Hidden Mysterious Sleep Tragedy and Somnambulism
A Washington somnambulist, Hugh Hollis, killed his wife while asleep amid a wave of medical debate on dream influence and hystero-neurasthenia. The article recounts similar cases, including Frank Maneley and historical examples, detailing how sleepwalking, dreams, and subconscious acts can lead to fatal violence with little or no memory upon waking.
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Magine
Hugh Hollis
Washington
Hollis
Treasury Department
Evelyn Forsythe Hollis
Emma Forsythe
Newton Street
N. W. Hollis
Frank Maneley
Baltimore
Mrs. Forsythe
Mrs. Hollis
Simon Frazer
Scotland
Trager
Frazer
Sam Appleby
Baltimore Athletic Club
Saratoga
Prof
Doyle
Sam
Prof. Doyle
Appleby
Bear
John
James Russell
Birmingham Hospital
Bordeaux
Willam E. McLean
Princeton
Pie Plate Alarm Tames Slow Fire Horse Tale
A humorous tale recalls a fire station prank using hanging pie plates to rouse a slow horse. The story, linked to a somnambulism case and a monkish bishop note, weaves in medical curiosities, a Princeton athlete, and a captain who learned not to trust pie tin alarms after a near mishap.
Had No Common Language Between Father and Son
A Nashville man recalls a train meeting with his six year old son who spoke French and Spanish, while the father spoke only English. The boy learned from a French mother and a Mexican nurse, and is bound for St Louis to study English, the father hopes.
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Memphis
St. Louis
H. D. Paul
Nashville
Mexico
Baltimore American
A Penurious Crowd at the Donation Box
An inventor pitches a silent coin box that reacts with sounds to different coins and photos drop when no coin is donated. The pastor rejects it, noting he already has pictures of his entire congregation.
Rivers and Harbors Boost for Des Moines Freight Rates
S A Thompson of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress urged Iowa business leaders in Des Moines to develop interior waterways including the Des Moines Cedar and Iowa rivers to slash freight costs and link Iowa to world markets. He argued tolls and tariffs are offset by water competition and predicted future navigability would spur regional growth.
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Des Moines
Iowa
S. A. Thompson
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Iowa State Manufacturers’ Association
Savery
Mississippi
Missouri
Cedar
New York
Interior States
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Speaker
Towa
Octogenarian Society of
Union Park
Col. W. S. Dungan
Chariton
J. B. Perry
Albia
C. Cole
John L. Crawford
Isaac Brandt
Brandt
Board of Parole
L. W. Watson
Mills County
Byron Gillan
Lucas County
William Wirk
West Riverside Coal Company
District Court
Plainiff
Morrow
George Wells
Grundy Center
H. W. Byers
Iowa Life Underwriter's Association
Country Club
C. H. Philpott
J. M. Emery
Geo. Newman
George A. Newman
Fort Dodge
State Banking Department
State Hleariity
John Ryan
United States
Newark
Toledo
Omaha
John Cownie
State Board of Control
Ottumwa
Mount Pleasant Hospital
Glenwood School
Clarinda State Hospital
Wright
Food and Dairy
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Chisago
Agar
Howe
Agar Packing Plant
Rock Island
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