Remarkable Dietary Extremes Show Human Adaptability
Two studies by Danish scientists highlight the broad range of human nutrition. An Eskimo on Cisco Island Greenland consumed nearly five pounds of boiled meat daily, with high fat intake yet rare indigestion. In Copenhagen a man maintained nutrition on potatoes and margarine, seven to eight pounds of potatoes with fat to reach up to six thousand calories daily during hard work. Both cases illustrate human resilience, though neither extreme is desirable. the normal diet lies between these bounds.
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Maroapeaan
Cisco
Greenland
Copenhagen
Comming For Presidant to the Republicana of Town
A letter from Charles A. Rawson urges town residents to support Senator Albert H. Cummings for the Republican presidential nomination. It argues his election would strengthen the party and cites prior service as Governor and Senator. The appeal requests readers in Town to contact friends and acquaintances in other states and send lists to Rawson in Des Moines for campaign coordination.
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Republicana
Trave
Republican Organization
Albert H. Cummings
Republican Party
Mate Sieeass
Town
Thea
Mnet
Cummina
Des Moines
Rage Chas. A. Rawson
Football Saturday Clash at Estherville Field
Estherville High hosts Emmetsburg High Saturday September 25 at 2 30 p m Admission 25 cents. Emmetsburg visits with anticipation of a tough road test in a non league rivalry likely drawing local fans and students.
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Estherville High School
Emmetsburg High School
Not Infrequently Great Inventors Miss Foresight
An anecdote contrasts Hertz and Levassor, two famed scientists and engineers. Hertz dismissed wireless transmission as laboratory work, yet wireless telegraphy blossomed widely. Levassor sketched the automobile, yet debates arise over speed as guests toast sixty miles an hour. The tale ends with a quip about banquet excess.
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Hertz
Levasser
Levassor
Paris
Bordeaux
Football candidates begin Gridiron training amid school start
On Monday the 13th football hopefuls met in Assembly with twenty one reporting for Friday gymnasium reporting. Candidates were sorted by passing and kicking skills while veterans like Lucas and Johnson anchor the squad. The piece notes strong early promise, a light but fast team with much enthusiasm and a season opener at Hillmetburg on September 26. The latter portion highlights Malay Peninsula tin mines and rubber forests boosting regional riches under native rulers with British advisory support.
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Lucas
FE. Johnson
Fox
Robb
Bert
Johnson
Ernest
Hin
Abil
Brown
Barker Brothers
Barker
Harold Case
Salyers
Hoath
Harcourt
Haypes
Castleman
White
Lee Case
Mellveen
Doyle
Pullen
Henry Peterson
Ashland
Oregon
Chis Nands Gordon
Hillmeteburg
Malay Peninsula
Federated States
Old church caretaker argues over title mischief
An Episcopal church caretaker, perched on a tombstone, dismisses questions about his proper title as trivial. He recalls being called janitor, then sextant by a parson, called virgin by Dr Thirdly, and now labeled sacri lege by a young man.
Rest Was Trivial in Dueling Allegory
Dialogue shows a character defending Mr De Bumville despite rumors of law evasion. The exchange contrasts claims of lack of principle with praise of gentlemanly conduct, highlighting themes of reputation and propriety in social circles.
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de Bumville
Mother of 31 children Faces Court Claim
At Tower Bridge police court a mother declared she is the mother of 31 children and has always prepared their clothes boots and hair yet is accused of habitual drunkenness. Magistrate Mr Cecil Chapman remarked that everyone sympathizes though the case proceeds.
Dirt Eaters Worldwide Consumer Trend
The article notes dirt eating has been traced by scientific authority to peoples in every part of the world. It describes a universal hunger for earth as a human trait not limited to a single group. Further lines are unreadable.
Concerning Sham Optimiam and Doubt in Hardy Thematics
The fragment discusses themes in Thomas Hardy’s work focusing on sham optimism and exaggerated pessimism. It notes that pessimism can seem safer, implying Hardy’s portrayal critiques rosy rhetoric and highlights fear and doubt in human belief.
The Wedding Ring Scarce Ring Described in Verse
The wedding ring is discussed as a foremost interest to the groom and a new ring called the "slance ring." It is described as a solid ring that appears to be two parts, with an invisible solute, and engraving causes separation by a pin in an inner pinhole.
Theory of body electricity blamed for Stowmarket blast
A British government expert on combustibles contends a man’s body may hold enough electricity to trigger an explosive charge after an explosion at Stowmarket killed four. Major Cooper-Key cites an accumulated body spark that escaped via ungrounded overshoes, suggesting a metal stud in rubber footwear could have prevented the accident.
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Stowmarket
Cooper-Key
How Edward Can Draw a Cow Lesson from Miss Brown
Edward demonstrates drawing a cow to Miss Brown with a live model cow in a yard. He sketches a nave body and tall using curved lines, then admits the result may be better titled pump rather than cow. The boy glances at the grazing animal as he works.
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Edward
Miss Brown
Tooth Surprise At The Counter
A man finishing raw oysters on a half shell ejects a hard substance that drops to the door and rolls under the counter. A bystander asks if it is a pearl and the response, in a judge's voice, is that it is a tooth.
Does Your Church Need Money New plan advertised
The notice promotes raising funds for churches and women’s clubs without investment. Send for the “church plan” from Good Housekeeping Fund Department New York City or hand to church officers. Also mentions a football game Saturday and reports West Riverside Country Club meeting September 9 with officers elected and one new member Mrs Bliss.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Guild
Pasteur
Good Housekeeping Magazine
New York City
West Riverside Country Club
J. F. Utz
Byron Weir
Mahre
Patterson
Dennison
Bliss
Mina Utz
Gladys Coon
Impson
Notice to Auto Drivers at Football Game Saturday
Auto drivers may drive up to the sidelines to view the football game from their cars. Spectators can watch without leaving their vehicles, with access to the field view from the side line area.
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Nichols-Deming Auto Supplies Co
Estherville,owa
Earth
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Comming
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J. Hansen
Tne
Tamor
N.A.T
Emmetaburg
Eatherville
Sherburn
Spencer
Estherville
Emmeteburg
Spencer Milford
Milford
California
Tites Island
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Rockies
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Salt Lake
Southwest
Pacific Coast
Rock Island Lines
E. W. Knight
Gurdston
Hugh B.lawrence
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