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Newspaper
Sioux County Herald
Location
Orange City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1902
Page
8
In northern Holland Broeck is described as a piercingly spotless village with sky blue fences and multicolored houses. Residents must follow strict cleanliness rules, remove shoes at doors, and avoid smoking or riding on horseback.
A London Chronicle piece surveys legends of sleeping saviors across nations. Beliefs persist of Arthur, Drake, Napoleon, Parnell, Mohammed Mohadi, Bobadit el Chico, and Tell heirs awakening to restore liberty or triumph over tyrants in Britain Ireland Spain Portugal Den marks Switzerland and Granada in mythic prophecy.
The piece contrasts Hopi marriage rule where a wife gains control of house and property after wedding with a social tip from EF on securing a seat in crowds. It notes a divorce by saddle expulsion and permissive Hopi parenting, then shifts to a Broadway car anecdote about men giving up seats to appear polite.
A dramatist in a Chicago Record Herald snippet grapples with cutting his play to fit limits. A candid friend suggests starting at both ends and working toward the middle.
The text discusses paradoxes like Gleave and words with opposite meanings. It describes Chinese capital punishment involving sleep deprivation and starvation as instruments of torture, noting the use of cages and prods to induce death and the belief in sleep’s inevitability. It cites Ainslie's account of sleeplessness and references the Inquisition's rack as a historical comparison.
The passage surveys sleep's role in brain function across species and cases. It contrasts elephant and human sleep needs, cites Casper Hauser's early life, and mentions medical curiosities from Harvey to a Monroe City physician. It threads in 19th century medical anecdotes and a mix of unrelated ads and jokes.
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