{"id":8400,"date":"2025-08-06T20:44:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T01:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wmfhlp.org\/?p=8400"},"modified":"2025-08-06T20:44:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T01:44:05","slug":"thursday-august-7-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wmfhlp.org\/?p=8400","title":{"rendered":"Thursday August 7, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thursday August 7, 2025 <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr><th>Hour<\/th><th>Title<\/th><th>Author<\/th><th>length<\/th><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Midnight<\/td><td>Memoirs of a Madman<\/td><td>Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol<\/td><td>52:57<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>1 AM<\/td><td>The Travelling Companion<\/td><td>Hans Christian Andersen<\/td><td>50:22<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>2 AM<\/td><td>Hearts and Crosses<\/td><td>O. Henry<\/td><td>28:11<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>3 AM<\/td><td>The School Master&#8217;s Progress (1844) by Caroline M.S. Kirkland<\/td><td> Caroline M.S. Kirkland<\/td><td>40:22<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>4 AM<\/td><td>The Crystal Egg<\/td><td>H. 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