Mind Over Matter in Seventeenth Century Faith Healing
The London Chronicle recounts how belief in mind over body shaped seventeenth century medicine and social life. It notes physicians like Chois and poet Bolsrobert, bleeding as a remedy, Fontenelle’s famed resilience after a ninety five year fall, and a wartime interruption that cut short his near centennial longevity.
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Richelieu
Cioia
Citots
Bolsrobert
Botsrobert
Volture
Couti
Tumane
Chois
Salous
Fontenelle
Bia Mao
Bia
London
Tea Flowers and the Way They Are Gathered In China
A compact historical note on Chinese tea varieties and gathering, citing Fortune’s 1843 finding that black and green teas can be made from both Thea bebea and Thea viridle. It describes leaf selection, harvest timing, and a early Chinese prologue praising tea’s restorative effects. Also includes brief fables and humor pieces from the same era.
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China
Robert Fortune
Lo Yu
New York
World
Supreme court upholds saloon licenses for social clubs
A recent supreme court ruling in the Spokane v Baughman case confirms social clubs must hold saloon licenses to serve intoxicants. It rejects that club membership alone exempts clubs from sale rules, declaring clubs effectively saloons regulated by city authority. The decision risks forcing many clubs to obtain licenses and open fronts like traditional saloons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Fragmentary 1920s newspaper quotes on aging and festivity
A jumble of quoted headlines from Philadelphia Record New York Journal and other papers. It notes a woman’s age, mentions a Sudan, a professor’s explosion and wrecked lab, followed by a party reaction and a jest about freedom of excuses and checking accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Sudan
Charles
New York Journal
Rubinstein Advice On Piano Practice From A Master
The excerpt recalls Rubinatein a W Toneher guiding a pupil during piano study. He stresses mental preparation before playing, setting tempo and attack. Rubinstein also jokes about fingering while urging a clean, dry tone, noting common faults like affectation and nerves as hindrances to true playing.
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W. Toneher
Auntie
Teamma
Theo
Herdity
Rubinstein
Pitino
Mann
Swetts Are Great Baby Savers and Lapseable Case
A fragment from a 1920s or earlier newspaper page discusses infant care and sugar myths, citing Woods Hutchinson and Boston Post on sweets in nursery diets. It includes recipe snippets for a cake and a coffee flavored icing, plus a humorous exchange about a clock and a short notice about a finder’s reward.
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Woods Hutchinson
Buccesa Magazine
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Slite
Fiato
Johans
Johnny
Tammy
Chee
Marie
Tom
Jack
Manidge
Nusbaum
Batesville
Indiana
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Young Drug Co
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Kippincott
Boston Transcript
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Teli
Uae
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Indianapolla News
Staxiate
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Union Loan & Trust Co
Centralia, Washington
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