Alan Goldsborough dollar stabilization editorial note
An editorial letter from Alda P. Whitby praising Alan Goldsborough's dollar stabilization bill and urging congressional support. The piece argues for a scientific, stable currency to stop yearly shifts in purchasing power, cites Fisher’s plan, and notes business opposition to inflationary proposals while urging perseverance and national consideration.
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T. Alan Goldsborough
House
Washington, D. C
Mr. Goldsborough
Congress
Professor Fisher
Edison
Ford
Ladd
Fisher
Marshall
Elevator Reunion Between Grace and Bob at the Movie House
Grace O'Brien an elevator operator at a small city theater runs the outside booth with other girls. Bob Morton, an old sweetheart from Grace's school days, reappears after the war and asks to talk. A temporary out of order sign creates a private moment for them, leading to plans for a dinner reunion.
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Grace O'Brien
Nanute
Grace
Genee
Una
Gree O'brien
Gracey
Grace Lowe
Jvh Morton
Grice
Moving Picture House
Ian
George
Bob
Bob Morton
Ceater
New
Els
New York
Hob
Guy
Gay
Ife
Blessing of Wine Festival in Loulbon Provence
A traditional annual rite on St. Marcellin’s day in Loulbon near Aramon France gathers villagers with bottles for a blessing. The cure blesses the wine then everyone drinks a gulp as psalms are sung. The flask is kept for cures and weather signs, with rain following drought when the carriers march.
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Loulbon-en-Provence
Bouches-duhone
Aramon
France
St. Marcellin
Houlbon-en
Early newspapers and the first printed ads
The piece traces early news from word of mouth to letters such as the Acta Diurnu published in 601 BC and the 1704 Boston News Letter. It notes the first type printed newspaper the Gazette in Bavaria in 1457 and the first printed advertisement for horse reward in 1618 in the London Timpartiat Intelligencer.
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Nome
Aletter
Boston News
Boston Historical Society
The
Gazette
Bavaria
London Timpartiat Intelligencer
Saving a Bit of Time in Yorkshire Dialect
An American tourist in Yorkshire asks how locals name a butterfly. An old Yorkshireman replies with a quick shot of his cap and explains the term flugs for the insect to save time in speech.
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Yorkshire
England
Dictionary Long Time In Making By French Academy
For centuries the forty immorts of the French academy labor on a dictionary and related works. Founded in the 17th century to purify the language, the academy issued an initial dictionary in 1694 but saw revision needed from the start. Members are elected for life and visit each member in turn to gain admission.
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France
French Academy
Mentor Magazine
Ufe
Romance of Faneuil Hall Creates Boston Landmark
A historic sketch traces Faneuil Hall in Boston from Andrew Faneuil the French Huguenot founder to Peter Faneuil and the hall’s role in colonial protests. It notes the 1765 stamp act meeting and 1778 tea tax protests leading to the Boston Tea Party, with Lafayette’s 1824 tribute to liberty.
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Faneuil Hall
Boston
Andrew Faneuil
Holland
America
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Peter
Che Cown
Veter Fnneuil
Lafayette
Early Settler Pomposity in Jamestown Valor and Ritual
The piece notes early settlers prized feudal pomp and class distinctions with ceremony. Jamestown famine saw Sir Thomas Gates depart to a ceremonial salute. De la Warr arrived with trumpet flourish and banners. Puritans later entered church in cloaks with musket, escorted by Captain Standish and Elder Bruister, creating rigid displays of authority.
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Jamestown
Thomas Gates
de la Warr
Elder Brewster
Captain Standish
Whitman faced a diverse career before Leaves of Grass
Whitman began as an errand boy and printer helper, taught in a country school, edited the Brooklyn Eagle, ran his own paper the Long Islander, and tried building small houses in Brooklyn. Throughout this checkerboard life he wrote poetry and published Leaves of Grass in 1855, praised by Emerson as extraordinary.
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Whitman
Walt Whitman
Brooklyn Eagle
The
Long Islander
Brooklyn
Emerson
America
Not a Penny, Not a Penny Pinckney Phrase Story
The piece recounts John Jay's 1796 treaty with England and the French demand for tribute. It notes Pinckney allegedly replied with "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute," and later clarified his stance as "Not a penny, not a penny" in a club anecdote.
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Pinckney
France
John Jay
England
United States
Directory
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
Promise and Prank in a Double Meaning Math Tale
An office boy asks a clerk to divide 180 by 10 with solemnity. The clerk answers eighteen, but the boy doubts and insists he has worked it out many times, claiming the result is 17 and 10 over, implying a mistrustful or playful math misunderstanding in a big business setting.
That Strong Cigar Joke From Everybody's Mage Zine
A woman buys cigars for her ailing husband in a shop. Asked if mild or strong, she requests the strongest, noting the last ones broke in his pocket. The humor hinges on the husband’s resistant fate and the shop clerk’s reaction to the remark.
Fully Supplied. Radio absent at home as routine keeps couple in touch
In casual dialogue a man explains they have no radio at home because his wife’s bridge party and the sewing circle on Wednesdays occupy their social ties. The Richmond Times Dispatch quotes the exchange.
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Jones
Nat
Richmond Times Dispatch
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Greensboro
Hamilton
Illinois
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Iowa
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Mass
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Basic Hum Newspaper Syndicate
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Marcellin
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