New Designs for United States Currency Announced
A glimpse of planned notes redesign shows a single portrait per denomination, replacing multiple designs. Lincoln on the $10, Hamilton on the $1,000, Jackson on the $20, Grant on the $50, Franklin on the $100, and Washington on the $1. The effort aims for uniform artistry and improved durability across coin and note forms, reflecting broader calls for standardized, enduring currency.
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Boy Hood
United States
Chase
Hamilton
Lincoln
Cleveland
Aioney
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington
Africa
Global notes on science and industry from early reports
A collage of observations and reflections notes from diverse fields. Dutch and Brazilian transport developments, Japanese government reshaping official document practice, and French biometry advances. European climate theory linked to the Gulf Stream contrasts with U S weather patterns. Biologists Win slow and Winslow push bacterial classification forward. Napoleon compared with scientists in shaping lasting ideas, and evolving military role toward modern machinery. An art student’s study follows stage realism. Stenographers join muckraking, with wage debates amid newsroom life.
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Sourabaya
Manalay
Montalban
Luzon
Hugh M. Smith
Manila
Mr. Smith
Professor Penck
America
Europe
Mediterranean Sea
Mexico
United States
Atlantic
Death of English novelist George Meredith mourned worldwide
English writer George Meredith died at his Box Hill cottage Surrey after a life of prolific novels and poems. Born February 12, 1828 in Hampshire he rose from poverty with The Ordeal of Richard Feverel and created enduring portraits of women like Diana Merton and Emilia in England. The dean of English letters received royal honors and tributes from American luminaries including Mark Twain Henry James and William Dean Howells.
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George Meredith
Box Hill
Surrey
Hampshire
Eng
Tife
Germany
Richard Feverel
London
Meredith
Diana Merton
Harry Richmond
Ottilia
Emilia
England
Mr. Meredith
Richard Feverer
Franle
Thomas Tove Peacock
Old Favorites Pim Not Myself at All
Fragmented poem fragment featuring a persona confessing not being himself, with dialogue to Molly and a reflection on unity and identity. Contains lines about changing names and merging selves, framed as a lyric inquiry.
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Molly
Tony
Molly Bueely
Samuel Lover
Joan of Arc Origins From Italian Lineage Claim
A Bologna discovery and Rome correspondent report suggest Joan of Arc may descend from Ferrante Ghisilleri of Bologna. The manuscript notes Ferrante fled to France, had two children in 1424, and adopted the arch symbol as a family name linking Diare to Joan. A 1445 fresco in St Petronius church is linked to this Italian origin theory.
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Mullan
Joan of Arc
Maich
Orleans
Joan
Domremy
James
Isabelle Romee
Ceffonda
Champagne
Bologna
Ferrante Ghisilleri
France
Pincaldi and
Marzano
Carona Bonafede
Crollalanza
Joan of Arce
Moron
Ghis- Imer
Sig. Amerigo Scarlatti
Rome
New York Sun
Fergani
Giovanni Bentivogno
Ferrante
Big Scarlatt
Demromy
Isabelle
Arma
Arco
Diare
Romeo
Pilgrim
St. Petronius
Small Girl Questions Why Father Won’t Speak
A fragment shows a young girl asking why her father cannot talk yet. A nurse references Job cursing the day he was born from the Bible, while the girl insists babies do talk, reflecting a light humorous exchange typical of Tit-Bits.
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Job
French Income Tax Affects Americans in France
Consul-General Mason reports the French Senate will take at least a year to consider the income tax for Americans living in France. The law would tax an assumed income seven times rent, with a progressive scale. A Paris family paying 6000 francs rent could face about 1000 francs tax, while a 35000 franc assumed income could yield 1750 francs tax. If foreigners earn income through profession or business, they face additional French taxes and contributions.
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France
Chamber of Deputes
Frank H. Mason
Paris
Senate Compission
Joy of Discovery in a Victorian Tale of Shakespeare
In J Comyns Carr’s Some Eminent Victorians a Dublin episode shows Lord Randolph Churchill seeking Hamlet’s ending from Sir Henry Irving. The duke, visiting the theater, attends with keen interest, later confessing he read Hamlet and other plays, finding them intoxicating. The anecdote highlights Victorian curiosity and literary appetite.
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J. Comyns Carr
Shakespeare
Sir Henry Irving
Dublin
Duke of Marlborough
Lord Randolph Churchill
Ireland
Hamlet
Lord Randolph
Irving
Carr
Various World Facts and Anecdotes From Early 20th Century News
A collage of brief items covers diverse topics from Queen Marie of Romania and US irrigation plans to London car registrations and Isthmus trade, plus a photo of Jupiter’s satellite at Greenwich. It notes Bell lore in Moscow, a rabbit and dog scenting feat, a centenarian in New York, and bells inscriptions across Europe, ending with Philadelphia fare changes and a shopper complaining about rising transit costs.
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Roumania
Reclamation Service
United States
Staeff
London
Europe
Greenwich Observatory
New York Press
Fannole Friedman
New York
Hungary
Revoluton
Strasburg
Paco Eruentos
London Globe
Philadelphia
Arma
Tima
Tye
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GESCN
A. Winslow
Année Rogers Winslow
FP. Gorham
Napoleon
A. J. Kinland
Society Notes
Alghea Alexander
Alaune
Dusty
Quite Crain
Anthor
Baltimore
Werner Whitehulet
Ghorge Mekkoiter
Owen Meredith
Kansas City Times
Fred Cavalla
Canada
Denmark
Russia
Sweden
Peary and Gook
Bernier
Erichsen
Moscow
Nicholas
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