Doctor recounts long term life of cells outside body
Dr Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller Institute describes keeping heart tissue from a seven day chicken embryo alive and growing in vitro for two and a half years. The cultured tissue doubles roughly every 48 hours and shows increased growth compared with fresh tissue, suggesting some cells may proliferate indefinitely under proper conditions.
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Journal Experimental Medieval
Alexis Carrel
Rockefeller Institute
Ily
Carrel
Real Ruler of Russia Rasputin the Enigmatic Healer
Rasputin survives a stabbing in Krakovsky and grows into a political force at court. The article portrays him as a magnetic, prophetic Siberian without formal education who sways the Empress and Czar, provoking liberal opposition and government satire while shaping policy from temperance to peace talks.
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Hile
Rasputin
Krakovsky
Totola
Siberia
Guseva
Russia
Flullodorua
Tsaritsyn
Belioderus
le Rasputin
Wuichera
Gregori Rasputin
Oles
Alexander III
Thames
Gregor Rasbutin
Hagalt
Jay Brother
Holy Synod
Duma
Milinkoff
Tabler
Speec
Karnovitch
Hohenfelsen
Empresa
Count Witte
Vaice
Nicholas II
Hia
Man of Dams and Wedding Cakes from a Bygone Era
A detailed reminiscence covers Epes Randolph directing the Salton Sink dam project in 1907, stopping the Colorado and saving Imperial Valley, while interleaving a confectioner's anecdotes about enormous wedding cakes, their recipes, costs, and a memorable customer who purchases one yearly since a planned wedding never occurred.
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Theodore Roosevelt
B. H. Harriman
Harriman
Randolph
Salton Sink
Epes Randolph
Nile
Mississippi
Panama
New York City
Colorado
Roosevelt
Whn
Britannic of Today Ten Times Greater Than Original
The Britannic of today is described as ten times larger than the 1874 original. The White Star liner Britannic, launched in 1814 and used in crossings until 1899, is recalled as a notable vessel. The new Britannic, 30,000 tons, is nearing completion at Belfast and will enter service next spring.
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Scientific American
Atlantic
Belfast
Wedding Cake Superstitions Across Nations
A bakery expert explains how wedding cakes reflect national traditions with Russian towers Turkish minarets and Gothic facades in sugar. Immigrant families bring charms amulets and incantations to bless the cake while the baker controls design and assembly ensuring safety and artistry.
The Cigarette Not Modern A Satirical Quote
A satirical column questions the idea that cigarettes are a modern evil. Professor Hough from Washington argues ancient Pima and Pueblo peoples knew about tobacco, implying the cigarette is not a new moral issue. The piece mocks detractors while noting historical use and the shift to pipe smoking.
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Walter Hough
Washington
Hough
Arizona
New Mexico
Zoush
Noise and Civilization. A noiseless dining room dream
Joseph Pulitzer once sent 200 cigars to a steamship captain who saluted his boat without blowing a whistle. The editor loathed noises though civilization seems measured by noise. A Central African tribe of 1000 makes far less noise than 1000 workers at midvale. City dwellers noise higher than country. One trolley jarred air more than 50 plows. Fortune favors inventing a noiseless dining room atop a tall building free of orchestras and vocalists.
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Joseph Pulitzer
Fortune
Submarine Power in Naval Warfare Split View
A prominent naval tactician argues submarines could be either the deadliest weapon or a major failure. The piece compares historic battles to potential future sea combat, notes submarines’ invisibility, risks, and experimental defenses, and cites counts of submarines by Britain, Germany, France, and Russia.
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New York
Cbmarines
Europe
Lsrays
Submarine Corps
Portsmouth
England
Guffi
Wren
Cours
Cbmarine
Auva Gertice
Brush Navy
Germany
France
Russia
Austria
Percy Scotty
Usake
St Louis Responds To Macedonian Help Call In Wheat Fields
A St Louisan recounts a Kansan wheat field aid tale. He describes extreme heat and long hours, noting a dinner break at 114 degrees in the shade. The farmer offers no hour reductions, prompting questions about heat and endurance in the fields.
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St J. Wis
Shade
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