Inside Uncle Sam’s Treasury Vaults and Riches
A detailed look at the Washington treasury building describes thirteen vast vaults with reinforced concrete and electric alarms, guarding billions in gold, silver, and securities. It notes the immense scale of federal finance from 1897 to 1910, the United States’ gold reserves, and the building’s 19th century construction and expansion.
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Ncle Sam
Treasury
Washington
Treasury Department
Internal Revenue
Postal Service
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Uncle Sam
Washington Monument
Fifteenth Street
State Department
Department
Treasury of the
Clever Women Spies Harness Charm to Gain Secrets
A historical account explains how women used beauty and social access to obtain sensitive military information. It cites the German fortress revamp sparked by a French woman, a governess who stole admiralty plans, and the British dreadnought leak linked to an American woman of German descent.
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New York
France
Berlin
Paris
Admiralty
London
Five Families in One Room Distress Slums of Dudley
Canon Southwell notes five families and a lodger living in a single room in Dudley Worcestershire, describing them as comfortable until the arrival of “the chap in the center of the room.” He calls the arrangement overstraining slum economics and cites two to three family overcrowding as a common issue provoking public concern.
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Dudley
Worcester
England
Canon Southwell
Navy Dental Corps Aims to Rehabilitate Enlistees
The Navy expects to establish a dental corps that will allow men with faulty teeth to enlist if other qualifications are met. The surgeon general intends to accept such applicants and have the dental corps treat and restore their teeth after enlistment.
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Dental Corps
Navy
Surgeon General
Mrs Nooned Praised for Fudge Making in Town
In a light exchange residents discuss Mrs. Nooned's skill at fudge and question whether she can cook other dishes. The chat highlights local affection and curiosity about her culinary talents.
An Important Omission in the Perfect Baby Theory
A noted doctor argues the requisites of the ideal infant miss the core requirement that the baby be the couple’s own. The critique centers on ownership and parental connection as essential factors in defining a perfect baby.
A Mixup Dialogue on Entering Business
A fragment shows a tense exchange about progress into a business venture. The speaker asks when a hands-on role will begin while the other hints at a hesitant starting point. The dialogue suggests plans stalled by unsure steps.
Taos Pueblo Of New Mexico A Curiously Enduring Polis
A Taos Pueblo portrait in New Mexico presents a Moorish styled terrace town with 500 residents living in six story casas grandes. Ladders enter from the ground, doors now exist, and Taos maintains its language and traditions while trading with Santa Fe for schooling and English. The pueblo governs its own laws, houses grain stores, and sustains a distinct annual cycle of feasts and dances under a 1556 Spanish charter.
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America
New York
Chicago
Louisiana
Southwest
Tennessee
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Pueblo
Taos
N. M
E. L. Labin
Los Angeles Times
Coronado
Valladolid
Captain Alvarado
Casas Grandes
New Mexico
Arizona
Santa Fe
Taos Mountain
Palestine
Taos Pueblo
Republic
Montezuma
United States Department of Agriculture
San Gere
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