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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1918
Page
10
Obesity may arise from thyroid or adrenal issues and from removal of ovaries or analogous organs. Diet and exercise are key, with careful protein and fat choices, light activities, and gradual endurance training. Surgery is mentioned but personally unappealing. cautions about laxatives, heavy meals, and the need to consult a physician.
A fragment from the Cincinnati Enquirer 1917 humor column features byplay between a landlady and boarder on science, a joke about a justice of the peace, and light verse. It includes mock letters, jokes about marriage, and quips on Prohibition politics, Edison, and everyday life. The piece shows a collage of social satire with regional slang anddated humor.
Ruth Cameron muses on lists as a practical tool for daily life. She recalls neighborly laughter at her paper lists for house chores and explains how crossing items off gives personal satisfaction. She notes men also use lists, urges memory aid to free the mind, and ends with a final inventory of list ideas beside her typewriter.
A tale of Private Tortiss Rims crawling through gas and shell fire to reach a German Colonel, plundering gold buttons as a reward and returning with a captured officer. A closing quip notes a wife pressuring her husband for ten dollars to coax a dollar from him.
The article notes a new wartime map of Siberia driven by Japanese American advances into Russia. It contrasts vast frontiers from Omsk to Windivostok with extended rail lines of 8,886 miles and highlights Bolshevist changes along the Trans Siberian corridor. Tomsk Province emerges as the most populous region in Siberia.
An excerpted flavor of early 20th century commentary mocks Bulgaria, cites war era maps and vast Siberian scales, and notes rationing shifts in London with bacon and beef policy. It references Wells, Roumanian neighbors, Liberia, and postwar food controls affecting families and restaurants.
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