Eggs in Storage Rise as Potatoes Stock Dwindles
Washington reports dried eggs in government storage approaching two years old while potato stocks were cleared by a 50 million bushel destruction. Officials say renewed egg demand depends on overseas orders and Marshall Plan sales, with storage costs and weather boosting supplies.
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Marshall Plan
Heart pain tied to nerve tension and worry
A Philadelphia physician reports that anxiety and stress provoke heart region pain that often mimics angina. He cites 4000 patient records showing migraine-like heart pains in about one quarter, with quick relief from distraction and variable duration, sometimes with shortness of breath.
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Thomas Fitzhugh
University of Pennsylvania
Breathing Exercises Aid Asthma and Allergies
Health notes attribute asthma to allergies or nasal defects and describe breathing exercises that improve outcomes by teaching patients to exhale forcefully using abdominal muscles. The piece also defines polyandry as a form of marriage where a woman has multiple husbands.
New Madrid Earthquake Eyewitness Tale From Caddo Lake
Don Brown recounts the New Madrid Earthquake of December 16 1811 as an eyewitness account near the Texas Louisiana line. The quake shook Boston Charleston and far beyond with mapped topographic changes and a reversed Mississippi River flow over minutes.
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Caddo Lake
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Cypress Bayou
New Madrid
Mississippi River
Boston
Charleston
Caddo Lake the Sportsmen’s Paradise of Texas
The 1812 earthquake created Caddo Lake spanning 150000 acres from Northeast Texas into Louisiana. A boonstripe for sport, the lake hosts alligators garfish 200 pound turtles and giant bass among moss bearded cypresses. Around its many ponds sloughs and camps sportmen find guides meals boats and dreams of prehistoric mystery.
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Louisiana
Southwest
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Cypress Bayou
Illinois City Claims Title as Dog Catcher
Decatur Illinois is cited as the center of the U S dog population in a Gaines Dog Research Center study. The survey puts the national dog population at 22 million with about one dog for every 6.8 people and notes 2 million new dog owning families in the 1940 1950 decade.
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New York
Decatur
United States
U. S. Department of Commerce
U. S
Indiana
Gaines Dog Research Center
Mohican Indians Not Entirely Extinct
Mohican Indians are not completely extinct and some descendants remain today. Mount Etna is located in Sicily, a major active volcano on the island.
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