Centennial thoughts and Reconstruction era parallels in 19th century US
An informal history contrasts California Hayward’s 1878 centennial planning with 1874 to 1974 national parallels. It recounts Reconstruction era turmoil under Grant, Johnson, and congressional corruption scandals like Credit Mobilier, carpetbag rule, and Ku Klux Klan rise, noting economic ruin in the South after 1876.
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John Sandoval
Hayward
United States of America
Philadelphia
United States
Grant
South
Johnson
Senate
Argo Haut
San Francisco
Jeromne A. Hart
Ku Klux Klan
Republican Congress
Congress
White House
J. W. Patterson
New Hampshire
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
House
Unidentified Submerged Objects Said to Populate Oceans
A compact survey of reported underwater anomalies, tracing USOs from a 1984 Eltania dive at 13,500 feet off Cape Horn to 1902 Fort Salisbury observations. Accounts describe cigar shaped forms, glow, and submerged activity. Norwegian sea hunts and mysterious communications jamming accompany the tales.
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U.S. Aceanographic
Eltania
Cape Horn
Reces
Dmitri Rebikoff
Gulf Stream
Thejord
Fort Salisbury
A. A. Raymer
World Almanac editor on facts and slippery data
New York based executive editor George E. Delury discusses the perils of precision in the World Almanac. He notes that about 20 percent of the annual edition remains, 40 percent changes, and 41 percent is new. He argues no fact is fixed and cites examples from mountains to oil statistics, stressing definitions and sources shape the truth.
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New York
UPI
George E. Delury
Henry Adams
John Quincy Adams
John Adams
Notting
Velury
Delury
Nix Olympica
Mars
Earth
Girls Outspend Boys in Teenage Spending Study
New York UPI reports Rand Youth Poll findings show teenage girls spend more than boys from early teens onward. Girls average 4.16 weekly vs boys 5.55, with older teens spending 14.90 to 17.85 for the day. Girls are more impulse buyers while boys often spend on others.
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New York
UPI
Lita
Rand
America
Sur Shedias
Laster Rand
Bay
The Golden Years Cash Sources Explained
A banker traces unexplained retirement wealth to five sources: home sales, life insurance cash-ins, annuities, profit sharing and stock options, and credit union savings. He notes many retirees access large funds from home sales and that modest savers could accumulate substantial sums totaling around seventy thousand dollars.
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Horace
the Daily Review
Grand Central Station
New York
N.Y
Dear Dr Bicycle Advice on leather saddle and bike maintenance
Readers ask about oiling leather saddles without staining cycling shorts and about removing a rear wheel on a 10 speed. Dr Bicycle explains avoid sloppy habits, oil from underside, wheel removal with gears on smallest sprockets, and why racers drill brake lever holes to save weight and prevent slipping.
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V. R
San Diego
Cal
DR. Bicycle
D.F. Kalamazon
Mich
D. F
P. E
Ann Arbor
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California
Lee
Appomattox
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
North
Lincoln
Washbourne
Rawlings
Alexander T. Stewart
Treasury
Stewart
Ilegal
Interior
Jatob D. Cox
E. Rockwood Hoar
Department of Justice
Curly
Andrew Jackson
Creelit Mobilier Scan
Dal
Union Pacific Railroad
Oakes Ameg
Credit Mobilier
Schuyler Oolay
USP
Poland
Henry Wilson
Blaine
J. L. Dawes
James A. Garfield
Poland Committee
Oakes Ames
James Brooks
Louse of Representatives
Alabama
North Carolina
Louisiana
Allen Spraggett
Naviera
Brazil
Juliana Ardante
Europe
Sogne Fjord
Hergent
USC
Family Circus
By Thomas Colline
Hemont
Frimont Blvd
Fremont Blvd
Wee
Tarr
Thornton Dubin
Amador Val
Ona
Jan
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Kentucky
Fred
Olfen
Tenntion Road
Patrick
Castro Valle
Howoor An
Castro Valley Blvd
Uy Ave
Sahbamon Road
Hsaagerl
Ecrcaen Tane
Rome
Samieandro
Nii
Hesperia Bay
Lorenzo
Tyne
Sosouth
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