Rome's Rise and the Fall of Its Popular Assembly
A compact study tracing Rome from its sack by the Gauls through the Licinian Reforms to Camillus and the growth of citizenship. It notes the widening gap between patricians and plebeians, the shifting power to the Senate, and the limits of ancient communication that hindered broad popular governance.
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Rome
Marcus Manlius
Gecge
Malus
B.C. Linicius
Licinius
Camillus
Veli
Concord
la Fiente
Arthaepteryx
Italy
Senate
Tiome
Aristotle
Popular Assembly
Riffratf
B. C
Movie of a Woman Beautifying Her Face by Briggs
A brief note describes a woman applying makeup in a Briggs scene lasting twenty minutes. The film emphasizes privacy and personal restraint, contrasting the act with the public glare. The narrator remarks on appearance and the shaping of identity without explicit drama.
Dance With Wolves Ends in Fiery Rescue
A North Dakota couple driving to a dance were trapped by a pack of wolves on a prairie. They fought them off with a car crank and wrench, stripped to their underwear, and set the vehicle ablaze to deter the wolves until rescuers arrived at daybreak.
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North Dakota
Bay Unit
Ocean liners provisioning dwarfs household shopping plans
Shipping lines provisioning for a New York departure to Europe requires vast supplies for a month. Notes show 87,000 pounds of meat, 6,500 pounds of poultry and game, 30 000 potatoes, 10 500 pounds of vegetables, 300 crates of fruit and 400 quarts of berries, 6 000 pounds of fish and 8 000 pounds of tea and coffee.
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New York
Lurene Ana
United States
Murope
Uncle Sam's Gold Pile and World Wealth Report
An early 20th century note reports Uncle Sam possessing a major share of world gold, with estimates of billions in vault caches. Officials cite a world gold stock around eight billion dollars, and the U S supply rising since 1913 with yearly percentages noted. The piece hints at management challenges facing the Treasury.
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Enric Sam
Treasury
Mint
Sam
Col J W Hughes Chooses Very Sweet Coffee
Col J W Hughes prefers very sweet coffee and asked for extra sugar twice. At a Trisco eating house a waitress added two more lumps after his request. When she dumped in the sugar again he ordered the rest from the table and insisted, shovel in all you damn please.
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Col. J. W. Hughes
First Telephone Exchange Used Names Before Numbers
Obie Tan Ce o Neither telephone operators nor subscribers today know what trouble in connection with the use of phones jis declared W D McKinney of Columbus secretary of the Southern oi coal exchange. McKinney recalls pioneer days when exchanges were Bedlam and calls were shouted across boards by boys without numbers. Names were used as identifiers and women fainted at voices heard over the line. The old Bell and Western companies hired thick skinned boys to handle calls as exchanges lacked numbers and competition was intense in Dayton.
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Obie
Tan
W.D. McKinney
Columbus
Southern
Oi Coal Exchange
McKinney
Ohio
Bel
Wdison
Panies
Girl in Corner Apartment A New York Courtship Scene
Cynthia Brent, a country girl turned New York artist’s companion, mingles in a drawing room circle. Murray Stewart, her stony employer, battles charm as Count Veront sings, while Baroness and friends admire Cynthia’s elegance and potential. A delicate social dance unfolds amid envy and intrigue.
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Vnthia Brent
New York
Ruby Allison
Z Shre
Ruby
Quin Gray
Ellen
Cynthia
Murray Stewart
Waiseland
Cynthia Brent
Fifty Avenue
Murrox Stewart
Ilness
Ana
Violet Ferrold
Court Voroni
Madamoiselle
Gynthia
Boauty
Wakelanad
Oves
Count Veront
Cynthiag
Sons of Love
Margeret
Migart
Greenwich Village
Murray Stowrt
Gynthia Brent
Ifo
Wanamaker's Deflation Foresight Sparks Big Sale
John Wanamaker, a leading business figure, foresaw deflation and acted. In 1920 amid a buying rush and high prices, Wanamaker stores held a 220 percent reduction sale, quickly clearing high-priced goods and avoiding large inventory losses seen by rivals during the era.
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John “Wanamaker
Wanamaker
Wana
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H. G. Wells
Outline OF History
Teme
Appius Claudius
Appius Clautius
Tttaly
Arno
Republic
Valley
The
Aquileia
Adriatic Seca
Etruria
Arne
Messina
Camillaa
B.C
Sand
Sue
Athens
Troma
Alexandria
Atlantic
BY Briggs
Self
Vane
Briggs
Sunday Post
George McManus
Maggie
Africa
I Wankia
Boy
MR Nags
Meg
Adamson
O. Jacobson
Uncle Sam
Lin
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