bat predation to eradicating malaria carrying mosquitoes. Dr H R Campbell notes bats hunt by hearing, with experiments at Mitchell's Lake near San Antonio using rooms with enclosed bats and swarms of mosquitoes to prove bat defense against disease spreading insects.
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New York
Tate
Intersquito League
H. R. Campbell
Campbell
Scientific American
Jehas Loos
Foods Invented in War Times and German Milk Study
A wartime survey in Zit1ay Germany reports that cattle fodder scarcity lowers milk quantity but not fat content. It notes bacteria affecting milk quality including Danish streptococci and Bacillus bulgaricus, and mentions potato sausages in Germany resembling blood sausages in value. Oysters are purified with sea water to prevent illness. Elderberry wine is noted as a grape wine adjunct but chemically detectable.
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Buell Bulgaricus
Germany
Hot Water Dissolving Substances Explained Simply
An explanation using marbles in a bowl compares rapid stirring to how hot water dissolves substances faster. Heat makes molecules move, allowing sugar and other solutes to fit into spaces between solvent molecules more quickly, while stirring can mimic rapid dissolution in cold water.
Will War End the Luxury of the Oriental Rug?
War threatens the oriental rug industry centered in Erzerum Armenia. Rug makers face displacement and mass destruction as homes burn and people are killed or driven away. Materials will be scarce and recovery years away, with rugs rotting in the Persian Gulf and little postwar demand likely.
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Erzerum
Armenia
Wis- Irfet
Eréerum
Orient
B. Peahmilyan
Thes
Persian Gulf
America
Gender gap in infant mortality and disease vulnerability
An English medical writer notes girls have a survival advantage in infancy, with boys showing higher mortality and stronger reactions to illness. The commentary cites global coefficients of morality, with boys more prone to tetany and convulsions, while females regain strength faster later in life.
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Inter
England
France
Serbia
Japan
Bloodhounds Not Bloodthirsty Says Historical Note
A historical note explains bloodhounds are gentle rather than aggressive unless trained to attack. It traces the breed to St Hubert and Ardennes origin, and discusses evolution from early hounds to foxhounds. The piece highlights an English woodhound as the pure breed.
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le Conteuix de Canteleu
Hubert
St. Hobert's Abbey
Ardennes
le Couteaix
Moon Names by Native American Moon Labels
The narrative lists months renamed by Red Indians using moons as signs. January is the hard moon, February the raccoon moon, March sore eye moon, Apoll the moon geese lay eggs, May the planting moon, June the moon when strawberries redden, July the harvest moon, September the rice drying moon, October the rice drying moon, November the deer killing moon, and December the deer moon.
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