Piccard proposes 2000 balloon sky dog team ascent
Jean Piccard outlined a plan for a new stratosphere ascent using a assembly of 2000 rubber sounding balloons to lift a 1000 pound gondola. He would first test with eighty balloons on an experimental two mile flight before attempting the full ascent, comparing to a hoax tale that persists in histories.
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Denver
Jean’ Piccard
August Piccard
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Piccard
Sky Dog
U. S. Weather Bureau
American Philosophical Society
Philadelphia
France
Europe
Warns Young Men of Big Cities Not to Overtax Hearts
A Boston study presented at an Un American Medical association meeting cautions young men in big cities about heart disease. It finds 1.6 percent of patients under forty suffer early heart disease, with smoking, poor sleep, and stress linked to higher risk. Older people show less heavy smoking and more rural living and regular exercise.
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Atlantic City
N. J
R. Earle Glendy
Samuel A. Levine
Paul D. White
Boston
UN American Medical Associaon
Godly Moral Laws From Exodus for Modern Life
A church lesson outlines God’s Ten Commandments as foundational moral laws. It divides them into worship and rest, and right relationships with family, life, and neighbors. The piece urges honoring God, keeping commandments, and resisting covetousness and deceit.
Fear of Dead Sows Language Babel Among Indians
Smithsonian ethnologist Dr John P Harrington argues that fear of the dead created a linguistic babel among American Indian tribes. He says names of the deceased were whispered by none, prompting families to alter or invent words for a dead relative. This practice helped produce over 100 distinct languages, with some as different as English and Russian.
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Washington
John P. Harrington
Smithsonian Institution
America
Harrington
Laws Now Bar Child Marriage in 39 States
Washington reports a nationwide tightening of marriage laws after a wave of publicity about child brides. The survey shows 39 states and DC now set minimum ages above common law, with most girls allowed to wed at 14 to 16 and boys 16 to 18 in many jurisdictions. Rhode Island Tennessee and Washington still apply common law in which 14-year-old boys and 12-year-old girls could be considered able to give consent.
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Washington
United States
District of Columbia
Hoya
Ee Coe Prag Horn
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Fainting Spells May Be Latest Strike Techniques in France
In Lille at a sugar refinery, 400 workers fainted at work and 70 more collapsed after resuming, with officials citing a possible fainting technique linked to heat and humidity, unrest, and hysteria. A national industrial hygiene expert notes a chemical angle from fermentation raising carbon dioxide and lowering oxygen, while attributing the events to hot conditions and worker discontent.
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Washington
Lille
France
Enthusiasm as the Key to Science and Labor
A reflective quote by Bishop Doane extols enthusiasm as the driving force behind success in science and professional work. It describes enthusiasm as light, strength, and a means to turn duty into pleasure, uplifting people through difficulties.
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Bishop Doane
Translation on Death as Passage Not State or Condition
The saying frames death as a translation rather than a state or condition, portraying it as an act and a passage rather than an end. It emphasizes movement between existence and unknown realms, inviting contemplation of mortality as transition.
Autumn leaf color changes and war medal facts
Questions cover why leaves turn color with chlorophyll breakdown, a Disraeli quote from January 24, 1860, light lightweight sea gulls with hollow bones, 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, total war medals on record at the War Department reaching 1,543 with the Victory medal most distributed, and Japanese rules on car colors signaling mourning.
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Japan
Benjamin Disraeli
House of Commions
War Department
Imperial Household
Housekeeping Tips From The WNU Service
Tongeiol Questions Tongeiol Questions Clear Blueing To prevent blueing from streaking clothes on washday dissolve a tablespoon of soda in the blue water Washing Litoleum Dissolve a lump of sugar in the water when washing lhtoleum or oilcloth and a brilliant polish will result Removing Tar Tar is easily removed from the hands and clothing with lard followed by warm water and soap Removing Wallpaper To remove wallpaper quickly put a heaped tablespoonful of saltpetre to a gallon of water and apply with a hot whitewash brush the paper can be stripped readily
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WNU
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