Time to Sleep and Time to Work Solved
Edward Everett Mato argues insomnia stems from overwork and bad timing. He cites Galen and physiological findings on brain blood flow, urging early day brain work, finishing critical tasks by mid afternoon, then rest. He warns against late evening effort that risks mental collapse and death by personal actions.
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Gaion
Sumner
Galen
Jorne
Mary
Roscommons
Joneses
Angela
Bertha
Meditations on an Ancient Theme from Harper's Weekly
The piece discusses an elusive force in human attraction, describing how two people with opposing natures may suddenly feel an overpowering bond. It ponders the origins of such magnetic pull, beyond shared interests or kinship, and wonders about its mysterious, often irrational nature. The essay cites poetry and scientific curiosity while contrasting imagined certainty with the mystery of desire.
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Harper's Weekly
Casa
Footing Elsewhere and Names Transform in a Village Plot
An eccentric man named Foote leaves the city, seeks a quieter life, and buys a boot and shoe store in a village. He plans a mild occupation, changes his sign, and reflects on how names alter across languages and cultures, illustrating humor and travel through varied phonetic renderings.
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Absalom Foote
Thomas Tt. Peete
Foote
Footela
Women of honor and honesty amid lace tale
A New York Times anecdote features Mr Bateman praising a wife for returning a lost lace piece valued at $12.00. Despite social pressure, she insists she cannot keep what is not hers, then ultimately retrieves the item from the lost and found, prompting praise for feminine integrity.
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Hun
Mr. Bateman
Maui
Hero of the First Class in Courage on Rail
A Louisville fireman Charles May risked his life to rescue a small child from a speeding train. He reached the pilot from the running board and saved the child before being pitched into a ditch, narrowly avoiding the cowcatcher. The incident sparks praise for May as a first magnitude hero deserving recognition.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Owensboro
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Veterans urge joint GAR and Confederate Veterans encampment
At the Toledo Grand Army encampment Union veterans favored a joint gathering of the Grand Army of the Republic and the United Confederate Veterans to ease North South tensions. Wisconsin officer Colonel J A Rous proposed inaugurating at each convention a campaign for a joint monument to General Grant and General Lee at Appomattox, honoring all soldiers of the rebellion. A memorial is urged to unite former foes and celebrate fellowship after the Civil War.
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Governor's son reunites with chorus girl wife in hopes of future home
In New York and Massachusetts circles, Bristow Draper and his wife Queehie Sanford, once opposed by his lieutenant governor father, are at his parents' home with their infant son. Rumors say the couple may live near family in Hope Dale as Draper secures work in his father's mills and the elder Draper grows fond of the grandchild. The couple wed at the Little Church Around the Corner two years ago, after a failed engagement to Miss Marjorie Ray.
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Shen
Draper
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Quirky Baseball Tales From Chicago to Washington
A colorful old account recalls odd baseball moments featuring Andy Moynihan at third base in Chicago whose glove misfortune trapped a ball and paralyzed his hand, Hal Chase’s quick thinking, and a rambling parade of characters like Schmidt, Bert Kenley, Otis Clymer, and a Joliet umpire joke, all framed in affectionate, humorous sport lore.
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Andy
Moynihan
Boseman
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National League
Gether
Schmidt
Araay
Lisamy Calladiag
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Ume
Wanted to Go the Sams Way
A humorous tale of a country trip aboard a train with a passenger and a child. The narrative includes a backseat ride causing sickness concerns and a logical deduction about travel to the same destination. The child asks who makes the wind and learns God is responsible, then reports a windstorm blowing a barber’s sign down.
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Eita
Toy
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Ene
Harper's Weekly
Helen
Felt hats set fashion as season changes
From the Militnery Trade Review Felts promise to remain in use this year. Fashion shifts away from straws after September 15. Felt traveling hats with rolled brims and soft felt trim with quills wings ribbons gain style, with a general exodus having begun last week.
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Militnery Trade Review
Go Nothing Doing Hiram Hayrick to Catarrh Cure Ads
A collage of casual city banter and ads shows a $100 reward claim, Hall's Catarrh Cure pitch, a humorous Tit-Bits excerpt, Allen's Foot Base offer, and short vignettes on proper burials, measles notices, and end-seat hogs. The piece blends satire with medical ads and light domestic scenes.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
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