Trade Dollars and their rise and fall in U S mint history
Trade dollars authorized in 1873 aimed to boost eastern commerce and resemble Mexican silver dollars. About 36 million minted, many exported, but confusion with standard dollars led to a 1887 redemption ending six months later. By period’s end roughly 284,587 remained domestically, under 1 percent of coins issued.
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China
Japan
Philippines
Europe
United States
Treasury
Walton's Fast and the Doctor's Bold Advice
Race track lore recalls Plunger Walton known for thoroughness in racing and life. A doctor neighbor advised tapering meals to cure rheumatism, claiming the patient endured twenty one days without food, drinking water hourly, then ending at 400 pounds after fasting.
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Walton
Francia
Theodore Walton
Tod
New York
Colors and their emblematic power in military history
A quoted passage discusses how military colors inspired troops and shaped victories, stressing that the colors symbolize prestige, honor, and victory. It notes Napoleon's tomb at the Invalides and the surrounding color stands as mute witnesses to the conqueror's legacy.
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Napoleon
the Invalides
Europe
London Telegraph
Australian Diary Notes On Ants And Creek Swim
A noon swim in a secluded creek ends with swarms of blue brown ants invading clothes and biting feet. The writer cites a Gentlewoman note on ants. bull, soldier, green head ants bite hard. Termites chew beams and have been eating sheet lead at Sydney Museum, now preserved there as a warning to city fathers.
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Gentlewoman
Sydney
It Isn’t Veneer That Really Counts
It Isn’t veneer but character that defines a real man, not acquired power or polish. A loving tenderness and sympathy matter more than cleverness or language skills, and a continental bow cannot balance abuse. The piece urges looking past veneers to genuine, humane qualities in a husband.
Corner on Idols and a Hindu Shrine in Pasadena
H E Huntington of Pasadena has bought 57 idols from a Japanese temple and installed them on his grounds to worship Buddha in seclusion. The letter suggests it would have been better to place American idols such as Mammon, baseball heroes, movie cowboys, a silver dollar statue, and other symbols to reflect popular culture.
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H. E. Huntington
Pasadena
Cal
Mammon
Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
Pennsylvania
Preserving Their Morals Amid Transit Fumes
A woman with four young children riding near the motorman begs for help moving to the back after the fifth fuse blow in minutes. An elderly man assures safety, while she insists on relocating to shield her children from the noise.
Detachable yokes for baby dresses boost quick sale
A clever idea offers detachable yokes that fit over a plain slip and wash easily. Designs mimic lace collar styles with back buttons and gold shoulder pins, using tucking, lace, and linen to create delicate yokes.
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Baby
Proper Care Of The Feet For Busy Women
Women who care for their hands should also tend their feet. Fit shoes prevent fatigue and callouses. Regular bathing, soda water, hot salt baths, and alcohol rub helps feet stay soft. Use a pumice stone on heels and balls, avoid cutting nails short, and file with sandpaper. Visit a chiropodist to prevent irregular nail growth and reduce pain.
Fashions Note On Fanci Brown Green Gowns And Hats
Fashions favor balanced blends of fanci brown and green in frocks of shaded taffeta and brown chiffon. Emphasis on lines over decoration with shadow lace, white to matching tones, and touches of black for individuality. All white handbags and parasols, beads, buckles, and rings trend. Feathers dominate hats as trim, with no price too high.
White Lace Waist With Embroidered Color Bands
An attractive white lace waist features sleeves in one piece with the body, trim at the bottom in a cor sel et fashion, and colorful embroidery accented by gold galloon bands finishing the neck.
The Mississippi Scheme and John Law’s Bubble
A compact portrait of John Law and the Mississippi company. Law, a Scottish gambler and financier, rose to power under the Duke of Orleans in France. He launched a vast debt repayment scheme with a monopoly spanning global trade. France infused wealth into the venture, but the bubble burst, ruin swept thousands, Law fled, and he died years later in Venice.
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France
John Law
Louis XV
Philip
Duke of Orleans
Law
Edinburgh
England
Continent
Paris
Mississippi Company
Cape of Good Hope
Africa
Persia
India
China
Japan
Strait of Magellin
Venice
Lobsters and crabs chew with stomach teeth
The passage explains lobsters and crabs lack mouth teeth and chew their food using stomach teeth. They begin mastication of one item, then seize another, finishing the first item in the stomach while continuing to chew the second.
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Home Cough Cure
A vintage health ad claims many suffer lung trouble force relocation but offers Dr King’s New Discovery as a home remedy. It touts quick relief for throat and lung ailments including coughs colds grip and whooping cough and lists 50 cents to $1.00 with a trial bottle free and a druggist guarantee.
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King
Ito
Railway Time Tables and Train Arrivals
Train schedule listing arrival at Covington at 4 15 am and 4 40 pm and departure from Attica at 8 00 am and 3 40 pm. Covington arrivals 10 50 am and 4 40 pm, Attica 1 10 and 3 35 pm. Includes No 6 local daily except Sunday and multiple fast and local trains with numbers and times.
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Covington
Attica
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