Slumber and Sleep as Punishment and Physiology
Ainslee's notes that nine days without sleep can cause death and that insomniacs may sleep without awareness. It discusses sleep deprivation as a punitive method in China, contrasts with starvation, and cites medical curiosities from Harvey and Chambers' Journal alongside odd club names like the Sublime Society of Beefsteaks and the Scriblerus club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainslee’s
China
Mars
Casper Hauser
Nuremberg
Ee Eet
Sublime Society of
Prince of Wales
Covent Garden
Scriblerus Club
Swift
Pope, Gay
Dumas as a Cook and His Noted Luncheon
The piece recalls Dumas as a sociable, undeducated writer who excelled at handwriting and cooking. It recounts a lunch at Gudin's with three Devonshire turkeys, truffles, calves' sweetbreads, and a brindisi by Albani, praising Dumas for his culinary talent and social circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dumas Pere
Upper
Bohemia
Rossini
Dumas
Gudin
Albani
Brindisi
Old Fashioned Questions Echo From Aged Identities
Excerpted lines puzzle about traditional figures like the old fashioned man and woman, a braids petite schoolgirl, and a horse- tempoed neighbor, reflecting social shifts across voices. Also includes a recipe suggestion for an onion sauce to accompany lamb chops and a theater critique moment about a leading actress stormed by a harsh review.
The Giant's Causeway in County Antrim Ireland
A historical description of the Giant's Causeway at the northern tip of County Antrim near Port Rush Ireland. It details thousands of basalt pillars ranging from pentagonal to octagonal shapes, about eighty feet long, tightly packed in natural joints forming three main causeways named little middle and grand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Antrim
Port Rush
Ireland
Erin
Debunking the Joss Word Asserts It Is Not Chinese
A retired shipwright questions the term joss calling it a misnomer not of Chinese origin. He cites a Han kow Chinese priest who says the word is a Spaniard Dios corruption introduced by early missionaries. The priest claims inland Celestials know no such term while coastal Chinese do.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hankow
Philadelphia
Street Etiquette Across Continents and Rural Humor
A Detroit Free Press excerpt contrasts European and American street manners noting who should bow first and how conversations in public should proceed. It then shares a Scots rural anecdote about cuckoo signs, ending with a farmer’s quip and Daft Jamie’s practical reply about hearing the cuckoo.
Duckie nickname sparks sibling clash in Chicago Post excerpt
A small boy calls a girl Duckie prompting a defiant reply from his sister. He suggests the nickname relates to her walk but stops short, noting it isn’t very nice of him. The Chicago Post quotes the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duckie
Chicago Post
Case In Point Reflection on Iron Horse Ride
A brief dispatch notes Jobbers was thrown from his wheel this morning but rose and remounted with pluck. The Richmond Dispatch remarks the incident as a case of a man not knowing when he is well off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond Dispatch
Farmer in flood district sees house and barn float away
A farmer watches his mortgaged house and barn float down the river in a flood district and quips that it represents his floating indebted eeas.
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Harvey
Charles I
Chambers
Monroe City
Kansas City Journal
Tartoo
Teton Health
Sterling Remedy Company
Chicago
Atchison Globe
New York Post
Chicago Record-Herald
Joss
Professional Directory
Trust & Rust Architects
E. Congress Bt
Tucson
Arizona
Frederick Swinney
Atlas” Boiler Preservative
Pennington St
Arizon
John IL
Ing
P. O. Box
First
America
Europe
Detroit Free Press
James
Jamie
W. J. Kirkpatrick
Www
J. Osborn
Fittorney Notary Public
Gall of
Pioneer Historical Society
Congress Street
Owen T. Rouse
Paul C. Thorne
fAttorney-at-Law
U. S
Nave
WM. M.lovell
Territory
Congress and
Church Streets
Century
Ariz
Edward H.stiles
WM. G. Loppenthein
Stone Avenue
F. A. Odermatt
East
Congress &J
Opticians
H. A. Schell
Edmund F. Burton
Cook County Hospital
North Stone Avenue
A.J. Gould
M. D
North Stone Ave
N. H. Matas
Pennington Street
Court House
Mark Fl. Rodgers
H.e.crepin
Cornerstone Avenue
Broadway
South 5Th Avenue
Rosa Goodrich Boido
West Fennington Street
S.S.S
Atlanta, Ga
Firizena Lodge No. 1
A. Co. UW
Andres Rebeil
M. W
Thomas Conlon
Firizena Commandary Ko
Knights Templar
John Gardiner
G. J. Robe Ruge
Matilija
Ventura County, California
Santa Inez
Ventura County
Matildja
Ventura County, Cal
Nordhoff
United Typewriter and Supplies Co
W. Second St
Los Angeles
Cal
Pease Novelty Co
Court Street
Brownsberger
Graham
7Th Street
F. Brownsberger
Tugson
Royal Argh Masons
Masonic Hall
Shand
H. P
J. Roskruge
Tugson Lodge
B. P. O. Elens
Kirt L. HA
Clack
A.M
Kohler
J. Roskeruge
Eccaes
Tugson Abrie NO
F. O. Emeets
O.F
FO. Mackey
N. E. Hawke
I. O. O. F. Hall
M. Melluish
R. R. Vollrath
Central Park
Floral Company
S. Spring Street
G. Fi. Doe
E. G. Woodard
DOE & Woodard
Congress St
P.O
Telephone
DeWiix
Bell's Pharmacy
Yuma
W. It. Shorey
Boliea Brevi
Meg
Waxon
O. C. Parker
Lady Embalwer
Childr
Rooson
Irdtes and
Columbus Grill - Room
Alex Rossi
Lomnds
Ol. Louis
E. L. Shaw
Eas A
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