Speculating on Margin and Market Practices Compared
An analysis contrasts American and London trading practices. It notes American speculators often require substantial margins, while London uses settlement dates with no initial deposit. The piece highlights contango costs, social trust factors, and risk differences between the two systems. It also mentions rare wealthy US traders with no fixed margin and brokers risking client funds. The second passage describes Turcoman and Afghan bread baked in sand and ashes, illustrating regional cooking methods.
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London Stock Exchange
Moody’s Magazine
London
England
Could Do For Herself Aged Lady Wins Quiet Devotion
An elderly woman of over ninety inspires devotion from friends relatives and even casual acquaintances who attend to her needs with grace. She recalls a folkloric line about youth and aging with a wry smile and inward rebellion.
A Word For the Tightwad
In France liquid money means the portion of income used for necessities and luxuries, kept separate from the saved part. In America the whole income is liquid, and those who try to solidify part are called tightwads. A tightwad embodies the capital a private business must build.
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France
America
Argonaut
Caravan Breadmaking in Afghan Desert Camp
The narrative describes Afghan caravan bread baked by heating cobblestones in a fire then wrapping dough around them, forming round cakes about three quarters of an inch thick. The process continues with re-baking and serving in a desert camp beside a salty stream, where water is drinkable in winter but unusable in summer. The party trades flour with Afghans and improvises ovens using hot sand and coals to bake large dough rounds.
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National Geographical Magazine
Water Rises Upward Against Gravity Explained
From the St Louis Republic, the article describes how capillary action and adhesion allow water to rise in narrow tubes and within plant tissues. It explains that smaller diameters reduce circumference and contact area, enabling a second column to reach greater heights without breaking lifting power.
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S! Louis Republic
Sense of Danger and the Sixth Sense Quote
Dr Waldo of London urges developing a sixth sense to sense street danger. Lafcadio Hearn cites crowd intuition as nearly infallible, likening it to the blind awareness of nearby objects and warning that hesitation leads to collision.
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Waldo
London
Lafcadio Hearn
A Sight Worth Paying For
A weary horse pulls a cab halted opposite a public house as a boy asks to stop the horse. The driver teases he will reward the boy if the horse runs away, reflecting a vivid street scene from the Manchester Guardian.
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Manchester Guardian
His Contribution
A Philadelphia Record line notes a weary wayfarer answering a question about community service with a concise reply I have just done thirty days indicating a possible prison term or time served.
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Philadelphia
Car Joke Highlights Punctual Problems in Houston Post
A brief quotation from the Houston Post features a pun about a car never getting the speaker anywhere on time. The exchange contrasts pride in owning the latest model with a joke about punctuality.
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Houston Post
Hamlin's Soliloquy Quip At The Museum Debate
Flamlin muses before a tattooed man in a museum about the fellow's likely suffering if he ever gets the jimjams. The line appears in Smart Set.
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Hamlin
Flamlin
One of His Whust Days Mister Lang Meets Payn
Andrew Lang visited James Payn to ask about his health but misheard a servant. The servant meant one of Payn’s whist days three friends joining for four, causing both men to laugh at the interpretation. Payn was famed for whist at Reform Club gatherings. An exchange note recalls a line about the deaf and dumb asylum.
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Andrew Lang
James Payn
Mr. Lang
Mr. Payn
Reform Club
Could I paint your old cow
A city artist and an old farmer banter about painting the cow. The farmer jokes that a green cow would resemble grass and deter tramps from milk theft, in a light humorous exchange reported by Chicago News.
Dr. Rawson Sells Slater Practice Plans Move to Idaho
Dr. E A Rawson who has practiced medicine in Slater for about twenty five years has sold all his interests there and will relocate to Pocatello Idaho where his son and former townsman J B Rawson is located.
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E. A. Rawson
Slater
Pocatello, Idaho
J. B. Rawson
Advertising prominence in this paper to you
A compact note likens advertising to steam for an engine, addressing a local home merchant reader and underscoring the paper's promotional role for business banners and notices.
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Nace M&ocral
Home Merchant
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