Negro trusted with bank duties in Memphis story
A Memphis bank highlights the steady, faithful service of African American employees. Daniel, hired in 1871 as a porter at First National Bank of Memphis, has never mismanaged funds and now handles large sums accurately. His integrity earned him a rare northern trip and introductions to major banks in Chicago and Washington. The piece notes how such trust challenges northern views of race in the South.
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Johns Hopkins Hospital Uses Back Tags To Identify Newborns
Baltimore Sun reports physicians at Johns Hopkins hospital tag newborns with a waterproof adhesive plaster on the back between the shoulders. The name on the tag remains until discharge, preventing mix ups during busy changes. Tags do not indicate race, as doctors note color differences among babies are not used for identification.
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore Sun
Man of Courage Cited for Moral Stand in Oregon Senate Walkout
Washington Star quotes a Portland figure, Solomon Hist, as a model of courage for refusing to change his senate vote in 1885. Hirsch, a state senator, cast his lot for John Mitchell after a 60 day deadlock, sparking praise for principled integrity despite a major prize.
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Washington Star
Solomon Hist
Vortland
Ore
Turkey
Harvisus
United States Senate
Oregon
Hirsch
State Senate
John Th. Mitchell
United States
Fragmented excerpt on customs, funerals and dreams
The text describes funeral practices in Peru with women’s absence from ceremonies, funeral processions carried by pallbearers, and the display of mourners. It also cites a study by J. De Smetis noting children begin dreaming before age four or five, with variations by age and gender, and claims criminals show reduced dreaming and vividness, from Youth's Companion.
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Sun
Chicago Daily News
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Turin
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Phy
Kaiser’s Houshastes and the Smiling Emperor
A fragmentary 19th century tale describes Kaiser’s housetaches disguising as a common man on Christmas night. He tours his capital handing out coins to the poor, startling a coachman and an old woman before returning to the palace. Rumor hints at imperial mustaches giving him away.
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Harown-ai-Rasahid
New York Journal
Old Coin Dies Destroyed at Philadelphia Mint
Philadelphia mint officials including Superintendent Hoyer witnessed the destruction of 1070 coin dies dated 1899 used for double eagles eagles half eagles and other denominations. Dies were burned in furnaces then hammered into a mass of metal. only the Lafayette dollar obverse die from 1900 was retained. The incident notes the U S mint destroys all dies after use and claims U S coins are among the finest in the world surpassing England and Germany.
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Dunwaecy 2
Hoyer
Philadelphia Times
United States
England
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