Peril in Athletics Muscle Building Damages Health
A Brooklyn doctor cites New York Times reports showing excessive bodybuilding harms heart and nerves. He warns that beyond moderate exercise athletic training can hypertrophy the heart, trigger murmurs, and leave athletes chronically nervous and prone to illness.
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Robert H. Coughlin
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No, I washed my hands of it in rail road deal
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item quotes a terse exchange about a railroad deal with a reply that someone cleaned up nothing. The remark signals a disengagement from dealings and responsibility.
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Socratic maxim on wealth and mood
A concise ancient reflection states that wealth should not dictate happiness nor poverty determine despair, urging inner steadiness regardless of fortune. The maxim emphasizes equanimity and virtue over material change in fortune.
Plant Retardation Lets Lilies Bloom Off Season
A Chicago News item explains plant retardation using cold storage to halt growth. Vast frost filled chambers house lily of the valley roots Lilium bulbs azalea and spiraea in deep dormancy. Workers endure arctic conditions cleaning frost and keeping temperatures near twenty below zero.
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Chicago News
Pointed Paragraphs on Foolish Talk and Jealousy
An Atchison Globe excerpt urges restraint in speech and behavior. It warns that gossip, foolish sayings, and jealousy harm reputations and mental health, noting indulgence in such talk leads to trouble while pragmatism and restraint protect memory and records.
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Atchison Globe
Intermarriage and Cancer Rumor in Devon Villages
The London Telegraph notes high cancer deaths in Clovelly and Buck Mills due to isolated intermarriage. It sketches how a single surname dominates Buck Mills life, suggesting a local pattern affecting health mysteries in this coastal region.
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London Telegraph
Sacred grave marker claims White Mule from Civil War era
A Georgia man inscribed on an oak slab a boastful memorial to a white mule born before the Civil War. The note says the animal survived Bull Run to Lee’s surrender and hints it may have died on that meadow spot, though it cannot confirm the death.
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Humorous Exchange Exposes Chaffing Wife Remark
In a Chicago Record-Herald snippet Mr Henpeck teases his wife about being the world’s sweetest woman. She retorts that men may be more honest than she believed, delivering a quick quip on marital banter.
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Mr. Henpeck
Chicago Record- Herald
Brown study decor planned by Mrs. Goldrocks
Mrs. Goldrocks says she will decorate the study in deep brown to suit her husband who likes sitting in a deep brown study. The exchange is from a Milwaukee Sentinel humorous item.
He Agreed With Her On Home Being The Dearest Spot
Mrs Inswim declares home is the dearest spot on earth. Her husband, busy auditing the month’s bills, agrees in a quiet kitchen table exchange from the Chicago News.
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