Fanatical Chinese beliefs shape life from cradle to grave
A lengthy critique portrays Chinese superstition as omnipresent, controlling daily actions, family matters, business and burial practices. It highlights tales of plate etiquette at dinners, women barred from construction sites, astrologers determining cemeteries, and harsh treatment of dying patients and ill children to avert perceived curses.
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Physical Training for Tuberculosis Prevention and Cure
Dr FE Fletcher Ingall of Chicago argues that systematic physical training strengthens respiratory muscles and expands the chest to prevent tuberculosis and aid early cure. He notes collapsed air cells as a nidus for disease, cites high recovery rates with treatment, and advocates deep breathing and long term chest expansion through careful training. Medical Record.
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Translated Circulars and Odd Tidbits from a Busy Year
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Fragmentary OCR Bid Values Noted in Ledger
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The Governess Wife Of A Governor
Two men from Germany and France argued in New York over whether a governor’s wife carries an official title. They debated Mrs Governor So-and-so versus Mrs Blank wife of Governor Blank. An Irishman they asked ruled, the wife of a governor is a governess. Exchange.
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Bequests for Coal by Widow of a City Freeman
In Notes and Queries a bequest is cited where the widow left her tenement rents to buy coal for the poor instead of fuel for burning. The rents historically aided parochial clergy, but now funds purchase coal to warm the poor, a shift described with wit as sparing burning for warmth.
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