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Newspaper
Springfield Globe Republic
Location
Springfield, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1885
Page
2
A humorous survey of eating habits among U S lawmakers and figures. Roscoe Conkling Chamberlain Carlisle Sherman Sherman Reed Reed Reed Keifer and others are described with their favorite dishes and table manners in a lively 19th century portrait of dining at Washington hotels and clubs. The piece blends anecdote and caricature to underline personal quirks and dietary tastes.
An experimental verse fragment about enduring love and ivy walls blends with antiquated prose and sketches of politicians like Senator Vanew and William Walter Phelps. A Washington letter lampoons an eccentric candidate who vanishes for elections, then returns to reshape county office with campaign funds and colorful satire.
Dr William Stevens of West Thirty first street explains four classes of red noses among Young Men's Christian Association members who abstain from alcohol. He notes the whisky red nose is cultivated with pride, compares it to artificial black eyes, and says the remedy is total abstinence from intoxicating beverages.
The passage outlines four classes of red noses with humorous medical theories. Remedies range from bloodletting with long noodles to cautions about cancer, climate, and exercise. It notes minor capillary issues beneath the skin and cites a satirical Yankee anecdote from Sam Weller.
The article argues recreation is essential to productivity, urging full hearted relaxation to counter stress and nerves. It compares idleness to rust, cites thirty twelve hours daily as investment potential, and warns against carrying worries home or dwelling on theories. It notes mental health links to indigestion and poor circulation and cites a Quaker saying about combining pleasure with work.
Popular Science Monthly recounts declining native numbers in Hawaii from 1852 to 1878, with census lows and a net population drop despite foreign immigration. It notes government efforts to avert extinction by importing Portuguese, Polynesians, and Chinese, and a perceived physical decline among Hawaiians.
A North East area girl named Lizzie Patterson died at age twenty after a fifteen year battle with a disabling rheumatic disease. Descriptions detail muscle hardening and immobility from age ten, with three hours of feeding effort daily and eventual death from choking and suffocation.
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