Sleep Work and Longevity From Erroneous Sleep Beliefs
A historical piece cites Dr James Legge of Oxford noting many great workers slept little, including Brunel and Lord Trevor, with figures ranging from four to five hours. It quotes figures like Gibbs and Muller on sleep myths, concluding longevity and small sleep may coexist, though examples are not a guide.
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Dritieh Medical Journal
James Legge
University of Oxford
Brunel
Hiseife
George A. Elliot
Lord Ueathtie
Gibraltar
Tumbeldt
Max Muller Bintiog
Minboldt
Rat Hunts in Ohio Reveal Tricks in Rat Tail Bounties
A Toomingburg correspondent reports widespread rat hunts with inflated tails and cash rewards. One winning crowd counted 11 455 tails with a split 6 802 to 4 653, aided by tail purchases from Madison Mills. tailed frauds and burnings suggest tails repeatedly determine victories across hunts.
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Toomingburg
Madison Mills
Plain City
Leather Coats Made of Sheepskin to Dogskin
Leather coats described by material types including sheepskin horsehide and dogskin, with corduroy and wool linings. Prices range from five dollars for sheepskin to twelve to fifteen dollars for horsehide, with reversible corduroy lining and black or colored finishes. Worn by trackmen policemen hunters and laborers for warmth and mobility.
Why the Cows Liked to Look and Feet Trouble
A fragment from a St. Louis shoe store scene shows a tall woman with long feet plagued by childhood taunts. An old neighbor teased, while cattle and foot humor weave through overheard exchanges and local curiosities.
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St. Louis
Speaker
Fn Wny
Dogs For The Klondike Training Dogs For Miners
An Alaska venture proposes a dog nursery to train dogs for transportation needs in the Klondike. Ex mayor Mack and J M Powles of Seattle recruit from Chicago and St Paul to supply 60 to 70 pound dogs, destined for harness and sled work, under Oscar Jones in Seattle with future shipments planned from Philadelphia.
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Beattie
New York Journal
Mack
J. Ti. Powles
Philadelhia
Gaught in His Own Tree The Pride of a Washington Family
A Washington man famed for his family connections recovers from nervous prostration after a hobby of tracing kinship leads to a chilling discovery. He uncovers a four generation lineage ending with a great grandfather strangled by a rope around his throat, witnessed by a crowd on a day off from work. The shock ends his genealogical quest and he hides away for weeks.
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Mary
Lie
Lut Bes
Theater Sickness A New Disease From Paris
The eminent French physician Dr Morti colo warns of theater sickness a condition linking giddiness loss of consciousness and rare death in victims exposed to stage action It resembles sea sickness and strikes mostly during tragedy with men bending forward and women tilting their feet upward leading to a strange image of a theater inverts normal posture.
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Morticolo
Paris
Wamer
Mortizale
Language of costermongers and a note on French game prices
A sketched look at English costers and their slang with examples like halfpenny a fut, eight whillings, and ponina whillings. It also notes phrases such as show it and go to dinner, then adds a short aside on how French game prices supposedly vary with the moon phases and daylight.
Rag Time Shoes Polishers Hear Hand Organ Tune
An observer recalls two bootblacks polishing shoes on the street while a hand organ belts rag time tunes. The performance syncs brushes with music as a horse wagon passes, making the sidewalk rhythm feel alive. The scene ends with the observer paying the organ box and walking away to the music.
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Mr. Suiffington
New York Sun
Wong
Georgia
Negro Progress Among City’s Colored Population
The Scottish American notes that while many still face hardship from servitude's legacy, a growing number of black men and women have attained respectable positions. They live above Harlem and in Brooklyn suburbs, with societies like Sons of Virginia and Sons of the Old North State active in Manhattan and the area. The negro medical fraternity lists about 15 diploma holders from Long Island College Harvard Dartmouth Penn and Toward University.
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Harlem
Brooklyn
Sons of
Virginia
Manhattan
North Carolina
Sons of the
Old North State
Negro Medical Fraternity
Dive
Long Island, College
Harvard
Dartmouth
University of Pennsylvania
Toward University
Most Precious Manuscript of Milton at Trinity
Edmaund Gosse lauds the Trinity Milton manuscript as the most precious English literary document, revealing the poet's mind in production and hesitations. The work is Milton's own handwriting across sheets, with some sonnets copied by later hands.
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Trinity
Edmaund Gosse
Atlantic
Shakespeare
Chaucer
Spenser
Dean
Milton
An Arison Iti of Fare in Arizona
A salesman for a revolver firm recalls dining in Arizona where the menu reveals regional traits and costs. He notes lamb chops with fried potatoes for ten cents, bread and butter extra, and mill tonat at 15 cents, suggesting cattle raises for meat not dairy. He adds commentary on local beef preparation. Queen Victoria travel entourage details follow with chairs, tables, china, horses, and a wheelchair.
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Arison
Forteltures Administratrix Notice for Mine Claim Shares
Notice to the administratrix and interested parties in the VANTY lode mining claim in Custer County Idaho. Readers are informed that fixed expenditures totaling 400.00 plus labor and improvements will be allocated to co owners. Interest is certified and one half costs of this notice added. failure to contribute may transfer ownership to the subscribers Go-Owners RWEET, CHARLES WALLER, WILLIAM DUNN, Challis Idaho. First publication April 10, 2002.
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Deine
Whee
Migtan
Robert Hilitruy
Lui
Raz LO
Rou Foom
Custer County
Idate
Ani
Charles Waller
William Dunn
Challis
Waho
Desert Land Claim Notice for Public Proof
Notice is given that Prancisa of Goldburg Custer county Illinois seeks to prove desert land claim No. 0 for SEY SWi Lots 4 See W Lot NEM NM Wh NEY NEW NW Bee 40 Tp iN Re BE before the Register and Receiver at Halley Idaho on Sept 2 1002. Witnesses are Wood Harry Dunn Thomas Henderson Edward Hunter Aller Goldbury Tinho Nid Share Hangintor.
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Prancisa
Agen Harth
Goldburg
Custer County
Ilubo
W. Lott
Halley
Idaho
Idaho, On Tuesday, the 2Nd Day of Sept. the. Hy
Wood
Harry Dunn
Thomas
Henderson
Edward Hunter
Aller Goldbury
Tinho
Nid
Notice of desert-land claim proof in Idaho vigor
Mary J Hagenbarth of Goldburg Custer county Idaho gives notice of intention to make proof on desert-land claim No 710 for described lands in Sec 90 Tp 18 N, before the register and receiver at Hurley Idaho on Sept 1 1902. Witnesses listed are U Wood Harry Dunn Thowns Mender son Edward Hunter all of Goldberg Idaho. First publication July 1908.
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Mary J. Hagenbarth
Goldburg
Custer County
Idaho
Bey Neu
Hurley
U. Wood
Harry Dunn
Thowns
Menderson
Edward Hunter
Goldberg
SHARP
Register
Notice to Creditors in Canter Probate Court
In the Probate Court of Canter County State of Tdwho Jestate of Arthur Furren deceased notice is given by Ellen Farr en administratrix of the estate to creditors and all persons having claims against the deceased. Within four months after first publication exhibit them with vouchers to her residence at Bayhorse Bridge on Salmon River four miles south of Bayhorse in Cuswr county. First publication July 16.
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District Court
Fourth Twijelal
Stats
Idaho
Custer
Hlazabeth P. Harris
Francis Harris
Wm Ae
Fourth Fediens
Tako
Hilaabeth P. Zliley
Glyon
Geo
B. Kbyus
Clark, Wd
Lanaté
Plaimitt
Pirot
Canter
Arthur Furren
Furren
Aw Pu Furren
Bayhorse Bridge
Salmon River
Bayhorse
Cuswr
Quinness
Wald
Ellen Farren
The Volcano's Deadly Work Explains Martinique Disaster
Prof. Charles Morris presents a dramatic account of the Martinique eruption and Pompeii scale disaster racing through a profusely illustrated Martinique book. Describes the fall of an island, myths and facts, with sales pitches and demand for immediate purchase.
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Fompeil
St. Pierre
Charles Morris
Pompeii
Martinique
Cun
Nother
Eniemous Pratt Tor Shoko
Quckis
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