Census Exam Rules for Appointments in New York
A Washington dispatch outlines Merriam's census rules for grades above labor. Eligibility hinges on tests in arithmetic orthography penmanship geography and history with specialized tests for steno and typewriter work. Candidates must score at least 76 to avoid rejection and face repeated exams after 99 days if eliminated.
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New York
The
Tribune
Washington
Merriam
Tatsul
Iy Mat
Scene at Paris Salon Shares Odd Glance Between Painters
The text describes Carolus Duran, a painter at a Harper’s weekly table, noting Baron Totharhhild’s close friend’s concern over a peculiar, intense stare during a large dinner party. Duran offers to explain with a mystery about a beggar and a pending suit.
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Baron Totharhhild
Paris
Carolus Duran
Harper's
Finjueler
Mvasiee
Rothechild
Duyai
The Golden Medical Discovery Promotes Vital Force
An article extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic for indigestion and vitality. It warns that overwork drains the body and links weak digestion to consumption, citing a Tennessee man who credits the remedy with saving his life.
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Pierce
Golder
MM. Robinett
Seder
Tenn
Dr. Pierce
Golde
Bom
Myou
Hudyan Kenedy Co
Sil
Fultyan Remedy Company
South Broadway
Los Angeles
California
Hudyan
The Landlord's Forte Anecdote From a Traveling Man
A traveling man out west boasted he could pack boots into a trunk better than a hotelkeeper. After a mismatch of trunk space, he claimed he learned his trunk capacity by discovering a quart of wine fits in a pint bottle. The tale, cited from the Washington Post, ends with the traveler asserting boots could fit once the wine trick is understood.
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Oll
Boo
Hotel Main
Respi
The Charge at Caloocan Told by Captain Tiishop
Kansas City Journal recounts Captain Tiishop of Salina's 20th Kansas memoir of the attack on Caloocan. He praises Colonel Funston for urgency and leadership and details the brutal rush, frontline courage, and boys chipping through trenches and brush under heavy fire near a church and wall.
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Kansas City Journal
Tiishop
Salina
Kansas
Caloocan
Funston
Succeas
Calooran
Little
Whitman
Metcalf
Valoocan
Sampson
Seregants
Brockway
Wilson
Glasgow
Fox
King
Harry Todd
Churen
Springfield
Useless Facts From a Bygone Age
Fragmentary notes recount curious facts about coconuts sung by natives of Ceylon, ships anchored depths over two miles, France aging population, U S secret orders with lodges and members, European rulers' succession, pearl diving yields, and a thousand shells daily.
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Ceylon
France
Europe
Ireland
United States
Emperor William’s Literary Tastes Revealed
A report notes the German emperor’s strict literary inclinations. Shakespeare dominates his reading, with both German and English editions in his possession. He studies the bard deeply, reciting passages and comparing them with the Bible in a manner praised by observers.
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William
Shalespeare
Didn't Come Natural First Sophomore Hate for Money
Two sophomores discuss money and writing home, noting fussing and fuming over asking for funds. One says they are trying to write home without asking for money while the other questions the effort and intention.
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Haly
Telegraph poles of gray granite on Milan Bwiteerland line
Messages between Milan and Bwiteerland pass through the Simgplon Pass along telegraph line supported by stone posts. Each post is gray granite about 100 inches square and 2 feet high, forming the route.
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Milan
Bwiteerland
The Unpaid Reformer Watches Window Washer Crowd
A Chicago crowd gathers on a street corner to watch a fourteenth story window washer. He calmly explains there is nothing remarkable about window washing, urges bystanders to count themselves fools, then walks away with a policeman. The scene mocks curiosity and celebrates ordinary labor.
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Chicago Tribune
The Judge Drawn In Everywhere
A humorous scene shows a police justice acting as judge jury and attorney in one as a complainer tests a handkerchief claimed to be theirs. The justice questions the witness with quick, sharp logic, suggesting many cases resemble a chaotic courtroom. The exchange highlights comic misreads and evasive reasoning.
Fact snippets from old English and global notes
A collection of brief curiosities and statistics including Nome residents’ free hospital, a claim that football was illegal in Henry VIII’s England, the hearing prowess of frogs and toads, a physician’s view on mouth-shut sleep, Proga and Phave, a Buddhist temple in Paris with 200 followers, 9,009,000 Congo walking sticks imported to the United States annually, and Vienna’s bike path plan for cyclists.
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Nome
England
Henry VIII
Leclares
Phave
Paris
United States
Vienna
Fragmentary verse note on crowded ear and mockery
A compressed line of verse describes being crowded in an ear and numb, with a mockery directed toward Messrs. Ad. and Co. Life, hinting at a promotional spree and a defiant personal stance. The fragment preserves dramatic tone and named entities in a sparse, period voice.
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Messrs. Ad. and Co
Fly Population Projections From Egg to Descendants
An article notes that a female fly lays four times per summer, producing 80 ounces each bout, and that the season’s progeny could total about 2 080 420 descendants. It discusses rapid insect reproduction and speculative population growth.
Public sale proposal for site in Butte Montana 1890
Authorized by act of congress approved March 2 1849 proposals for sale of property to build a public building at Butte Montana. Corner lot preferred 160 by 160 feet or 150 by 190 feet with street frontage. Sealed proposals must include metes and bounds and street layout, include title evidence, be marked Proposal for sale of property for a site for the public building Butte Montana, and addressed to L I Gagr Secretary of the Treasury Washington D C. Certifies partnership of McCarthy Connell wholesale and retail meat business at 407 North Main Street Butte Montana. Notary public Will K Quarles attests March 28 1890.
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U. S. Treasury Department
Washington, D. C
United States
Gutte
Mant
Butte, Mant
L. I. Gagr
The
Treney
Washington, B. C
McCarthy & Connell
Silver Bow County
State of Montana
North Main Street
Hutte
McCarthy
Doctor Huie Pock Offers Pure Root and Herb Cure
In Butte a physician advertises as the only pure root and herb treatment provider. Specializes in chronic diseases of long standing with permanent cures claimed for private ailments and women's diseases after years of study.
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Butte
J D McGregor Veterinary Surgeon In City Practice
Honorary graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College Toronto Canada. Treats all diseases of domesticated animals according to scientific principles. Office at Marlow's Stables 1048 Main Street Telephone 298. All cases promptly attended to.
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Ontario Veterinary College
Toronto
Canada
Marlow's
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Market
Ellis Streets
San
Patrick McCarthy, Enry D. Connell
Silverton
Will K. Quarles
Huie Pock
Main St
J.D. McGregor
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A. F
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