IN HOURS OF SLEEP Dreamers and Inventors Hear the Drowsy God
A survey of famous cases where sleep inspired invention and literary creation. It notes Robert Louis Stevenson’s dream journeys, De Condorcet and other figures who solved problems or conceived works in sleep, and recounts the Bristol man who dreamt the shot tower and profited from it.
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Robert Stevenson
Robert Stevenson Wax A Dreamer, and Bla Drowns Were Burdlie. Later In Tite
Te Bs
Sinema
Marquis de Condovet
Mathlin
von Swinden
Franklin
Tim
Durie
Paris
Dahl Ty Hare
Vielin
Voltaire
St. Mary
Gentle Critic Ephraim Farlowe and His Roaming Cow Tale
In a bustling tale a neighborly critic named Ephraim Farlowe defends his indulgent view of others while observing a roving cow that travels miles and a hen with bustling ambitions. Mr Perrone commentates with rose tinted glasses as mishaps unfold, including a milking accident and spilled soup, leaving Farlowe to ponder blame and fate.
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Ephraim Farlowe
Perrone
Mr. Farlowe
Odd Names Challenge Insurance Policy Records
A St Louis based insurance company reports humorous and puzzling beneficiary name errors among policyholders. An agent cites confusions where beneficiaries share names with policy owners, causing records to be held up. Several cases show names like Edna Hopper with beneficiary Willie Hopper and Abraham Jensen, plus others, illustrating the quirks of naming and record keeping in beneficiary designations.
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St. Louis
South
Ihe
Edna Hopper
Wille Hopper
Hdna
Willie
Abentam
Abraham
Samuel Plex
Jia Ham
Wooda in Old Violins and Craft of Old Masters
A fragment discusses the care in selecting wood for violins by old masters. It notes tiny fragments and patches, the aim to blend hard and soft woods for bright and mellow tones, and how repairing exposes forgeries. It mentions Stradivari and Giarnechia and the perfect interior finish revealing hidden work.
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Stradivari
Giarnechia
Iyax
Sufficient Reason and Delays on Yonkers Local Train
A Yonkers bound local train, halted at many stations, ran 32 minutes late into New York City. Passengers expressed despair and impatience as one small man asked the conductor the cause. The conductor cited running behind an express train as the explanation, per the Times.
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Yonkers
New York
New York ‘Times
Giovanni A G P Tellegrent Wears Winter Coat In Heat
On the first hot day Giovanni Alessandro Giuseppe Pellegrent arrives at school in a heavy winter coat buttoned to his chin. The teacher asks him to remove it, but he pleads that his brother has been ill all winter and he cannot bear to shift his clothing.
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Giovanni Allesandro Guiseppe Pietra Tellegrent
G. A. G. P. Tellegrent
Giovanni
Govanni
Cressing in It Quotation Suggests Ambulance Link
Domley asks what the quoted line might mean and Wiggins responds searching for sense. The dialogue hints at the opening words possibly relating to an ambulance, while they discuss the odd Latin sounding phrase and its potential significance.
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Cressing
Domley
Wiggins
Solemn Smell In Church Service
A church service opens with the air thick with flowers as decorative scent fills the space. A child named Kitty leans on her mother and whispers that the church “smell soleme,” capturing a small moment of awe amid the solemn atmosphere.
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Small Kitty
Soleme
Weird tale of a sighting over Kideman Penge
A long chase ends as a man watching an eastern horizon spots a strange balloon approach and descend near Kideman Penge. A car of gleaming substance occupants kneel and pray before departing in a German phrase as the craft rockets westward.
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Kideman Penge
Stephenson
Chet
Ants Sew Up Wounds And Church Shorthand Tales
A quirky tale recounts a Brazilian ant surgery saving a wound with two nippers acting as stitches. It contrasts with a socialite’s baptism plans and a minister lamenting students using sermons as shorthand practice, framing curious rural anecdotes and church life.
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Brazil
Guy
Conceited German barber and hoodlums meet wit and mischief
A humorous piece recounts Oliver Herford answering a conceited German barber definition. It traces the origin of the term hoodlum or hoodium in early San Francisco slang with several theory lines. A short vignette ends with a social scene where a man is teased by two talkative girls, likened to a sandwich.
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Oliver Herford
Oliver
Herford
Hoodum
America
San Francisco
United States
San Pranciato
Farrikin Push
Muldoon
Fox
Mitron
On Color and Temperament in Social Dialogue
A brief dialogue riffs on hair color and temperament. Hewitt asks if red-haired women tend to be bad tempered and Jewett agrees, adding that black, brown, and other hair colors are likewise linked to temperamental traits. The exchange highlights stereotype humor from era speech.
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Bown
Hewitt
Jewett
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Tennessee
Charlie
Humber
Chariie
Sunyday
Lincoln Camp No
Waweaunier.s Ane
Lodge Hall
M. A. Weaver
V. C. Cuas
W. Ditt
W. K. Swore
Joan Koets
Idaho
County Surveyor
Shoshone
E. W. Horton
Frank J. Disney
Attorney
Thabo
Paus
Haddock
Shoshone, Idaho
Weaver & Whittington’s
T. M. Starrh
Stogegrowers’ Merc. CO
South Side
Chas. Sturgis
Stockmen's Restaurant
S.naka
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