Trade dollars and their troubled history
The piece explains the 1873 authorisation of trade dollars, the 1887 redemption period, and how the coins rivaled the Mexican dollar in weight yet failed in the East. It notes mint outputs, redemptions, and the coins’ design with Liberty and an eagle, plus a remark on collectors' values. A brief anecdote about a Yankee commission caps the notice.
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Congress
Commierce
China
Japan
Philippines
Europe
United States
Treasury
Liberty
United States of America
Far East
Bengt
Miss Dressler’s Witty Dinner Quip Sparks Ring Stone Tale
A dining party in Cincinnati at the Huavlin hotel includes two ladies from Miss Marie Dressler’s company and Miss Dressler herself. When a sleeve brushes a glass stone from the table, it shatters on the floor. Dressler jokes the man has dropped the stone out of his ring, sparking amusement.
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Huavlin
Cincinnati
Miss Marie Dressler
Miss Dressler
Puzzler and School Discipline Tale From Old English Class
An English school story recalls a teacher inviting any question and a cunning pupil asking if he would duck if struck in a mud pit. Another tale follows a strict thrashing threat where a student claims a girl did the misdeed to spare the class from punishment.
Pneumonia Dangers for the Strong and Overweight
A health notice warns that pneumonia often strikes the robust and heavyset, not the weak. It urges weight management, diet reduction, and regular exercise, noting the germ is ever present and neglect of a cold invites pneumonia via weakened defenses.
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Ita
Lid
Wicker Baskets From Russia Dominate Imports
The Chicago Record-Herald notes willow osier baskets are a major Russian import to the United States. About eighty hampers per year are largely made in central Russia by peasants, with some from the Danube valley and notable domestic production. Imports last year surpassed one million dollars.
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Russia
America
Danube Valley
Chicago
Llerald
Portrait Painting To Show A Lost Daughter
A Paris visitor meets a lady who explains that a portrait in her parlor shows her deceased daughter as she would have appeared at age twenty five. The mother explains the child died soon after birth and the painting was made to imagine her life.
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Paris
The Disenchanting Phonograph Tale
A witty London Tatler anecdote recalls an Oxford don asked to speak into a phonograph and later hearing his own voice. He remarks the device makes him sound bumptious and affected, a sharp jab at self perception. The piece also notes exaggerated ads and a tall dwarf billed as remarkable.
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Oxford
London Tatler
Spinning Asbestos From Raw Material to Yarn
The article traces asbestos production from Italy as the first commercial source to the modern spinning process. It explains mining, carding, proto spinning, drawing, and twisting to create strong asbestos threads, noting the role of notched surfaces and special twisting to prevent slipping and enable long fibers. It mentions impregnation with rubber and long, continuous yarns of about 100 yards.
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Italy
India
Burglary in England and the daylight rule
A historical discussion explains that burglary cannot occur in daylight if the offender’s face is visible, except moonlight does not erase the offense. It distinguishes between burglars and tramp intruders and notes burglary can involve breaking out as well as breaking in as part of committing felonies.
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England
Breuke
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Kansas City Star
New England
Louisville
Tie
South
Washington
Georgia
Carroll County
Court of Ordinary
Carrollton
Reo Automobile
Buick Automobile
N. F
A. K. Snead
Winothin
Draughon
Practical Business College Company
Draighon
Carrollton College
Draughon College
Draughon’s Business College
Carrollton, Ga
A. ©. Padgett
Free Press Office
Carrollton Electric Company
Haile
F.J. Robinson
Ent
Seuistant
SEN
Savanwan
Geowats
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