What They Want in Colorado and Government Misuse
A reader rails at Treasury Department waste and graft, detailing how officers divert furniture, clocks, carpets, and books from government use to private households and offices. The piece also quotes lighthearted local notes about cats and social life, then shifts to an anecdote about writing school compositions and a teacher’s praise.
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Philadelphis
Treasury Department
Philadelphia
Tom Jones
Congress
Deak
Dick Roe
Henry
Jack Due
Landalot
Judge Williams
Atrevteara
Supreme Court
Nome Pleasant Privilees
Sentry and Lieutenant Duel in a Winter Camp Prank
In 1663 at Frederick Hall Virginia Army quarters a sentry guarding corn jokes with a firefight scar and a corporal. The lieutenant questions the sentry's duties and leaves, then the guard mocks the officer by claiming to be an officer of the day. The exchange ends with the sentry misidentifying the lieutenant as Con. Lee.
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Virginia Artillery
Frederick Hall
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Secoml
Conten
Billy McCarthy
Eleopa
Fine
Nentry
Lin
Andaven
Tam Jontanant
Con. Lee
Early Peagwer Price Fluctuations Hit Hawkinaville
Hawkinaville reports the first peaches of the season at fifty cents a dozen, five dollars a peck, with J. O. Jelke shipping several lots. By Monday prices slid to thirty cents a dozen amid regional contrasts from Georgia to New York. A local anecdote compares costs to a “three-minute horse” for a thousand dollars as markets await more plentiful supplies.
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Hawkinaville
Jelke
Georgia
New York
Houston County
Hawshinaville
Aml
Rsk
John L Bller
Srover
Sbnetor
Levi H. Hart Roll
Harekinaville Dispatch
Miss Gallagher
Merican hotel lodgings and oddities described
Fragmentary colonial era notes describe a Mexican hotel with daily or monthly rates, basic rooms and toilets, ice limitations, shy service, and a waiter shortage. It critiques ownership by wealthy Buther families, odd encounters on the streets, and a forgotten purse in a Derrick issue.
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Lore Atebe- Demeccer
Merican
Iturhes
Mexico
de. Medusa Rose
Unexpected Fortune Pranks Paul DeLonge Ends in Profit
In a French village near Paris, a group of youths stage a joke by writing to a Paris banker to buy stock in Paul DeLonge’s name and draw on him if no loss, using prominent locals as references. The banker’s fifty thousand franc profit emerges after sixty days, leaving Paul shocked but solvent. A second note warns housekeepers about glucose sugar conversion in fruit.
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Lovanse
Pegasus
Thala
Don Taecker
Abe
Stallar
Fur Warvices
Ike
France
Paris
Paul DeLonge
Paul
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Comiiestonet
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Ta Ee Jas
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Fx i Herrviarye
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Mendy
Jacob Cohen
Brougnton 8&T
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Sun
Broughton Street
Savannah
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Coe
Brunswick
J. M. Madden
David Clarks
Aavansam
Drumswick
Savannam
Dreaesich
I. A A
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Freig
Olulliams
Baunewick
T. O Connor, Jr
West
Georgia State Gazetteer
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Boot & Shoe Maker
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Felines
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Vontyrs Satemnan
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