Sleep Mastery for Insomnia and a French Population Note
A historical miscellany blends a self help piece on overcoming sleeplessness through controlled breathing and mental fixation with a long report on slow population growth in France. It discusses willpower, monotony to quiet the mind, a "wish-star" technique, and practical steps to induce sleep, followed by demographic data on marriages, births, and mortality in France and a travel anecdote from Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aleep
Fannie Edgar Thomas
France
M. Lagneau
Academie Des Sciences
Paris
M. ‘Lagnean
Psrenta
Plosa
Celery and Night Soil Manure Linked to Typhoid Risk
A Medical Journal note warns that while typhoid bacteria are rarely found in plant juices from manure fed soils, celery and similar vegetables can retain solid night soil residue on leaves. It urges careful cleansing and, for safety, boiling during table preparation to remove attached matter and reduce contamination risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Journal
Description of a Turkish sultan in New York World piece
In a New York World write up the sultan of Turkey is portrayed as a man of somewhat less than medium light with a sallow complexion a short dark mustache and beard and melancholy eyes that glance from side to side with an apprehensive expression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winsdale Junction
Missouri
Ripley
Turkey
New York World
Fragmented passionate plea to Stelke for love and death
A fragmentary archaic plea blends desire and danger as a speaker begs Stelke to strike or grant union. The speaker proclaims half devil, half god, and threatens to claim the beloved if denied, invoking blood and death at the feet and referencing ravishment and doom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laust
A Haunted Tower Scene Unfolds in A Remarkable Romance
In CHAPTER XVIII of Dr Elfenstein and Hission: a violent storm rages as a hidden passage is revealed. The unseen investigator uses a dark lantern to track footsteps, encounters Ethel Nevergaal with a basket of candy, and slips into the tower unseen. Ethel, distressed, is forced by Sir Reginald Glendenning to perform a disturbing task, leaving the door unfastened and allowing the Doctor to enter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Nevergail
Dr. Elfenstein
Ethel
Reginald Glendenning
Hito
Haunted Tower Night Drama Ends In Narrow Escape
In a storm lit by a faulty lamp and a swaying eerie image, Miss Ethel Nevergail confronts a thrilling plot as Dr. Elfenstein and Sir Reginald loom. Fearful discoveries, a hidden treasure, and a dangerous escape unfold across a haunted tower, ending with a midnight pact and a perilous exit. The scene shifts to later reflections on gaslit peril and a warning note about railway safety improvements.
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Ethel
Ethel Nevergail
Dro Mkfenstein
Liverpool
Reginald
Mel
Growth of Working Girls' Societies Across Cities
A survey notes the New York Association of Working Girls’ Societies counting 18 groups with 2,172 members and eight honorary members, plus Boston and Philadelphia efforts with clubs and journals. Other items discuss long working hours, labor disputes, and calls for reforms, including Pittsburgh’s commuter workforce constraints and Melbourne strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Association of Working Girls’ Societies
WYO
Boston Association of Working Girls
Hartford
Conn
United Workers’ and Woman's Exchange
Paterson
N. J
Connecticut
Philadalphia
Working Women’s Journal
Philadelphia
Working Girls’ Societies of America
Newport
N. C
Columbia
D. C
London
England
The Ghostly Task in the Tower Passages
Ethel endures a storm as she climbs to the tower landing to light glowing orbs with a torch. Sir Reginald directs the work while a silent observer tracks her every move, heightening the eerie mood of the ghostly assignment.
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Ethel
Reginald
Dong
Man’s life expectancy compared to animal growth
The Linglish Mechanic notes animals show age proportional to growth, with humans averaging far below due to irregular habits and extreme labor. Citing the New York Independent, the piece contrasts horses twenty five years to man’s unrealized potential of one hundred, blaming intemperance and overwork.
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New York Independent
Also Mentioned on This Page
Zemars Weekly Sur
Leemarge
Iowa
Goldie
Germany
Russian
New York
Maine
New England
Lewiston Journal
Julius Civsar
WM. Ww
Elfenstein
Emily Thornton
Deifen- Stein
Stee
Tfe
Poetor
Miss Nevergall
Hoy
Earle Elfenstein
Earle
Arthol
Sir Reginald
Emily
Citizens’ Traction Company
Pittsburg
Alabama
Brooklyn
Boston Plasterers
Trades and Labor Union of St. Louis
Melbourne
Australia
Love
Street & Smith
Little Hthel
New York Weekly
Tall Miller
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