Gold Production and Money Supply Trends Across Decades
The National City Bank on record notes eight billion dollars in gold mined over 25 years, silver money shrinking since 1896, and gold money doubling while silver money halves in two decades. It cites world gold output, 16.5 billion in coin value since discovery, and gold versus silver money totals by 1916, with a surge in gold inflows to the United States and rising paper money.
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National City Bank
United States
America
Luboks Reach Russians As Popular War News Murals
In Russia, luboks or posters spread war news to peasants and illiterate villagers. Cartoons in Boudilnik Loukomorye Novi Satirikon go beyond educated readers, becoming the poor man’s newspaper by delivering clear, bold messages about Galicia Bukowina fights Turk campaigns and key victories through accessible, colorful posters.
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Russia
Boudilnik
Loukomorye
Novi Satirikon
J. Finger
Farmers Take Initiative After Milk Strike Victory
Commissioner Dillon notes progress after the New York milk strike as farmers unite to resist control by the trust. A club scene quote highlights social norms and the era's attitudes toward fashion and propriety.
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Dillon
New York
George
Highwaymen Use Tire Lure in Central Illinois
Nighttime robberies in central Illinois target car occupants using a tire placed on the road as a lure. Drivers stop to pick up the tire, then are confronted by armed highwaymen emerging from hiding. Authorities urge tourists traveling at night to go armed.
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Illinois
Prayers for a Baby Sister Goes Slightly Wrong
Child Robert asks his mother for a baby sister at Christmas. The Smiths across the street have many children who play with him. After another baby arrives at the Smiths, Robert laments his prayers are answered for the Smiths not him, misunderstanding divine mercy.
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Robert
Smiths
Pax Romana Illusion in Jesus Era Belied by Rome’s Repression
The essay argues that the Pax Romana masked widespread cruelty and slave oppression across the empire. It describes how Rome extended control by tying wealthy families to the state, creating an aristocratic minority that profited from slave labor while insurrections grew among the poor. The piece, from The Christian Herald, framesRome as a system of class conflict under imperial peace.
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Jesus
Rome
Empire
Pistol Training Fails Habit Over Training In Boston Tale
A Boston society woman trained in pistol use forgot her firearm during a home burglary and wounded the robber with a hatpin instead. The incident underscores how habit can override training, suggesting training remains valuable even when not recalled in stress.
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Boston
Butterfly farming opens market for young entrepreneurs
A California girl highlighted in St Nicholas shows how butterfly farming can earn money. Miss Ximena McGlashan reportedly cleared $1,000 in ten weeks and averages $75 weekly, using simple gear like fruit jars, gauze containers, and a miner's lamp.
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America
California
St. Nicholas
Ximena McGlashan
Efficiency boasts tested by stereo-graphy expert
Dr Harris Dulles Rhodes of Denver labeled efficiency claims as overblown. He mocked engineers who brag about efficiency and cited a stunt where a student supposedly could write Gray's The Elegy In a Country Churchyard in seven minutes using stereography as a test of swift writing.
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Harris Dulles Rhodes
Denver
Wei
Gray
Gypsies Dislike Military Service Case at Enfield Court
A Tottenham woman gypsy caravan dweller faced Enfield police court for aiding concealment of her son who dodged military service. Police reported difficulty locating male gypsies of military age, noting incorrect registration and forged certificates. The unregistered son fled when found but was captured after a long chase. The defendant paid a ten dollar fine immediately.
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London Mail
Why Red Lead Is Superior Paint Pigment
An authority states that paint thickness on iron and steel averages about two hundredths of an inch but can be as thin as one six hundredth. Coarse red lead particles larger than four hundredths inch cause weak spots and corrosion, making finely oxidized red lead the better pigment. It forms a continuous film that flows well yet resists running sagging or weeping.
First Tanks in Warfare Across Ancient and Medieval Chariots
A brief note traces armored chariots from Khorsala and Nineveh through Greek and Trojan war chariots, to Cyrus and Persian use. It recalls Sylla at Cheronea countering chariots with sharpened-pole barriers, arrows, and stones, scattering the attackers.
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Figaro
Paris
Khorsala
Nineveh
Agamemnon
Cyrus
Sylla
Cheronea
Archilaus
Mithridates
Invited to Doom in South Side Kitchen Pest Battle
A South side resident fights a tile pest problem before cold weather by placing fly poison on a table and refrigerator. A child opens the screen door wide to let flies in, saying she wants them to get the poison, prompting the mother to react to the unintended plan.
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Matma
Solitary pupil inspires a teacher to end the day early
A country school in a snowstorm greets a lone boy after a two mile walk. His aunt rewards his effort by letting him read a storybook, and the quiet minutes stretch long until she softly asks if it is nearly time to go home, a memory recalled from the Chicago Tribune.
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Chicago Tribune
Spaniel That Likes to Fish
Francis Gilpin a Pike's Peak sportsman owns a dog whose joy is fishing. The animal reportedly retrieves trout by entering the water to seize fish midair and brings them ashore in its mouth without damaging the catch.
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Francis Gilpion
Pike’s Peak
Gilpin
How Many Had She A Columbus man asks about prosecutions
A Columbus newspaper man wandered the Bartholomew County courthouse second floor corridor where a woman asked him where to prosecute husbands. He directed her to the prosecutor’s office and has since lingered there to learn how many husbands she had to prosecute.
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Columbus
Bartholomew County
Indianapolis News
Charlotte Welcomes New England Troops Homeward
Charlotte plans generous hospitality for arriving soldiers from New England. Citizens install public fountains and rest rooms, offer meals in homes, and support the camp activities commission and YMCA to ensure comfortable lodging, entertainments, and practical aid during their stay. The city showcases religion, charity, education, and booming industry as proof of Southern hospitality and growth.
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Charlotte
New England
Young Men's Christian Association
Ft. Gidtrretmox
Hainborough
Scotland
Christian Charity
Harmony and Silence in Music Leadership
A brief note on harmony stressing that true balance not only arises from in tune voices but also from silencing ones that are misaligned or stray from the key. The idea emphasizes disciplined chorus management and conductor authority in shaping collective sound.
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Labok
Peage
Doom
Mecklenburg County Court House
Charlotte, N. C
Elizabeth College
Presbyterian Hospital
Horner
Queens College
Southern Presbyterian Church of the South
United States Census Bureau
Washington
South
Carolinas
Southern Railroad
Southern
Myers Park
PaOer
Southern Manufacturers Club
Charlotte, IN. C
Drugeiste
Burn‘aida’ Memorial
Winthrop G Thurston
Bristol
R. L
Winthrop G. Thurston
Bristol R. L
Dr. Caldwell
Buffington’s Pharmacy
Hope Street
E. W. Weaver
Union Street
Otis L. Wood
Bay View Avenue
Northup Brostore
G.W. Simmons Undertakers
E. L.F. Colwell
Telephone
Constitution Street
G. M. Wilbur
William W. Franklin & Co
Wood St
Dorchester Mutual Fire Ins. Co
E. L. Watson & CO
Industrial Trust Co
Providence
Isaac
Garfield Ave
MUNRO
Walter H. Coggeshall
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