Spelling reform sparks questions at federal level and court intrigue
A混 garbled report details President's simplified spelling board activity, clerks drafting phonetically spelled drafts, and Professor Brander Matthews explaining evolution over revolution. It notes officials like Albert Adee and Frank Morrison amid debates on orthography and education, with Rathbone's Cuba case drawing attention to legal trails and old Spanish procedures.
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TER Federal
Charles Nes
Simpl
Ordler
Bureau of Pigraving and Printing
Printing Office
Brander Matthews
Columbia University
Matthews
Chaucer
Shakespeare
Oyden
Johnson
Estes G. Rathbone
Cuba
Island
Rathbone
Congress
Republic
United States
Hanna
Leonard Wood
Philippines
Estes G. Rathbose
Variable Hair Cut at Tonsorial College
A Kansas City barber describes a new idea from a local tonsorial college where a customer’s hair could be parted anywhere. The tale unfolds with a hotel porter named George who learns the concept from the barber, illustrating flexible styling and the evolving craft.
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Baltimore
Kansas City
George
Kansasity Times
Rose
Webster
Ren
Teorge
Cotton-Picking Vacuum Machine Patented in Kansas City
Joh Stervey and his son Charles Hervey of Kasay City patent a cotton picking machine using a suction tube to draw cotton into a bonded wagon. The device features a rubber hose nozzle with fins, held near the boll, to pull cotton into a receiving bin. A comparison notes a field test showing 5 acres picked by machine versus 2.4 acres by hand at similar costs.
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Molle
Throuxsh
Ube
Joh Stervey
Charles Hervey
Kasay City
Kansas City Star
Olda Yrur
Simald Sagaline
Ancient notes on taxes and botany from colonial era
Fragments discuss old tax views by Vanhan and royal suppression, then switch to natural science topics: elm dust seeds, thunder and lightning ranges, lightning reflections, and a note on the datura or jimson weed with its many names. Ends with a reference to the 1857 Duke of Parma.
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Vanhan
Jamestown
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State Department
Morrison ~ Rathbone
Trezury
Amerika Ty
Ushington
D.C
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Prezident
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Portland
Directorate
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Exposition City
California
W. H. Connor
G. A
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J. W. Shaff
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Ohio Farmer
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