Peculiar Currency Through the Ages and Odd Media of Exchange
The article surveys ancient money forms from animal skins to cowrie shells, iron spikes, and wampum, noting regional uses from Russia and Ireland to Carthage and the Aztecs. It cites biblical and classical precursors, early coinage in Greece and Rome, and diverse modern odd currencies from salt in Abyssinia to tea in Tibet.
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Servius Tullius
Greece
Plutarch
Central Africa
Adam Smith
Scotland
Carthage
Peter Martyr
America
Virginia Company
Summer Islands
Bermudas
India
Indian Islands
Africa
Liverpool
Bengal
Abyssinia
Fiji Islands
South Sea Islands
Nggy Guinea
Norway
China
Tibet
Novgorod
Russia
British West Indies
Montesquieu
Clinton Montague
Forward
Inquiry Into Occult Beliefs and Odd Japanese Statue
A student recounts turning to occultism after a practical demonstration in New Orleans. The tale shifts to a 54 foot wooden statue in Tokyo dedicated to the war god Hachiman, with a 27 foot sword and a 12 foot ball inside. Legend says cords of wood surrounded the statue during the 1522 Teshomeng rebellion but the statue remained unburned.
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New Orleans
St. Charles Street
Europe
Hachiman
Brain Work and Longevity and Burmese Fire Tale
A medical witness links brain work to longer life noting rural laborers die earlier from brain softening while lawyers stay sharper but worry harms. The Burma fire anecdote shows an American fire engine quickly deployed amid bamboo huts as locals mock the attempt to fight flames.
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Chancery Division
Pall Mall Gazette
Burma
E. D. Cuming
Cuming
Mr. Cuming
Pho Foo
Curious pinnacles crown Utah Wasatch erosion marvels
Erosion forms slender pinnacles on the Wasatch range in Utah with heights from 40 to 400 feet. Large stone caps crown the columns, remnants of miles of rock washed away to about 400 feet depth. A double column with a single stone cap creates a natural bridge.
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South River
Wasatch Mountains
Utah
Early Friction Matches Pioneers Walker and Jones
The article recounts 1827 English apothecary Walker making the first practical friction matches using cardboard splints coated with sulfur and a chemical tip. In 1830 London inventor Jones patented a paper roll soaked with chlorate of potash and sugar with a glass globule of sulfuric acid to ignite by pinching.
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Walker
Jones
London
Woman Essays Lie Beside Grace and Goodness on Shelf
A literary reference defines a woman as an essay on goodness and grace in one volume yet she resists being confined to a shelf. The quip hints at themes of selfhood and freedom in a reflective, period voice.
Plowden on Relations Causing Social Friction
A. C. Plowden asserts that relationships drive most friction in social life, highlighting how interactions shape harmony and conflict in communities.
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A. C. Plowden
Opportunity Blindness and the Value of Readiness
A reflection on how energy and alertness shape chance recognition. The text contrasts those who seize openings with those who overlook them, citing Bunyan, Parker, Stone, and everyday tasks as sources of opportunity. It emphasizes initiative in turning spare moments into progress.
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Bunyan
Bedford
Theodore Parker
Lucy Stone
Orison Swett Marden
Success Magazine
World of Trade Says Buttons Reveal Global Web
A London Telegraph quip notes a shopper finding progressively distant origin marks on common items. From Australia to the U S A New York Sweden Bavaria and beyond the vignette lampoons global manufacturing and labeling habits.
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New York
Sweden
Bavaria
London Telegraph
The Ideal Saddle Horse From Country Life In America
The Ideal Saddle Horse stands fifteen to sixteen hands high with a short back and good coupling. It has high withers a long arched neck and a keen ear. The tail is carried high on a sloping rump and legs are flat with sinewy bones and medium feet.
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America
Tailor Shop Clocks Clerks as Millionaire Mood Changes
A New York Weekly blurb notes a fashionable tailor fronting his shop as two young clerks handle customers after suits. A passerby quips that millionaires rarely buy new clothes, while clerks need fresh attire every three months.
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New York Weekly
The Difficulty Exchange Between Mr Rooke and Miss Budd
Mr Rooke jokes about rumors as Miss Budd warns she never believes more than half she hears. He retorts that women often believe the wrong half.
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Mr. Rooke
Budd
University Library Faces Competition Policy
Minnesota educators criticize a Minneapolis Journal report on the board of control requiring competitive bids for library purchases. They warn the policy will wither the university library by blocking access to essential, non competitive books and urge reconsideration ahead of a House committee review of the board’s authority.
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Minnesota
Board of Control
Minneapolis Journal
University Library
House Committee On
Property rental notice at Ames college area
Pay your taxes at the Ames Savings Bank. After June 10, 1905 I may rent my furnished house near the college for one year to a responsible party only. Mrs. May Ross, Ames, Ia. 43-46 General Delivery.
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May Ross
Ames
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