Five Pounds of Money Free on Display in Jar
A glass jar on exhibition features five pounds of money displayed as a curiosity. The setup invites viewers to consider value and presentation, with observers noting the unusual packaging of currency.
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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1901
Page
3
Rules for Money Jar Contest and Subscriptions
The notice outlines entry rules for a Money Jar contest where each 150 Want Ad entry earns one guess, and subscribers receive ten guesses. A bank committee will count the money, with a December winner announcement. Closest or exact guesses win the jar contents. ties split the prize and near-accurate guesses gain a one-year subscription receipt.
Curious hair and leather care tips from ancient recipes
A long excerpt discusses orange and banana peel dressings for leather, lemon for russet hides, and cautions on patent leathers. It then shifts to a pieced recipe for flour dough and baking powder, and finally presents an ancient hair restorer claim from Egypt around the time of Teti, detailing a mixture of animal parts cooked in oil for scalp treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Egypt
Teti
Teta
Manetho
Shisha
Upper
Lower
Supreme court rejects ground for divorce in striking phrasing
The Washington Supreme Court held that a wife’s alleged quarrelsome and violent temper cannot state a ground for divorce. The opinion notes threats to the plaintiff and his parents, hysterical behavior, and wild conduct as described in the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Washington
The Brook sung by an old-fashioned woman with piano
In a brief note a vocalist described as old-fashioned performed a piece titled The Brook with piano accompaniment to imitate running water. The report also cites Scottish census figures and a locomotive engineer from Waycross named Oliver Tremble recently baptized in his engine cab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison Globe
Oliver Tremble
Waycross
Gawie
Origin of High Heels Through Persian Roots
The article traces high heels to Persia where they were first worn to keep feet from burning sands. It notes the social spread of the footwear as it moved beyond practical use to fashion and status across cultures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Vree Education in Berlin Free Education Figures
In the year ending March 180 the number of boys and girls educated free in Berlin was 207 510.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vree Education
Berlin
Ears Grow With Life Says New Study From Europe
A large study analyzing over 40 000 ears in England and France finds ears keep growing through life. Even in old age ear size exceeds that of younger people and heredity gives ears a persistent shape. Some criminology authorities link certain ear types to criminals.
Shower of frogs and toads reported near Frederick Maryland
A fall of nearly 500 small frogs and toads lasted only moments near Red Hills south of Frederick. Eyewitnesses called it a whirlwind of creatures raining from the sky. Similar showers were recalled in past years in the same vicinity and in Sisters Field on Frederick’s outskirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Hills
Frederick
Sisters Field
Dispondence Notes on Slavery in Zanzibar and Pemba
The London Foreign Office reports 98 percent of slaves in Zanzibar and Pemba prefer to remain enslaved. In 1900 fewer sought freedom than in 1899 as slaves doubt any immediate gain. British commissioner says masters are kinder since new laws and seek to make servitude more attractive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Foreign Office
Zanzibar
Pemba
Monument Commemorates Colonel Webers Death at Manila Field
The spot in Manila Island Lusos where Colonel Harry Clay Webers fell while leading his men in an attack on Filipino trenches is marked by a handsome monument commemorating his death in battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Rel
Harry Clay Webers
Manila
Island of Lusos
Eek
Walter Page leads family mountain walking party in North Carolina
Walter Page editor of the worlds Work plans a summer ascent through North Carolina mountains. He shares leadership with brothers Henry and Jamille Page of Aberdeen, with Ralph and five Harvard students and Arthur Page, plus a driver Uncle Isaac. They carry tents and provisions in a wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Page
North Carolina
Henry
Jamille Page
Aberdeen
N. C
Ralph
Havard University
Harvard
Arthur
Enceville
N. Y
Isaa
Page
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Pepumren
Scett
Ginegow
Edinburgh
Anarkshire
Glasgow
Scotland
Adolph von Breuning
Godon McKay
Kosten Malilionaire
McKay
Holland
Europe
Russia
United States
Henry J. Byron
Cristian
Duchess of Cornwall
Augustine
Louise
Olga
Pauline
Claudine
Agnes
Orks
Apple
SWIFT
The
First National Bank
Anon City
Cole Kady
Capital
Clelland
Main Street
J. H W. Peabody
N. ©. Craven
Lyman Robison
Vic
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