The Sea King's Enchanted Daughter and Janet
Janet, a fisherman's daughter, sails with her father and meets a water king who walls her in a crystal realm. After months of captivity she befriends the sea king's kindly daughter, endures a dungeon, and nightly joins a fairy for escapes on a water-lily boat and music beneath the moon.
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Janet
Ben
Fisher Ben
Crystal Palace
Wes
Tar Palace
Pappy Janet Ieee
Jen Harp
Theory of Insomnia The Nerves Controlling Blood Flow
The article explains insomnia as brain workers overactive minds causing excessive blood flow to the head. Nerves fail to contract blood cells early at night, creating temporary congestion and wakefulness. Elevate the head, drink beef tea or cold water to refresh and redirect blood flow, aiding sleep.
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New York Sun
Freddie Gebhard and widow linked in New York tale
Fred Gebhard returned from Europe and rumors swirl about a split with Mrs. Langtry and a possible marriage. He has shown affection for a pretty widow and friends expect a shift toward domestic life in New York after years of Bohemian living.
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New York World
Fred Gebhard
Europe
Langtry
Gebhard
For Girls to Remember and the Seech Queen Regent
A Ladies' Home Journal excerpt cites Ella Wheeler Wilcox on mothers sacrificing youth health and wealth to educate and dress daughters. It contrasts the American girl’s view of youth with the mother’s duty to shepherd a princess to adulthood, urging mothers to act as regal guardians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ladies’ Home Journal
Trea
Telegraphing to a Salmon Expleonation by Isaak Waltons
A quaint excerpt from the Tork Herald explains telegraphing to a salmon. The speaker portrays how a fisherman uses a tight line and a subtle bow of the rod to send a defiant message to the fish without jerking the hook loose.
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Isaak Waltons
Tork Herald
From Mind to Mind Hypnosis and Thought Transfer Opinions
A dispatch article surveys famous men on hypnotism and mind reading. Respondents discuss whether an edic or magnetic force enables thought transfer and who might possess it, followed by reflections on what hypnotism is and its future potential.
The Soul Theory Revisited by Prof Elliott Coues
The essay argues for a universal astral substance as the basis of matter and thought, linking the soul to an astral body and immortality. It discusses Mesmerism and hypnotism, favoring mesmerism as the accurate historical term and asserting its scientific relevance.
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St. Paul
Mesmer
Hypnotism and psychic belief debated by Dr Allan M Lane Hamilton
Dr Allan M Lane Hamilton discusses ideas on psychical forces, clairvoyance, and second sight. He denies material odic force transfer but supports mental discipline between separated individuals. He notes hypnotism as a scientific fact with therapeutic uses in nervous disease and surgery.
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Crooke
England
Europe
Mind to mind communication and hypnotism explored
Daniel G. Thompson argues that contact between minds may occur through as yet unknown means not requiring spiritualist theory. He acknowledges hypnotism as scientifically established and discusses thought transference versus muscle reading, noting unsettled questions about clairvoyant and mediumistic phenomena.
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Bishop
Evouch
Prof E D Cope on Psychic Force and Mind Transmission
The article outlines Prof E D Cope's view that mind energy or psychic force might transmit through media other than the brain, though not yet proven. It describes trance states from yielding will energy and notes how varying levels explain influence between people often labeled supernatural.
Mental telegraphy and hypnotism in progressive science
A Boston teacher describes mental telegraphy transferring ideas between minds without messionic force. He cites a June experience in Washington and New York where a pupil felt the observer beside him at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. He distinguishes mental forces from magnetism and warns that hypnotism opposes mental development and fosters superstition.
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Boston
Washington, D. C
New York
Fifth Avenue
Mind reading and hypnotism explored in late 19th century views
Marquis DL Lanza discusses Irving Bishop as a possibly genuine mind reader with a strong psychic force and notes that second sight may be real. He distinguishes hypnotism from mesmerism, explaining trance can arise without an operator and that subjects may act unusually during trance.
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Irving Bishop
The Magician Kellar and Natural Hypnotism
The article argues hypnotism rests on natural causes not mysterious powers. It notes highly nervous or irritable individuals are most susceptible and that fixation on a bright object leads to dim light and dazed perception. It describes Hindu methods and asserts mesmerism relies on exhausting the subject’s nervous system to unconsciousness for suggested acts.
Ether and mind reading beyond this world
Alexander Wilder discusses an ether or akasa as a medium for mental communication and explains how thought transference occurs among connected minds. He suggests hypnotism holds vast utility but remains poorly understood compared to unknown mysteries of science.
Magnetic force as a real phenomenon and its limits
The speaker affirms belief in magnetic force while denying that it can cause thought transference or mind reading. They cite strong scientific demonstrations of magnetic or hypnotic effects and claim personal experience in exerting such forces.
A Modest Individual in Theater History
The passage reflects on the promoter’s shifting role from prominent in old stock companies to obscurity in modern traveling shows, noting how the audience rarely recognizes this key figure. It contrasts past and present theater dynamics, highlighting behind the scenes influence.
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Desuetude
Puck at Metropolitan Opera House Promenade
An ex of the prompter is described at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, positioned behind the footlights and overlooking the stage area. The scene notes a stairway access beneath the stage leading to a sea where he rules the view. Proverb about time is quoted as a joke within the narrative. The Sturtevant House is advertised as conveniently located on Broadway at twenty-ninth street for visitors.
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Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Sturtevant
Broadway
Twenty-Ninth Street
Lucy
Thackeray
Joulfrey
Thornton Hunt
Leigh Hunt
New York Sun
Duchess of Fife
Memoirs of Thackeray and Wilkie Collins From London Circles
The narrator recalls meetings with Thackeray in Paris during the cable era and with Wilkie Collins in London. Thackeray’s kindness to a child contrasts with a judgment of his rough manners, while Collins speaks on fiction writing rules and shows a surprising elderly, bent figure yet formidable storytelling presence. The piece also notes the Prince Consort and Queen Victoria in a past London scene.
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Prince Consort
Queen Victoria
London
Prince Albert
Fugitive Banker Netter Sought in Rio Scheme
New York reports Albert Netter, once a Cincinnati banker, fled to Rio de Janeiro under an alias and gained control of a major street railway project. A London letter claims he sold $7,000,000 in securities with a $300,000 fee and 40 percent of the common stock. Cincinnati backers, including D. O. Mills of California, are said to support him.
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New York
Albert Netter
Cincinnati
Rio Janeiro
Brazil
London
Netter
D. O. Mills
California
Short Time Until Old Style Haircut Returns
A columnist notes fashion shifts predicting a return of an old hair style. The cut features short back, square sides, and thick, long ears with a forward hooked fringe. The style is already appearing, described as actorish and foppish, linked to past courting days and trendsetters.
Cost of Running New York City Compared With State
The city government of New York costs more than three times the State government. The city bears almost half the State taxes. Only two Board of Estimate and Appor tionment items exceed State taxes: city debt interest $5,305,819 and Police $4,647,791. State taxes total $4,519,641 and the State seeks nearly $6,000,000 more.
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New York
Board of Estimate
The Age of Chivalry Rising Generation
Baltimore Americans notes a public school exchange where a pupil corrects the sentence Is it him or her saying it should be Is it her or him to honor the lady. The tale underscores gentlemanly instincts in the rising generation at No 20 Primary Public School.
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Baltimore American
Warker
National Medical Association
Parker
Peabody
Bulfinch St
Boston
Mass
Another Boy King of Europe Captures Attention of Courts
The Dispatch highlights Spain's young king as Europe’s youngest monarch and compares him to Alexander I of Servia, a 13 year old who ascended after Milan’s abdication amid a royal divorce. Alexander’s education is guided by Dr. Laz ar Dokitsch and Mme. Pelingre. The piece notes his multilingual schooling and concerns about court influences.
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Spain
Europe
Alexander I
Servia
Milan
Natalie
Little
Alexander
Prince Alexander
Crimea
Florence
Wiesbaden
Protesch
Belgrade
Lazar Dokitsch
Mme. Pelingre
Orbe
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Brass de the Mischief
Freddie and
the Lily
Cortain
Elliott Coues
Allan M'Lane Hamilton
Sonne
Daniel G. Thompson
E. D. Cope
HR. I
Thompson
Marquise DL Lanza
Kellar
Alexander Wilder
Puck
Olive Logan
Thackeray, Collins
Cyrus W. Field
the Cable
Paris
St. Pierre and Miquelon
Newfoundland
Field
Minister of Marine
Mr. Field
Horace Greeley
America
Christendom
Mr. Thackeray
Louis
Wilkie Collins
Wilkie Collings
Mr. Collins
Orian
Rio de Janeiro
Kingdom
K. BR
Chadbourn
Lewiston
Maine
Tex
Pdeca
Duns
DOD
Mih
Wall Street
Aman
Wall
Nelsonian
Tee Wereh
Mey
Apn Peery
U.5
H.C. Bungee
Leore
Nelsoniar
Esigma
Lannie E W
Rankingation
C. Borger
E. Buss
Pittsburg
Old Man
J.S. B
Henrietta
L. French
Win. Hughes
Thomas Lawry
da Robson
Dory Kri
Lillian
Afswees
Fyeho Babe
Daleimer
Knar, Par
Rank
Ran
Ayer
Samuel C. Bradburn
Worthington
W. A. Westfall
M. D
W. P. Austin
N. W. Railway Co
Burnet
Texas
Wood
Topeka
Kansas
W. HL
Ayer’s
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Jaja Jet Oy
Haverstraw
Rockland Co
Whittier
Penn Avenue
P.M. Sundala
M.tolp
Pittaburg
Tarrant
Tarrant & Co
Pamphree
Peckare
Huilalo
S.S Hollania
Binithfeld
Liberty
Wexiward Ave
Detroit
Mich
Pittaparg
Joseph Gueing
Cdrem
F.C. Fowlee
Mloodus
Conm
Ucli
Anand
Adren H Reeves
P.O. Box Maen
Clay
Ocle-Usasn
Josaplpeefoe & Son
Market St
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