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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...swelter here in dirt and in wretchedness when the pure delights of the Turkish bath await us in the adjoining city? How great is the advance of American civilization when the choicest luxury of the pampered Oriental is brought to our very doors! The other day, after groaning for three hours over a tough annual, I was struck with an unusually brilliant idea: I would take a Turkish bath and come out an altered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A TURKISH BATH. | 6/13/1873 | See Source »

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