Ten Per Center Money Lenders In Washington
A Washington column describes government clerks turning to “ten per center” lenders at 10 percent per month for quick cash. Notes require a second reputable endorser, or risk to careers, with businessmen in the Corcoran Building profiting heavily from short term loans. Also notes a California gecko's tail shedding and other oddities and ends with a St Jacobs Oil advertisement note.
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Washington
Porroner
Ite Prosention
Cororan
Congress of Virginia
Large Farms The Future Of Global Agriculture Says Report
Three government inquiries into peasant property in Germany and Australia reveal trends toward disappearance of middle and large estates, calls for debt relief or state takeover, and calls to curb subdividing. Outputs show low yields per acre and high taxation pitfalls, arguing large farms will dominate future farming. Washington Letter recounts two bunko men at Willard's hotel testing impersonation of Gen Sheridan.
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Germany
Australia
England
Queen Anne
France
Belgium
Prussia
Geffachen
Chicago News
Mr. Webster
Richmond
Webster
Henry Webster
Bunko
Gen
P. H Sheridan
United States Army
Sheridan
Washington
Elocution Fever Echoes in 19th Century Poetry Recital
The Chicago News Rambler recalls a past elocution craze that disrupted homes and sparked passion for verses. It notes the revival of pieces like Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight and Sheridan's Ride, ending with a humorous misquote about curfew and love.
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Sheridan
Charlie Mahree
Shamus O’brien
Ruby
Rhine
Chicago News “Rambler
Dinner with Lafayette in Boston 1825 recalled by Warren
William Warren narrated a Boston dinner in 1825 for Lafayette where after toasts songs filled the room. A song titled To Tomorrow was sung repeatedly, prompting Lafayette to ask Moreau why the crowd sang a song to Moreau, mistaking it for praise of his old ally.
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William Warren
Boston
Lafayette
Warren
Moreau
Chicago Herald
London
Kate Field
John R. Dodge, Jr
Mrs. Hauck
Bt. Joseph
Ill
J. Worth
New York City
Raising the Status of German Diplomats
Prince Bismarck elevates the rank and pay of Germanys diplomats abroad as a priority of the foreign office. The Paris embassy has been renovated greatly, illustrating the new prestige attached to diplomatic service.
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Prince Bismarck
Foreign Office
Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
Paris
Clay Eaters in NC Linked to Arsenic Sedative Habit
A Philadelphia physician Dr Frank I Getchell reports that central North Carolina residents ingest clay rich in arsenic. He and Professor Tiernan analyzed the material and found arsenic acts as a sedative and stimulant, explaining dull lazy behavior and pale puffed eyes in the community.
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North Carolina
Philadelphia
Frank I. Getchell
Salisbury
Getchell
Dr. Getchell
Tiernan
Styria
Austria
Tyrol
Alps
Switzerland
Germany
Scandinavia
Cornwall
England
Philadelphia Times
Grandboy Inspires Grandmother To Join WCTU
Miss Willard recalls a meeting where a young boy pressed his name in a pledge book and urged his grandmother to sign beside him. Tears filled her eyes as she vowed to join the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and support future generations, saying she could not go back on her grandboy.
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St. Jacobs Oileen
Ling Bain
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Venezuela
New Granada
Peru
Scotland
Ecuador
Paraguay
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Chile
Patagonia
Terra del Fuego
Dutch Guiana
New York Sun
Gou-Gou
Great West
Gussie
Timmie
Gou Gou
Gougou
Buffalo Express
Beth
Tommy
Santa Claus
C. Brown
Pe Vee Foundry & Machine CO
Ricks
8Th and
Larimer Streets
Denver
Main
Walnut
Pine Streets
Alfred T. Bacon
Hunter
Mitchell
Nne
Qld
Reliable Drug House
J. F. Fezer
Queensware
H. C. Watson & Co
H.C. Watson & CO
Central Medical and Surgicalnstitute
St. Louis
Frank Baker
Fort Morgan
Ort Morgan
Ely
Bali
USA
Owego
Missouri Steam
Yo Eph Joyce
Maple Street
Greeley
Colo
T. C. Morley
Castoria
Powell & Son
NCINN
St., Cincinnati
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