Easy Way to Cure the Blues and Improve Mood
An 19th century self care discussion promotes abdominal pressing and posture to relieve melancholy. Kellogg and Abrams link portal vein congestion to blues, urging belt support, abdominal exercises, and better chairs.
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Robert Burton
Burton
Galen
Jean Fernel
Crato
Christian Wilhelm Hufeland
J. H. Kellogg
Battle Creek
Mich
Kellogg
Dr. Kellogg
Dr. Abrams
San
Francisco
Metropolis Facts and Figures About New York City
A survey of New York City highlights vast investments in bridges and rail facilities, soaring municipal costs, and urban realities. It notes major railroad spending, housing plans in Westchester, a thriving street trade, and the city’s global cultural and economic scope with numerous statistics on rents, churches, schools, and production.
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New York City
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Manhattan Island
Manhattan
Willamsburg Bridge
United States
New York
Antonius Stradivarius
Westchester County
Bronx
Empire of Japan
Panama Canal
Digging the World s Gold From Africa to Australia
A historic overview traces gold production across Africa, America and Australia, with Johannesburg at the center. It notes $400 million yearly world gold flows, Rand and New Zealand contributions, and a stark postwar boom bust in South Africa. It highlights deep mine development, labor issues, and the vast, fluctuating promise of the Rand reef.
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Africa
America
Australia
United States
Russia
Europe
Asia
Mexico
Canada
New Zealand
van Norden
South Island
Johannesburg
Kazoo
Eloff Street
Market Square
Wall Street
Meiba
Paderewski
Kubelik
Carleton
New York
Paris
London
Rand
Beloch
South Africa
John Hays Hammond
Golden City
Gold
Central Africa
House of Commons
Invention Claims Eel of Milk Through Hole
A curious Latin aphorism about milking through a hole using the foot rather than the tongue. It presents a quirky historical note on unconventional milking ideas.
The Cure for Rheumatism AJAX OIL Praised by Father O'Reilly
An Oakville resident Father O'Reilly credits AJAX OIL with curing his long standing inflammatory and muscular rheumatism, sciatica and lumbago claiming it fixed him after years of suffering.
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O'Reilly
Oakville
AJAX
Ajax Oil Co
Toronto
The Golden Hole Mine Mystery and Lord Fingall
A tale of Jobo Mills and his party traversing harsh lands to find a mine. They uncover a seemingly golden seam named the Hidden Secret Mine later renamed the Golden Hole. Lord Fingall forms a London Paris company investing heavily amid hype, yet the mine yields only a brief flush of gold before vanishing.
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Australia
Jobo Mills
Earl of Fingall
Golden Hole
Finagall
London
Paris
Lord Minto and India’s sedition bill amid unrest
The piece reviews the unrest in the Indian Empire, noting a new Prevention of Seditious Meetings bill. It praises Lord Minto for stabilizing affairs, repairing ties between the Viceroy and Army leadership, praising his diplomacy, and affirming good relations with the Army and Amir while acknowledging Bengali regional tension. It highlights his role in maintaining law and order during a turbulent period.
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Bombay
Central Provinces
Canada
Minto
India
Wellesley
Central India
Lord Minto
Sahib
Babu
Roy
Lord Curzon
Kitchener
Lord Kitchener
Speske
Curzon
East
Indian Empire
Not Half Enough Ice Cream Debate With Freddie
Dialogue shows Hie Hostess pressing Freddie about ice cream intake while he resists, saying he does not feel sick yet and continues to ask for more.
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Freddie
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Boston
Scott
New South Wales
Sydney
Mount Morgan
Kalgurli
Dodd
Scott Harden
Canadiana Courier
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