Congress Maps Elastic Currency Plan in Federal Reserve Bill
The Owens Glass McAdoo banking and currency bill, backed by President Wilson, proposes a federal reserve system with 12 districts and reserve banks. It creates a nine member federal reserve board, requires 5 percent dividends, deposits, and strict supervision, and plans treasury notes and clearing functions to stabilize the currency.
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The Marken of Holland A Quaint Island Community
A descriptive portrait of Marken Holland detailing its 1000 residents living on 13 islets in the Zuyder Zee. The text covers homes built on piles with blue tiled hearths, ladders instead of stairs, spring floods, and ornate interiors, including bed-wall setups, costumes, and daily life customs, highlighting neatness and peculiar fashions.
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Marken
Holland
Zuyder Zee
Global egg customs by nationality and method
An article surveys how different nationalities prepare boiled eggs. The English and French favor three minute eggs and peeling before eating with bread and butter or toast, while Spaniards and Italians prefer very short boil and cold water, and Americans favor hard boiled eggs with minced yolk mixed with pepper and salt for a sandwich.
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Sherlock Holmes
Cuticura helps woman cure scalp eczema after five years
A woman from Yberia Missouri credits Cuticura Ointment and Soap with curing a long lasting scalp eczema after doctors advised shaving the head. She used two boxes and one cake, noting the back of the head cleared and hair regrowth followed. The ad cites worldwide availability and a sample offer.
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Yberia
Geo. F. Clark
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Boston
Corpse Identification in Insurance Medical Exams Quirk
A note from a life insurer shows a disturbing blank for personal malice to identify the insured after death. A report read "He has a strong Corntab ac cent" from a physician sparks questions about exam practices. The dialogue contrasts suffragist and antis comments revealing gender bias in the era's public discourse.
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Lippincott’s
London and its Lumber and a Fly Catcher Tale
A fragment describes London’s old lamp post notices for hackney carriages amid social history. It also recounts Hartsch Bartsch profiting from fly catching, selling flies to the city health board and driving premiums down, earning 24.20 dollars in two days and promising continued work while the treasury endures.
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London
Europe
Shreveport
City Board of Health
Hartsch
Health Board
Bartsch
Bartech
Treasury
Philadelphia Man Uses Safe In Death By Own Action
Jacob Rabinowitz a fifty four year old resident of Philadelphia used an 800 pound safe to take his own life. He jacked the safe with a wooden block placed his head beneath it and tightened a satrap then removed the support causing the weight to crush him. He was found by his wife and died before a doctor arrived after weeks of despondency following a lost lawsuit.
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Jacob Rabinowitz
Philadelphia
Penn
Closely Occupied and Constant Kicking
A fragmented dialogue notes a man who constantly kicks, leaving him unable to reflect on his real grievances. The exchange hints at restless behavior and unresolved issues driving his actions.
Desertion Suit Shocks Aging Couple in Sunbury
David Worthlow, ninety, of Sunbury, Pa., is being sued for desertion by his wife, eighty, in a case that contrasts a fragile union with the perils of aging. The piece wryly notes difficulty of starting a life of joy when one risks ending on the trouble wagon.
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David Worthlow
Sunbury, Pa
Infant Mortality and Castoria Endorsement
An editorial warning cites high infant mortality in civ countries and urges Castoria as a safe, non narcotic remedy. It condemns drops and syrups containing opium or morphine and promotes Castoria with the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher as a blood circulating, soothing alternative.
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Chas. H. Fletcher
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