Money and the Rise of Banks of Issue in History
A treasure of historical notes traces the origin of bank money from early bills of exchange and promissory notes to the emergence of banks of issue. It cites Amsterdam 1609 and Hamburg 1694 as early examples, with earlier banks serving deposits and discounting rather than issuing currency. The Philadelphia Ledger notes banks of issue exerting wide influence in the modern monetary system.
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Wgist
Promissety
England
United States
Bank of
Amsterdam
Hamburg
United Isreies
Phyadelphia Ledger
Honest Charley Mends a Window and Finds Work
A boy named Charley Mann breaks a window at Beebe the druggist's shop. He returns the money, confesses honestly, and is taken in to work, earning enough to support his widowed mother with kindness from Beebe and Mrs Morgan guiding him.
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Bors
Mr. Beebe
Mr. Beebs
Charley
Charles
Androff
Nicu Morgan
Shaye
Brownes Zince
Mc.Heebe
Mann
Norfolk Street
Sam
Mrs. Mann
Chasley
Mrs. Jorgan
Mehdy
Bridget
Mrs. Morgan
Mire. Morgan
Newspaper as the life's library and civic backbone
A historical exchange extols newspapers as the library of the people and the palladium of rights. It cites reading as advancing intelligence and community progress while warning against not subscribing and paying for papers. The text recalls a hanging confessor and notes sweeping quotes from The New York Express alongside a Rhode Island murder tale.
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Americas
Hartford Ladies Form Econ omical Association in 1786
The Hartford ladies, over a hundred strong, pledge to retrench costs and shun luxury until June 25. They vow plain dress and frugality, favor domestic manufacture, limit foreign goods, and promote cautious entertaining and economy.
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Times
Hartford Cr
Hartford
United States
Indies
Overworking the Brain Warning From a City Writer
An intelligent writer warns amid current asylum excitement that several men once healthy and active have suffered mental aberration directly from overworking the brain. These men are wealthy and socially prominent, formerly useful in church and community, with similar cases linked to premature aging and lasting ill health.
Egg white shown to ease burns says Scientific American
The white of an egg has proven highly effective for burns. Seven of eight successive applications soothe pain and protect the burned area from the air. The simple remedy is favored over colodion or cottage applications according to Scientific American.
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Scientific American
Spare Moments and the Power of Time
A school principal recalls a poor hardworking boy who impressed him in a spare moments examination. The tale stresses the value of spare moments as “gold-dust of time” and warns youth to guard small free times against the tempter.
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H. ©. Knight
Flere
House of Correction
A Wife Reads The News As The Paper Stays
A caller tells a tale about a subscriber who plans to discontinue his paper due to being away, only to be challenged by his wife who values keeping informed. She insists the paper stays, so she can know what is happening in the world.
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Bridget
Charles
Mrs. Morgan
Charlew
Charless
Slr
Beebe
Owr
Husbinda
Nixa
Fragmented Prose on Men and Domestic Life
A satirical snippet depicts men clinging to mothers and elders for support as they age, blending jokes about milk, a broken pump handle, and a bored milkman. Betty asks how a husband should speak to a scolding wife, suggesting a humorous household vignette.
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Eaid Betty
Jack Jones Mistaken Boots Sparked Frustration Tale
A fragment recounts Jack Jones discovering he polished his roommate's boots by error and proclaimed the mix up a laboring and confoundedly hard mishap. The odd phrase idativstad appears as a coined descriptor in the tale.
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Jack Jones
Fragmented OCR Snippet With Disjoint Speech and Nonsense
A garbled passage presents oblique quotes and unclear references to coroner warders and a Paris starch factory. The text includes broken speech about self harm and violence, interspersed with mentions of animals and places like Nanterre and Paris, lacking coherent narrative.
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Nanterre
Paris
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Fae
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Alcotsland Shoes
Hope Street
John B. Munro
Mradt and
Strobl
Pays
Ware
Weeries
Daniel Tanser
Denen
State Street
Kristal
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Uriatat-Hotel
Benjamin GC
Barrus
Hopé Sivset. and
W. Frapal
Mass
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Starsoxer
Accomm Bosk AW
Weatminter
Geevidence RI
Jacob Goodhart
Westminster
Exchnge Direct
Providence
R.J
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Westminister Street
George E Tilley
Bradford Street
James FP. Pierce
Snost Etre Hapare
Crawford Easterbrooks
Fhames
Bradford Streets
Dr. Waldron
Rich Westings
D&c
Hope Screet
Kot
Earl & Co’s Express
N. Warren’s
State
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C. Hope
Probst, Sider
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Kimball
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Thames Street
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TELE
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Sitthi Avenue
New
Bristol Reds
Pial
Philadelphia Gazette
George Brown
Riode Island
Utah
Beroner
Snow
Julin
Haase
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