Iceberg threat prompts talk of chemical iceberg melt
A Waterloo Evening Courier item surveys plans by Prof Howart Barnes of McGill to deploy chemicals from Greenland to dissolve glacier ice and curb iceberg calving that disrupts North Atlantic shipping. The piece notes feasibility doubts but credits bold research and historic attempts to reduce maritime hazards.
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Howart Barnes
McGill University
Barnes
Greenland
Robert Fulton
Syith
Are You Gritting Your IodIn A Health Note
William Brady M D discusses iodine intake and safety in everyday foods. He warns iodine can be harmful in excess, promotes iodized salt, and suggests weekly iodine doses or tablets to prevent goiter, while criticizing marketers of “organic” iodine products. He answers reader questions and invites letters for the health page.
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W. H. Harmian Co
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Waterlog
Iowa
Wits Associated Press
Press International News
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Radio Week
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William Brady
If a Man Die in Iowas Editors Critique
selections from Marshalltown Times Republican and Cedar Rapids Gazette discuss immortality and religious belief through Robert Ingersoll and Burbank, while Des Moines Capital notes Chicago crime and a high profile Durkin murder trial. other items touch on suppression of magazines and public taste.
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Marshalltown Times Republican
Robert &. Ingersoll
Burbank
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Tolem
Felmn
Comite
Sala!ious
England
Des Moines
Chicago
Martin’ Durkin
Ume
Durkin
Night Tug Trial Ends in Narrow Rescue
In a perilous night voyage aboard the Wanderer, John faces a furious sea as a pursuing North Star and a ghostly vessel close in. He clings to deck rails, fights the cold, and finally swings aboard Elaine's tug to reach safety after a harrowing leap and fall into the churning waters.
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McNabb
John
Gondheart
Old Ezra
Old Ezra Altered His Course Sharply. the Aftert Honsing of the North Star
North Star
Goodheart
Walter
Ile
Uncle Wiggily and the Acorns Adventure Begins
Uncle Wiggily discovers a hollow oak filled with acorns rattling like tiny drums. He pockets the nuts for friends and plans marbles with the Jay, then visits the Hollow Stamp School to join the animal pupils in song led by the Lady Mouse Teacher.
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Waele Wigei
Johnnie
Billie Bushytail
Uncle Wiggily
Harlow Stamp School
Baby No Tail
Tole Tommie
Kittle Kat
The Macaroni Club and Its London Fashion Wave
In 1760s London a youth group known as the Macaroni club popularized Thalian fashion among rich young men who had traveled in Italy. Macaronis wore silk breeches lace trimmed coats two watches thick rings and hair in a pompadour with sides curled and a tight knot at the back.
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London
England
Italy
Finland
Asia
Sweden
Remembering Angelo and Halcyon Days in Mythic Minds
A fragmented 14 year old writer Ruben Gold contemplates Michael Angelo as a famous figure while weaving in casual notes on polar bears changing color, halcyon days and kingfishers. The piece touches on myth of Halcyone, birds and safe nesting lore amid scattered reflections on history and nature.
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Pacific Coast
Halcyone
Ster
Steatus
Acorn Misadventure At School With Lady Mouse Tale
In a playful classroom scene Lady Mouse quivers as acorns roll across the floor during a solemn song. Uncle Wiggily confesses, explains a pocket hole allowed the nuts to spill, and the lesson resumes with forgiveness and a vow to avoid pockets full of acorns in future.
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Mous
Uncle Wiggily
Mouse
Walter
Abe Martin Sunday Rest Day Trend Sparks Confusion
Abe Martin reflects that Sunday rest is fading as publicity grows. He notes rest days turning into days of notoriety and warns the public that the line between rest and attention is becoming blurred across society.
Burroughs Nature Club Notes QandA 1926
Questions about nature topics are answered in this Burroughs Nature Club Notes column. The piece asks readers to send questions on desert birds water sources flowers of the western region and mythic hymnena, with answers promised in the next issue.
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Burroughs Nature Club
Houghton Mifflin Co
Nature Notes Depot
Tession
Pain Reliever Advertisement for Rheumatic Neuritis
An old advertisement touts a cork-attached applicator and a dust brush called Feet as a remedy for rheumatic neuritis. It claims instant relief from pain and soreness in joints and muscles, reduces congestion, and promises a clean, fragrant liquid that won’t stain or irritate skin, priced at pennies in drug stores.
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Bouly
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