Sleep Experiment by College Students To Lengthen Work Day
An American university student group experiments with lengthening working hours by reshaping sleep as a controllable habit. They cite notable figures like Ediron Humboldt Verne and Herr Herrara while exploring bed design, pillow height, and proper sleep posture to maximize rest. The aim is to define how much sleep is necessary and how little may suffice without harming health.
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Sancho Panza
John G. Saxe
Thomas A. Disom
Ediron
Seldon
Ares
Humboldt
Jules Verne
Lord Wolseley
Bismarck
von Moltke
University of Iowa
University of Wisconsin
Ivera
Herrera
New Association of College Students
Carleton Simon
New York
Millennial promises and a food mystery spread wide
A town paper previews utopian claims that labor and farmers will be freed from demand, while indicting trusts and greed. It cites Bent Murdock praising a local Eldorado Republican piece and discusses a supposed discovery that a mysterious animal life in air can fully sustain humans using minimal cereal support, claiming the problem of life is solved.
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Money Trust
Bent Murdock
Eldorado Republican
Turned Down Twice Nichols Story Recital
Charley Nichols, famed Boston tabler, recounts being turned down twice in his career. He recalls Jimmy Manning hiring and releasing him in Kansas City, then rejoining the Kansas City Blues where he won 18 of 20 games before a second rejection. The tale cites Memphis stints with Harry Vaughn and John Ewing and a key turning point in 1887.
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Charley Nichol
Boston
Kansas City
Nichols Tellaut
Jimmy Manning
Manning
Memphis
Harry Vaughn
John Ewing
Kansas City Blues
Tobacco debate echoed in Chicago News quip
A dialogue notes that tobacco shortens life. Myer asks why anyone uses it and Gyer replies he once tried to mull it and found days short for work. The exchange showcases a humorous take on smoking in early Chicago journalism.
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Myer
Chicago News
My Debut as a Stage Child in Whitby Ontario
A memoir fragment recounts a girl born small who sings with sister Flo in early cantatas and duets. After their father’s death, the family travels to Buffalo to pursue theater, where the sisters debut at Adelphi for $30 weekly, Flo fainting after the first number while the narrator continues.
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Cerecey
Flo
Whitby
Ontario
Canada
Mttle Hamlet
Whitty
Epia~copal
Buffalo
Stage notes and casting from early theatre pieces
A jumble of theatre gossip and cast names notes upcoming London and New York shows. Mentions of Fer in-Law at Criterion Gates and Cinderella connections, plus Richard Brinsley Sheridan anecdotes. Reports Belasco’s Madame Butterfly adaptation and Blanche Bates to star, with details of theatre personnel and performances.
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Criterion Gates
London
New York
Mira Brough
America
Comes Wienes
Richard Brinsley
Sheridan
Cumberland
Detroit Free Press
Oliver
Sheriidan
David Belasco
Long
Anthony
Heral Square Theater
March
Orient
Ming Blanche Bates
Mas Dumoe Butterfly
Bargain-Day Rates Clash In Maxwell Street Court
Norah Reedy faced Maxwell Street Police Court for a venue change request. She argued against Justice Dooley citing high fines, while Justice Sabb ath insisted on standard rates and imposed $10 fines per appearance. Reedy vowed to seek relief in another court.
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Norah Reedy
West Side
Justin Sabbath
Maxwell+ street
Dooley
Snubbed For Fair Prompts Tailor Refusal
A difident young tailor tells Miss De Courcey he would press his suit, but she interrupts and asks him not to talk shop. The exchange appears in a Detroit Free Press excerpt.
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de Courcey
Shipspington
Detroit Free Preas
Called His Bluff at the Round Table
A boastful boy is challenged to reveal what he cannot do and a skeptical listener offers to do it himself. The student admits he cannot pay his account, as recounted in Collier's Weekly with a gruff retort.
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New York Sun
Coralie & Co
New York
France
Palais Royale
Paris
Couralie & Company
Round Table
Collier's Weekly
Southeast voyage berths available via Northern Pacific agent
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Seattle
Northern Pacific
City
Corner Park
Main Streets
W. Ho Merriman
Butte Mont
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Hourgne
Broadway
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Star Theater
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Harry W. Fero
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Buck Jes
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Bob
Palmer
Coquelin
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Hall Caine
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Seymour Hicks
Fannie Brough
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