Typewriters' nerves in new disease of repetitive letters
A Chicago Tribune report details nervous strain among female typists forced to copy the same letter hundreds of times. Workers suffer insomnia, anxiety, and potential infirmary stays, with managers adopting rotation to curb monotony amid rising demand.
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Jerris Wheel Company
Noukery
Tran
Dinner Dilemma Reveals Claude De La Roche Francis’s Etiquette
A Washington Star story recounts Claude De La Roche Francis of New York as a witness in a 1842 political case. He missed a much talked about dinner for social reasons tied to European royal mourning. He explained he left for the event but recalled his family’s tradition to fast on the anniversary of Marie Antoinette’s beheading.
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New York
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Washington
Marie Antoinette
Europe
Washington Star
Break fast and temperance link in old leisure guide
A physician links intemperance to skipping breakfast, arguing a morning fast fuels hunger, mood, and appetite for alcohol. The text urges a hearty breakfast after overnight fasting to promote wellbeing and appetite and cites habitual drunkenness cases started from morning hunger. It also discusses how a woman should cultivate refined manners at home, shaping outer charm through patient training.
A Glimpse of Traditional Chinese Funeral Splendor
The article details wealthier and poorer practices around Chinese coffins and burial rites. It describes emphasis on a grand coffin, the ceremonial home display, visiting rituals, the role of music and procession, and the final burial with bonzes, canopy, and paper offerings burned for the dead.
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China
Chanaman
Asia
Grocer weighs Dumas as fiction price per pound
A humorous scene shows a grocer weighing the complete writings of Dumas on scales to mock the idea of literature as a heavy burden. He notes the set costs him 12 dollars, equivalent to less than 60 cents a pound, sparking thoughts on faith and value.
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