Wigs and Wisdom From Long Ago and Odd Tales
A collage of curious snippets on historical trivia and Europe’s past. Notes on colonial wig fashion and costs, a stork tale of fire safety, Latin punctuation evolution, a Hohenzollern ring talisman, and a Russian court anecdote from Bismarck.
Ancient Paper Money in China A Chronicle of Early Notes
The text discusses Marco Polo as the first to tell Europeans about paper money in China under the Moguls. It notes 1739 sources claiming oppression of earlier paper money used by the Sux dynasty and mentions a 1244 replacement with a new kind of note.
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Sir Philip Sidney
Marco Pols
China
Department of the Interior
U.S. Land Office
Bismarck
N. D
General Land Office
M. H. Jewell
Register
Mons County
Tuto Alhert
Leiun
Mississippi lessons spark playful student quip
In a Baltimore classroom a geography lesson on the Mississippi River yields a humorous line as a pupil asks why not call the river “Mister Sippy” if the name means Father of Waters. The teacher adds notes on the river’s history and its poetic name.
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Baltimore
Mississippi
Sippy
State of
North Dakota
Geo W. Lyon
Arndrew Baker
Emmons
Saate
Linton
County of Em~mons
Charles B. Carley
No Place For The Joke In The Libretto
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note recalls a student of jokes who tests a brand new gag in a comic opera librettos. He reads his manuscript, sighs, and realizes the joke has no place, so he leaves it out and continues writing.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Angus Bulls
C. O. Johnson
James
Lyon
Linton, North Dakota
Climax
A. R. Moore
Linton - Ahazelton Land Company
L. du Heaume
Linton, N. D
Goodridge-Call Lumber Company
DACOT@H LUMBER COMPANY
Winchester
U. S. Ordnance Board
Charles G. Spencer
Emmons County Abstract
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Kean Surety Company
New York Lands
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Mr. Wray
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Watchmaker
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Tommy
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London
Wiliam Penn
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Gazette
Cornhill Magazine
Hohenzollern
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Frederick I
Russias
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Poschinger
Prince Bismarck
Frederick William IV
Berlin
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Hans O. Haug
Fifth Principal Meridian
L. A. Weatherby
United States
John Bartu
N. DO
Jens P. Nielson
Christ Christenson
Anthony Magrum
U.s.land Office
Delanio M. Heath
P. G. Rooks
William Jones
H. J. Fischer
N. D. E. Bridell, of Linton,n. D. O. G. Pettis, of Linton
Theodore B. Meinhover
Larvik
Russell C. Burlingame
Edward Larvick
John P. Jones
Levi Balch
Helmer V. Sedig
Idfan
Said Emmons
Claumant
Oqawed Naumann
Thomas Martinson
Harvey J.benedict
Anton Larson
Louis S. Foell
Townshi
Meridian
Wm. McCulley
J. B. Brock
William Raven
G. A. Herolz
Anton Eberle
Hague
District Court
Georg Schmidt
Anton Vetter
Jakob Duchscherer
N. 1
Joseph Scherr
Anton Bosch
W. F. Petrie
Johannes Bosch
Stephen Lipp
Lennie FP
McCauliff
L. A. Weatherly
William M. Schwab
Elgie W. Doolittle
Charles Lipps
Alexander Kelsch
M. HL. Jewell
Ropister
Inwa Raiby Dedarator 2
Board of County Commissioners
Emmons County
Emmons Co
J. G. Pitts
Petrie Bridge
Chuse
J.G Pitts
Charles 8
Caries
Anton Waid
Andress Schatz
Paul Waid
Agnesia Deibert
Marianna Deibert
Joseph Waid
Harbara Wald
Eva Wald
Adelhert Wald
P. J. Wittmayer
7Th Dakota
Carley
Apasian
Charlies B. Curley
Andrew Baker
Ties
W. Lynn
Petitioner
Join Baker
Manda Hest
Mollie Morris
Carrie Glaze
Annie Shelter
Kate Walker
Lou Baker
Wil Baker
Janette McLaughlin
Andrew Ritter
William L. Ritter
Charles G. Ritter
May Beck
Daisy Pax
Chas. L. Dinger
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Htobert Andrew Dinger
Lizzie Dinger
B. Frank Ritter
Hallie Ritter
Tiinors
Chas. Coventry
Andrew Haker
Charles KH. Carley
Charles R.carley
Christian Marthaller
Wendelin Schneider
John Bosch
Bridrich Kelsch
Matt Noel
Jewell
Regiat
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Tambe Veit Behan K. Ellt Company
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State of North
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Lynn
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Edward Moran
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