Kite Making By Professor Peabody Inspires Boys
A boy narrator and Charlie read about kite making from Professor Peabody of Massachusetts Agricultural College. The article walks three-stick house-kite instructions, frame construction, paper wrapping, belly-band and tail setup, plus wind guidance and a simple string-winding brake for controlled flight.
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Charlie
Paul
Farl Trent
Earl Trent
Professor Peabody
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Professor P
When may a man be guid to be literally immersed in his business
The prompt asks about when a man can be literally immersed in his business in the sense of being in water while giving a swimming lesson. It frames a whimsical, literal interpretation of immersion tied to professional duties.
Loss of the Revenues Correspondence 1872
Chicago August 12 1872 to the Civil Service Commissioners questions a claim by Senator Trumbull that twenty five percent or 95 836980 22 is lost annually to the government from revenues. The writer asks for precise meaning of the report regarding losses and alleged plunder under Washington authorities.
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Chicago
Civil Service Commissioners
Washington, D. C
Trumbull
Washington
Honest reform noted in Grant era Civil Service letter
A Washington letter from Sept 4, 1872 addresses Senator Trumbull's claim that 25 percent of US revenues are lost to a corrupt civil service system. It explains historical estimates of indirect losses, tied to distortions in tax collection, evasions, and undervaluations. The text cites reports from 1866 and 1868 and notes reform under General Grant.
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Washington, D. C
John A. Logan
Trumbull
Washington
United States
Andrew Johnson
T. A. Jenckes
New York
House of Representatives
McCulloch
Kumbull
Government losses from internal revenue defalcations clarified
An official statement refines Treasury figures, noting total defalcations under the Internal Revenue Law amount to about 8.2 million rather than 20.1 million, with roughly 0.8 million under Lincoln, 2.1 million under Johnson, and the remainder near 0.3 million under Grant. From June 1872 acting secretary Richardson cites losses in customs and banks, arguing actual losses are far smaller than sensational claims.
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Treasury Department
Internal Revenue Law
Lincoln
Johnson
Grant’s
Internal Revenue Bureau
Richardson
Internal Revenue
Trumbull
Gen. Grant
Gorge Vitas Curtis
Alexander G. Catell
Joseph Mépinn
Dawson A. Walker
Victory
Joseru Ht Bracmrarn
Dassen C. von
Iowa Land Sale Map and Prospectus Offered by Railroad
On application, mail a free new rail map of Iowa plus a descriptive pamphlet detailing a section of land along the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific line. Over 500,000 acres offered near the railroad with full sale terms. The lands are described as the cheapest and best farming lands in Iowa with low prices and favorable terms to actual settlers. J L Drew Land Comr Davenport Iowa.
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Iowa
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific R. R. Co
Union
J. L. Drew
Land Com’r
Davenport
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Ant
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Ilingish
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Upriea States
Standard Harm Maschinery
L. Mishler
Owa
Fuller & Fuller
Husking Glovesco
South
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Chicago, I
Boot-Heel CO
Providence
R. I
J. W. Chapman & CO
Bradison
Indiana
Henry Holland
Front St
C, Vbazie & CO
J. Walshe
Ill
mYticles
N.H. White
Newark, N. J
G. Stinson & Co
Art Ublishers
Portland
Maine
Evening Star
Excelsior Manufacturing Co
John Q. Kellogg
Platt St
W. H.H. Davis & Co
Nassau, N.Y
Wolcott
Chatham Square
N. Y
Stewart
S. M. Spencer
Brattleboro, VI
W. B. Squires
M. D
Worthington, Green Co
Ind
Ee & McCurdy
T. William & Co
National Publishing CO
Cincinnati
Ohio
St. Louis
U.S
Roger Brooke Tan
Supreme Court of
U. S
Murphy & Co., Publishers
Baltimore
Post Office
Great American Tea Co
Weesy Street
P. O
New York City
London
Paris
Platt Street
Freeport Veterinay Infirmary
R.G. Potts
Freeport
Isaac Niiler
ATL Parsons
Lorses
Dprogho
MLB
C,v.s. EL
Net & Babcock
Vesely
R. O. Schofield
Miller & Saxby, Tmporters
Leicester
Miller &Saxby Freeportlll
Ayer
the. Aver & CO
Lowell
Iass
U.S. 4
ALL Druguists
SyenrEal
Flemovay
Jona'rean
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Tephenson
Bogar's Store
Singer
Standard
Loring Blake
Steiny, Gray
Halslet & Davis
Miles
Rowsey & Co
A. A. Hayes
Massachusetts
Buckingham
R. P. Hall
Nashua
Western Union Railroad
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