Modern Dreaming Lawyer Solves Case While Asleep
An Edinburgh lawyer who is a confirmed somnambulist recounts two vivid episodes. He writes a complete, sound legal brief during sleep and later discovers it, having no memory of writing it. In another tale a son, on a railway journey, dreams he is trapped in a steamer anchor-chain chamber and fights to escape, waking to find the danger was only imagined.
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Edinburgh
Washington Star
Dundee Advertiser
Denmark
Scotland
Quote Exchange Between Curtis and Tabler Reveals Neighborly Tension
A clipped exchange references sowing and reaping plus a quip about a neighbor's chickens. The brief lines hint at local disputes and social commentary within a community context.
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Curtis
Tabler
Hoot Awa Mon Grandm a Glasgow Dialect Tale
A humorous Scots dialogue reflects local speech and family banter as a grandmother swaps tales with a child. The exchange hints at regional identity and playful exaggeration within a Glasgow dialect setting.
Baby Stuart and the Myth of Van Dyke’s Little James
The piece traces the origin of the misnamed Baby Stuart head from Charles I’s second son James. It notes Vandyke painted James, copies exist in Turin and Rome, and mass reproductions spread globally. The article suggests renaming the image Little James to reflect its true identity.
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Vandyke
Stuart
Gilbert Stuart
A. T. Stewart
Raffaello Canevari
Academy of St. Luke
Rome
Canevari
Little James
James II of
England
St. Germain
Boston Transcript
Removing a Ring Becomes Simple Do It Yourself Method
A Dundee Advertiser correspondent details a practical safe method from Pittsburg for removing a tight ring without surgery. Use a flat eyed needle threaded through, soap the needle, wrap the thread toward the nail, then unwind to press the ring off as the thread tightens. The account also notes Danish hospitality and willingness to help strangers during visits.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
Sunset Route Excursions and Regional Tickets Summary
Sunset Route offers Cincinnati B Y P U sale July 9 to 17 for 48.80 round trip. Sour Lake Springs Texas sale June 1 to Sept 30, final Oct 31, 37.40. Southern California trips to Santa Monica Newport Catalina Islands etc from June 1 to Aug 30 with 35.00 round trip and return by Oct 31. Chicago G A R encampment sale Aug 23 24 return by Sept 2, possibly Sept 30, 46.80. Contact H R Turner City Ticket Agent or T E Hunt compact agent for reservations.
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Cincinnati
Sour Lake Springs
Texas
Santa Monica
Newport
Santa Barbara
Avalon
Catalina Islands
San Diego
California
Summer Resorts Reachable by Southern Railway
Southern Railway promotes dozens of summer getaways from Asheville to Virginia springs. The folder Summer Homes and Resorts describes about one thousand resorts, hotels, and boarding houses with rates and rail connections. Inquiries go to C. A. Benscoter in Chattanooga for descriptive material.
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Southern Railway
Asheville
N. C
Hot Springs
N.C
Haile Springs
Tenn
Roan Mountain
Monte Sano
Hunstville
Ala
Lithia Springs
Virginia Springs
C. A. Benscoter
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Land of the Sky Asheville Charm and Rail Deals
The passage extols Asheville North Carolina as a premier resort city in the Blue Ridge valley with famed climate scenery and artistic inspiration. It notes convenient schedules and very low Southern Railway rates to Asheville, highlighting the destination for pleasure tourists and health seekers.
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North Carolina
Blue Ridge
Alleghanies
Asheville
America
Brush
Southern Railway
Discover Colorado's Climate and Resorts This Summer
Consider Colorado's matchless climate and scenery with its numerous resorts this coming summer. For information write to W. F. Sterley AGP AGD or A A Glisan G A PD of The Denver Road at Fort Worth Texas for exhaustive illustrated literature at no cost.
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Colorado
W. F. Sterley
A. A. Glisaon
Denver Road
Fort Worth
Texas
To California And Back For 3500 From Santa Fe Route
Beginning May 24 and each Thursday through August 30, the Santa Fe route offers round trip tickets to Los Angeles San Diego and other California points at 835.00. Tickets valid for ninety days from sale date.
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Santa Fe
Los Angeles
San Diego
California
Teachers Convention Ticket Sale To Mexico
The Mexican Central Railway offers greatly reduced round trip tickets to all points in Mexico for the Teachers Convention. Tickets on sale June 29 30 July 1 and 2, valid for thirty days with stop over privileges. See B. J. Kuhn Commercial Agent.
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Mexican Central Ry
Mexico
B. J. Kuhn
Energetic Man Rejuvenated by Digestive Remedies Ad
An advertisement extols Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as cures for torpid liver indigestion and poor appetite. It claims quick relief from coughs with One Minute Cough Cure and promotes DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve for piles eczema and skin issues.
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Chamberlain
Price
DeWitt
Fred Schaefer
Uggist
Remarkable Coincidence in Early Colonial Rebellion Record
A note from John F. Magginness recounts a Scots Irish settler group on Pine Creek near present Williamport who, on the Declaration of Independence day, proclaimed their own struggle for freedom. The memoir links distant events to a local, unexpected act of self rule.
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John F. Magginness
Old Liberty Bell
Philadelphia
Pine Creek
City of
William
Little Antipodean-Gee Types Not Catching Bird Tail
Apocryphal line notes a quirky exchange about a bird with no tail and a speaker named Little Antipodean-Gee. The fragment preserves playful phrasing and a sense of humorous mischief without broader context.
Where Dr Johnson Was Married
Derby parish records note the marriage of Samir Johnson of St Marys Lichfield to Elizabeth Porter of St Philip ingham at St Werburghs Derby. Johnson joked to Boswell about the odd journey from Birmingham to wed, a match described as unlikely and amusing.
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Dr. Johnson
St. Werburgh’s
Derby
Porter
Samir Johnson
St. Mary’s
Lichfield
Elizabeth Porter
S. Philip
Ingham
Birmingham
Boswell
Johnson
Westminster Gazette
Meanest land ad ever told in Fredonia tale
The Fredonia Citizen reports a man too mean to advertise land for sale posted a written notice in a hotel. An inquirer says he won’t buy from someone who advertises himself this way, fearing theft of fence pump handle and barn doors after possession.
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Fredonia
Kansas City Journal
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