Living heart transplants and salamander experiments reveal limits
Science notes by Daily Science News Bulletin describe Dr. Stohr at Warslurg transplanting a living heart between bodies and keeping both hearts alive. Experiments on salamanders show hearts can function outside the body and develop, suggesting future human applications despite complex remaining challenges.
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Warslurg
Dr. Stohr
Im Science Service
Daily Science News Bulletin
Washington
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Stour
Pearls From Cocoanuts A Rare Embryo Pearl Described
A description explains coconut germination and the formation of a calcified embryo pearl. Three depressions on the husk reveal a soft spot where the embryo forms and may swell into a fragile bud. Rare coconuts with a solid outer pattern and calcified embryo are called cocoanut pearls, with few known examples documented by Hunger after wide searches.
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Rumphius
Macassar
Celebes
Tome
Kosmos
Stuttgart
Malayan
New Guinea
The Spice of Life and Other Oddities
A fragmentary comedy column mixes playful dialogue about oysters and kisses with urban vignettes. It includes lines on women’s voices, a bank cashier scandal, and a plan to rebuild after mistakes. An inventor teases a mosquito listening device amid village chatter.
Radio for Disabled Veterans Remission Through Radio
General F. T. Hines says radio brings remedy to disabled World War veterans in Veterans Bureau hospitals. Plans call for master sets with ward speakers and bedside headsets enabling bed-ridden patients to receive broadcasts from at least 1000 miles away. By July 1 most hospitals will be equipped, many by private groups, with tuberculosis wards prioritized for bedside terminals.
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U.S. Veterans Bureau
Veterans Bureau
Charles W. Swan
New York
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General Hines
U.S. Veterans’ Hospitals
U.S
Veterans
Weather and health as climate shapes well being
A narrative on how sun, climate, and weather influence health and disease. It cites The Journal of the American Medical Association, tracing the idea of climate benefits, the Weather Bureau’s role, and early Army Medical Department observations from 1814 to 1826. It notes tuberculous and rickets links to sun, and historic debates on climatology and weather’s impact on epidemics.
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American — Medical Association
Chicago
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Weather Bureau
US Weather Bureau
Army Medical Department
Himphreys
Cambridge
Massachusetta
Joseph Lovell
Etnence
Willan Beaumont
Alenis
Martin
Beaumont
Congo
Old Time Household Tips From An Irregular Scrap
A garbled catalogue of domestic hints covers cleaning with glycerine and paraffin, varnishes, polishing, clock dusting, blanket washing, and sock darning. It mentions vinegar damp cloths, damp muslin, lemons of glycerine for soft water, corks in bottles, and special care for cakes and clocks amid scattered, nonstandard sentences. The piece reflects a frayed, period newspaper column offering practical, if noisy, home advice.
Apple Sponge and Roast Duck and Other Dishes
A cluttered kitchen column lists apple sponge dessert with lemon syrup and vanilla sauce, peach sponge with ice, goose and turkey roast methods, duck with port wine gravy, boiled turkey with celery, and a note on repairing an old wireless panel using sealing wax and emery polishing. It also mentions a new mercury liquid condenser for radios.
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Iy Hor Pre
Irene
Two Sailors Enter Bar In Rainy Standoff
Two seamen enter a bar and wait for the other to speak first. One asks what they will drink and the other answers rain, setting a quiet, humorous mood in the exchange.
Health Notes on Baby Bathing and Care Practices
Guidance on quick, safe baby bathing with a bath screen and closed window. Emphasizes warm water 105 degrees Fahrenheit, gentle nostril cleaning, careful ear care, and daily scalp oiling to prevent crusts, with steps kept simple for anxious new mothers.
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Wales
Cologne
Wireless notes on aerials and signal strength
The text discusses how four black aerial runs near a wall and wind affect signal strength through absorption. It notes wind or distance from structures can alter reception, warns against testing at perpendicular angles, and advises keeping the aerial taut to maintain consistency, though fading may persist.
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Ohana
World's Largest Magnetic Iron Deposits Found in Russia
Prof Lasareff of Moscow describes vast magnetic iron ore deposits near Kareï in European Russia, stretching 150 miles and up to 20 miles wide. With gravity and magnetic observations, the deposits were mapped before drilling confirmed a magnetite body about 450 feet below the surface. The find dwarfs Norway's next largest deposit, and further exploration is planned across Siberia and Canada.
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New York
P Lasareff
The
Physical Institute of Moscow
American Society of Zoologists
Karék
European
Moscow
Crimea
Cily
Advancement of
Science
Lasareil
Kursk
Lasareff
Russian Academy of Sciences
Germany
Professor Lasareff
Surace
Norway
Lasare
Siberia
United States
Canada
Tearful confession shakes married life in mock drama
A shy writer describes the hardest character to write while a wife mourns her husband’s ruin and a baby is named after the tragic, irresponsible bachelor. The scene blends irony and pathos as fortune fades and family ties strain.
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