Astronomer in Court Over Night Salt-Barrel Sleep
In a Detroit Free Press account, John Sly Hunt is jailed after night antics in a jail cell, shouting about Mars and moons. The scene mixes comedy and legal remarks as the prisoner argues astronomy fascination rather than crime, while Bijah chips in with a rhymed warning about sleep. The judge questions Hunt’s astronomy fixation and punishes him for causing a disturbance, sending him to a seat on the equinoctial center.
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John Sly Hunt
Pat
Pijah
Mars
Bijah
Bun
Nani
Awful Gardner
Joe Coburn
The
Chicago Times
Hunt
Venus
Detroit
Death by Own Action Letter Warns of Self-Destruct Attempt in San Francisco
The San Francisco coroner received a letter from a man claiming the right to end his life. He promises not to be found, mentions using a golden boat and disposing of his body at sea to fund burial costs, and asks that no one reveal the deceased’s request. The note hints at a planned self-induced death and asks officials to carry out secrecy.
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Dean Sim
Opini
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Beiria
H. James
Craddock & CO
Race Street
Philadelphia
New York Commercial Advertiser
Nurobers
Club
Club of Ten
Club of Thirty
Commercial Advertiser
American Publishing CO
Hartford
B. T. Babbitt
Apy Adarose
York
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