Barstow Printer and Evans Dispute Over Chinese Paper Money
The column notes a legal dispute where Barstow printer pays $2.00 yearly to J Evans as lessee, editor, and manager. It traces paper money origins to China around 806, with government issuance in exchange for coin. St Johns College Shanghai houses a 1000 cash note from Ming Emperor Hung Wu, dated 1368 to 1899, large mulberry bark paper bill in slate color.
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China
St. John’s College
Shanghai
Hung-wu
Argonaut
No Gulf Stream of Luck, Only Opportunity and Effort
The writer notes that tides in human affairs shift and luck does not persistently govern outcomes. Success breeds carelessness, while prosperity does not replace thought and effort. Opportunities exist alongside misfortunes, but luck alone cannot seal a fate.
Glory of Life and human divinity in daily being
Emerson argues that love humility faith and inner virtue reflect divinity in human atoms. When the person is right inner provisions emanate from body and mind like ripe flowers releasing incense. A beautiful atmosphere results from the planet’s average emanations from rocks and soils.
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Emerson
When the Sun Will Die
The sun will eventually cease to emit light and heat and become a dead world like the moon. It is calculated that this occurs about seven million years from now, with Earth and other planets following the same fate long beforehand.
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Earth
Moon
Harm Wrought by Free Beer
Older English insurance firms provided free beer to staff leading to daily drunken orgies. Clerks avoiding the drinks left their portions for others. A worker recalled drinking sixteen glasses in a row, a claim echoed by colleagues. One company ran a yearly beer bill of about $1,000 before ending the practice.
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England
Treating a Cold in 19th Century Advice
A 140 year old perspective recalls John Adams advising fresh air as a modern treatment for colds. The note highlights how past medical thinking differed from today and reflects on the evolution of common cold care.
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John Adams
Adams Interview Sparks Quick Retort from Farmer
While canvassing in his state during a political season John Quincy Adams is approached by a prosperous farmer. The man claims his wife once knew Adams as a boy and combed his hair. Adams sharply replies that perhaps she combs the farmer now.
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John Quincy Adams
Adams
Mr. Adams
Reformer Visits Slums Seeks Truth About Society
A social reformer inspects the slums and notes that good men are scarce while bad men tend to appear when needed, a exchange with a plainclothes officer recounts the social critique.
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Philadelphia
Doctor dismisses patient as tongue checks fail
In a briefly comic moment Dr Grabbe almost sends away Mrs Gassoway before she reveals a coated tongue. He remark that you never find grass on a race track, highlighting the playful exchange.
Mrs Highbrow Praises Music and Gwendolyn’s Talent
Mrs Wood B Highbrow extols music and Shakespeare while praising Gwendolyn’s conservatory studies. She chats about pianolas violas and famous composers, joking that even organs once relied on a nose to read notes and predicting Gwendolyn will become a celebrated dilettante.
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Gwendolyn
Conservatory
Wood
Goats Used as Fire Preventers in California Forests
California forest workers employ goats to patrol a network of fire breaks fifty feet wide to curb weed and brush growth. By grazing the vegetation, the goats help preserve the breaks and reduce costs versus hiring weed crews, preventing small growth from feeding and spreading fires.
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California
Forest Service
Ideal School By Paris Architect Emphasizes Light And Sun
Parisian architect M Augustin Rey describes an ideal school prioritizing sunlight and ventilation. He argues violet rays disinfect rooms, advocates eastern afternoon sun and western morning sun to maximize purification, and supports open air schooling with ample ground and sand around facilities.
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M. Augustin Rey
Made Village Famous By Birthday Gift Riddle
A Dresden correspondent notes Obersalzbrunn Germany rose to fame when locals rejected a modest birthday gift for Gerhart Hauptmann, despite his fiftieth birthday. the village's name now endures as a wry tale of civic indifference.
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Obersalzbrunn
Germany
Dresden
Die Bahne
Gerhart Hauptmann
Hauptmann
Voigt
Kopenick
Conductor Quips On Passengers In Train Car
A humorous exchange from a railroad scene features a conductor noting travelers ask similar questions. Women ask when they will arrive while men inquire about what they can buy, reflecting common travel curiosities in period rail travel.
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Puck
Beale Boy Earns Jackson Navy Warrant In Bold Fight Memory
Stephen Bonsal portrays Edward Fitzgerald Beale son of Paymaster George Beale and Emily Truxtun. As a Washington youth from two naval lineages he pressed General Jackson for a midshipman warrant, invoking their earlier duel of political loyalties. Jackson then issued the warrant on the spot. Youth's Companion.
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Stephen Bonsal
Edward Fitzgerald Beale
George Beale
Macdonough
Lake Champlain
Emily
Truxtun
Constellation
Young Beale
Jackson
Washington
Beales
Ned Beale
Evans
Indiana
White House
Beale
General Jackson
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Mrs. Beale
The Theosophical Bridegroom Speaks To His Bride
A narrator recalls a tender moment where a bridegroom calls his wife a woman with a past and rewards her with a kiss. The scene blends affectionate devotion with mythic imagery of creation and labor on Solomon's temple context.
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King Solomon's Temple
Peculiar Natural Fact About Springs Previewing Rain
A puzzling natural observation notes springs increasing flow hours before rain begins. Explanations include storm conditions reducing evaporation and preserving ground moisture to feed springs.
Not for That Reason
A witty exchange from the Baltimore American questions kissing as unsanitary yet healthful behavior. The dialogue contrasts warnings with a tongue in cheek reply about benefiting health.
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Baltimore American
Not a New Sensation at the Roulette Table Abroad
An ice man and a coal man describe dropping money at roulette while abroad. The ice man says he could not beat the game and the coal man admits he wanted to feel the sensation of losing money.
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Ice Man
Coal Man
Dally Thought on Happiness Duty from George Biot
A brief quotation notes the growing belief in the duty to seek happiness as expressed by George Biot, reflecting a moral or philosophical musing. The line emphasizes personal responsibility and the pursuit of contentment.
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Dally
George Biot
Oyster pearl farming near Japan yields delicate gems
The article outlines Mikinoto's pearl farm in the Bay of Age off Japan where divers plant seed pearls in oysters after three years. Oysters mature over four more years with nacre growth to form pearls while facing hazards from octopus starfish red currents and seaweed miruno. Women divers work long hours at shallow depths earning about 20 cents daily.
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Mikinoto
Bay of Age
Japan
Caddys Mean Suggestion at Cape May Golf Club
Mrs R H Barlow, eastern champion, praised a rival’s caddy amid Cape May Golf Club chatter. She recalled a sad incident where a player mauled turf and asked a question to his caddy, who quipped to haul the sod to the hotel for practice.
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R. H. Barlow
Cape May
John
New Orleans Daily States
Powder In the Sea
A vivid description explains a seafloor layer 6000 meters deep that contains ultra fine powder of shell and plankton remains. It claims each cubic centimeter of ocean mud holds ten billion organisms, each uniquely structured like a human being.
Poisoned lozenges sent to Milan homes
Criminals have distributed thousands of poisoned lozenges and capsules as sample advertisements in Milan. Police report over 2,000 samples collected found to contain cyanide of potassium and metallic salts. The attacks are believed to be revenge for rent increases.
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Milan
Italy
Obsolete Interview Method Teaches Typographical Flair
A professor notes that modern interviewing favors securing a statement from the subject and padding it with inserted questions to improve typographical appearance, while a pupil recalls preparing questions to note answers carefully. The exchange highlights evolving newsroom practices.
Paris One Hundred Club invites elite gourmets for motor miles
A newly formed Paris club accepts only travelers with 40 000 miles by car and known as gourmets. Each Initiate must reveal to fellow members the name of the humblest tavern where they enjoyed a meal, as a pledge to honor the art of cooking.
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Paris
Crafting a Durable Baby Book with Buttonhole Borders
The guide suggests making a lasting baby book by binding with brown holland or linen. It advises buttonholing around the pages with bright silk or thread and pasting vivid magazine pictures. A stitched border from an unthreaded needle helps mark the insertion point for future button holing.
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Holland
Way Out Word Craze Hits on Synonyms in Metro Chat
An anecdote highlights using a synonym to sidestep pronunciation debates. A streetcar conversation features a carpenter describing his job as working in one of those automobile barns.
Under Another Name Exchange at Motion Picture
A four year old girl Janet asks for a handkerchief during a matinee after a man is killed. She turns to her friend Alice and asks if she is crying, the other child answers that her eyes are only sweaty.
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Janet
Alice
Hard to Get Right Course in Social Playfulness
Quote attributed to Sir Arthur Helps notes that playfulness helps soften distances yet a grave man risks being feared and that innocent humor may be misread as ridicule due to self love and suspicion among many people.
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Sir Arthur
Remedy for Chapped Hands
A home remedy mixed from camphor sweet oil and white wax yields a soothing salve. Wash hands in warm water with soap, dry, apply the softened mix, rub in well, and sleep with loose fingerless gloves to aid healing.
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Mgr
Mrs. Highbrow
WM. J. Evans
W. W. Wright
Loan & Trust Bldg
Washington, D. C
Frank C.prescott Jr
Chamber of Commerce
Broadway
Sts
Los Angeles
Mojave River
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