New Money for Old and the Treasury Experts
A detailed look at the U S Bureau of Engraving and Redemption handling mutilated and worn currency. Experts assess torn fragments to determine value and authenticity, with notable cases including a Vanderbilt claim and several fraud attempts.
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Treasury Department
W. K. Vanderbilt
Newport
Would
Kansas
Treasury
Bowery
New York
Busiess
Department of Justice
Parrot Switch A Clerical Tale From Cornwall
In a Cornwall town a parrot owned by a maiden lady learned to say I wish the old lady would die. A curate offered his own parrot to reform the wicked bird. The two birds met and the cleric's parrot then uttered We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord in solemn tones. Parishioners heard it and the litany was briefly omitted on Sundays.
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Cornwall
William Black’s Disturbed Dip In Oban Legend Of A Quiet Swim
An old Oban tale recalls novelist William Black bathing unseen on rocky shores while a reader sits nearby absorbed in The Princess of Thule. A hunter glimpsed Black’s head and nearly fired thinking it a shot, until Black pleaded that he was a living man.
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William Black
Oban
Thule
Sheila
Mr. Black
Cannibal teases captive with Sunday dinner promise
The New York Journal quotes a trembling captive crying Spare me as the cannibal grins and declares I will save you for my Sunday dinner. The chilling exchange reads like a sensational colonial era tale from a lurid column.
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New York Journal
Monastery Net Ascent On Cliff Sparks Daring Feat
Describes monks using a windlass net to lift visitors to a monastery perched 170 feet above ground. The ascent involves a rattling ride as the rope tightens, with winds swaying the net and bumping riders against the cliff. Visitors are welcomed at the top.
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Nes
The Caroline Islander and Melanesian Traits
A passage discusses the Caroline Islander as honest and loyal once trusted, yet capable of Machiavellian intrigue when opposed. It contrasts Melanesian temperament with enforcement of etiquette through apologies and gifts, and notes the Ponapean as a skilled navigator and craftsman. It closes with a tale of a man who betrays a friend after promising to always do his best.
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Machiavelli
Geographical Review
Chicago Tribune
True Thrift and the Cornish Country Folk
Hicks notes both shrewdness and humor in Cornish country folk. A neighboring dairywoman and her husband began with one cow and, through thrift, grew prosperous. When Hicks asks how, Mrs. P replies that most people think of what they want, while they always consider what they can do without.
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Hicks
Allus
Taking a Walk Justice Declares Rest for Theft Charge
A man accused of stealing a plank walk pleads he followed a physician's advice to take a long walk daily. The judge sentences three months in the house of correction, noting the court offers free advice.
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House of Correction
Bostor
Advertising Saturation on Broadway New York
The article notes Broadway from the Battery to Central Park runs 52,800 feet and the sheer amount of ads on buildings and shop windows would take a reader eight to ten days to cover one side or eight hours if reading every side. It emphasizes how densely plastered Broadway is with advertising.
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Broadway
New York
the Battery
Central Park
Not So Bad as That
A light note from Brooklyn Life quotes a bantering exchange about ancient birth in Egypt and a jest about appearance. It also references a claim that women are cooler and more self possessed than men in maritime disasters, and mentions Korea being the size of Kansas at about 2,000 square miles.
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Iceland
Fair Theosophist
Egypt
Brooklyn
Korea
Kansas
Fragments Describe Fraternal Lodge Officers and Meeting Pace
The text lists officers and roles for a branch and associated groups including Mystic Encampment No 1 and Knights of Maccabees, with meetings on specific midweek days. It mentions officers such as Gray Pinkerton, George Elmlie, Lucile Orit, and others, plus records of trustees, masters, pastors, and guards. It notes nightly rooms, Christian services, and a Sunday service at 4 o'clock with a string quartet, inviting strangers and patrons.
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North Dakota
Minnesota
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Uncle Sam’s Redemption Bureau
Alabama
Chicago
Washington Star
New Orleans
Dandroft
Orleans Times-Democrat
Mascali
Mount Etna
Jane of Aragon
United States
Bear Creek
Tule River
California
Nevada
Ladies’ Home Journal
Clara
Cholly
Harlem
Shooting Star
Donahue
Wonalive
Scott
Paris
Mme. Bianchini
Dray and
Chautauqua Grounds
Kelly Ave
Cordner's
Alex
Walker
Pelephone
White Swan
Heffert
Stade
John Niwn
Ohn Gray Pinkerton
George Elmlie
Oly Serningard
Browser
Cir Y Y Rothie
C. O. Fy No
Ments
YSTIC
Alam Chultz, Ly P
Teane F Jar
Hresibuirr
Mont
Tregen Graham
N. G
Simi Sparks
Lucile Orit
Rebekal
H Hale
Sruith
Heinguth
D. McGahin
Felix Rainville
Charles Kener
Thoms Connelly
John WierKeans
John Scrumgard
Hirmie
Win
Bennett
James Stenson
Philip Manson
John Rath
Queen
Stella Root
Kensin
McGahin
Wally' Rin
Pana Kear Parker
Mary A. Situ
Getta
Matilda Duane
Agnes Rainville
Mary J
G. Redenbieh
C.C. Connolly
Bed
Chamberlin
Mra. Alonbach
Mra. Gray
Thaler
Mye
W. E. Swanton
Ncient Order OF United Workman
P.J. McClory
Mater
Old Scrumiard
Jos. Denoyer
Wm. Hurst
George H. Ruuberg
Recorders Ee
George Juergen Cop
John W. Owell
Wate
Grand
W.D. Jones
Greene
John van Liew
W Crewe
J. F. Henry
Forema
C. B. Davenport
Estes
A. Roberts
Ac Senate
Hi Moeller
Rand Army OF the Marcas
C. J. Stark
A. Pattee
M. Hanson
Albert Roberts
F. Mann
R. L.leveland
Sen ‘Omrades Roberts
Miller
Delegat
Omans Reliep Corps
Ieabelia Roberts
Ada Elliott
Moora
Hater. SN
Oman
Christian Temperance Union
Presbyterian Church
Co. G. Zanich & Co
Devile Lake
Pattie
Shemalye
Toswor Honore
Emil 5. Fich
Devils Lake
N. D
Lake
Jane
Henamee
William Scott
William Myers
Thomas Sullivan
Juline Johnson
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