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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1887
Page
11
A collage of humorous vignettes and stray lines from newspapers and magazines. Jests about reading choices at a Browning club, light quips from the Chicago Tribune and Hartford Post, child comedies, and brief jests about daily life.
A London News item surveys a edifying lecture in Ed James hall on Trichology and Baldness by G W Wheeler of a British Trichological association. It mentions a potential hair disease hospital and mocks excess mystique while detailing aims to restore lost hair. The piece also covers M Wolff's treatment for writers cramp via gymnastics and massage with mild percussion, noting debate on underlying causes.
The article argues idle living breeds parasitic social behavior and degeneration. It compares humanity to vegetables and animals that acquire idleness, noting a rise from six US cities over 6,000 in 1800 to 286 by 1880, reflecting expanding urban life and its consequences.
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