Local Notes From Lee Items and Social Roundup
Mr Horton visited the farm Friday. Mrs Ida Lewis and two daughters are on the sick list. The measles are thick in the neighborhood. Hoy Rishling and family visited with his mother Mrs Ann Rishling Sunday. Mrs Maude Nolan has been ill the past week. Mr and Mrs Frank Eldridge and son called at Bert Eldridge's Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs J Brown and son James dined with E R Stamp and family. Church services were led by Rev W S Simonson at eleven. The Woman's Home Mission Society met March 10 with Mrs Dora Jacks and leader Mrs Mabel Rishling. Next meeting April 14 with Mrs Mabel Rishling and leader Mrs Bessie Jordan. Mrs F L Sharrer rode to Lafayette today.
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Mr. Horton
Ida Lewis
Hoy Rishling
Ann Rishling
Maude Nolan
Frank Eldridge
Bert Eldridge
Debts Settling After Sale of Meat Market
Former owner Milton Wilcox requests all who know themselves indebted to settle accounts by cash or note following the sale of his meat market to Cyrus M. Brown.
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Cyrus M. Brown
Milton Wilcox
A Sleep Problem in Aging and Sleep Shifts
The piece quotes Mr. Grayboy on changing sleep needs with age. He notes sleeping seven hours in midlife, eight hours recently, and questions whether this signals aging, renewed youth, or a second childhood, reflecting on aging beliefs.
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New York Sun
Man Tests Derby Styles Before Reaching Verdict
A young man browses a hat shop trying on many derbies while a salesman touts a brown derby as fashionable. After evaluating the fit and style in a mirror, the customer decides not to buy, noting the shop’s display mixed with his old hat.
Calming Him Down in a Historic Strand Magazine Passage
A domestic scene quotes Mrs. Grim advising women to keep cool during husbands' outbursts. She details methods to calm a man, including using a stick or broom handle, pouring water, or gin, with a neighbor noting the advice. The tone mirrors early 20th century domestic psychology on gender roles.
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Jawin
Mrs. Grim
Grim
Strand Magazine
Origin of the London Times nickname Thunderer
A New York Herald correspondent notes the Times earned the name Thunderer after a leading article denounced a horseman who mud-splashed two Kensington ladies. When the rider was alleged to be the Duke of Cumberland and the claim proved false, the paper apologized and used the phrase we thundered out, fueling public interest in the nickname.
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Thunderer
London Times
New York Herald
the Times
Duke of Cumberland
Widow Demands Policy Money From Insurance Chief
A new widow visits an insurance company to collect her husband’s policy. The president expresses sympathy, but she retorts that men are only sorry when a poor woman seeks money, highlighting a sharp social sting about excuses.
Deep Sea Fish Eyes and Phosphorescent Glow
Ocean perils reveal how depth shapes vision in fish. Near surface eyes shrink while deeper species gain size and rely on feelers as sight fades. In the deepest abysses many fish become blind and emit phosphorescent slime or glow spots, possibly guiding rays like a searchlight.
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Pearson's Weekly
Musical dog joke at Devonshire showman tent
A Barnstaple showman staged a prank by advertising a musical dog for two pence. Visitors entered a tent with a dog wearing a heavy brass collar and waited for a performance. The reveal: the dog itself was musical, the brass band sound coming from the collar.
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Barnstaple
Mwe
Meaning of peace and the work of peacemakers
A reflective quote credits John Ruskin on earth bound peace, contrasting heaven’s ready peace with efforts to build peace here. It questions if people truly seek peace amid desires for votes liberty amusement and money, urging active cultivation of tranquil nests amid trouble.
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Halcyons
John Ruskin
Teething Babies and Grasshoppers Mix Up Replies
A magazine correspondence column faced a mix up when two men wrote for advice. The teething baby question received the grasshoppers reply and vice versa. The editor’s misrouting produced odd guidance about covering pests with grass and burning it and about giving a warm bath to teething infants with boneset gum rubs.
Mrs Fizzletop Presses Son to Practice Piano
A humorous Pearson's Weekly snippet shows Mrs Fizzletop urging her son Johnny to practice the piano. He claims he has been practicing by repeating pauses in the march until perfect, highlighting a light domestic moment.
Record Gorilla Killed by Paschen Now Mounted in Tring
The 500 pound gorilla killed by Mr. Paschen in the Cameroons was shipped to Europe for mounting at Walter Stothschild's Tring museum. The process included skin tanning a clay model and a wooden manikin framework to fit the skin, with artificial hair and color added for a lifelike effect.
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Mr. Paschen
Hlon
Walter Stothschild
Tring
Hertfordshire
England
Cameroons
Europe
Scientific American
A Chessboard Wheat Reward Surprises a King
An old tale recounts a king offering any reward to a subject who proved his request. The man asks for wheat in a geometric sequence: 1 grain on square one, 2 on square two, 4 on square three, doubling to the sixty-fourth square. The total would be 44 trillion bushels, and counting at 200 grains per minute would take about 419 thousand years for a single man.
Liebeault and Bernheim Shaped Modern Hypnotic Suggestion
The article traces the foundation of modern hypnotic suggestion to Liebeault of Nancy, call noted as the father of therapeutic suggestion. It notes his 1866 book, initial rejection as lunacy, and the delayed republication after Charcot’s 1878 study. Bernheim’s 1884 work on suggestion spurred renewed interest and Liebeault’s lasting reputation.
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Liebeault
Nancy
Charcot
Bernheim
New ‘York
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