Romantic Bank of England saga spans two centuries
London reporters trace the Bank of England’s dramatic postwar foreign loan work led by women clerks. The piece recounts an early partner Charles Goodfrey slain delivering funds under fire, the Gordon riots of 1780 and the bank’s museum relics. Curiosities include a penny error note, a 5 000 000 note, a note centuries before it circulated, forged notes, a codfish stomach note, and a 35 000 sovereign testing machine.
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London
Bank of England
Bank of Pneland
Threadneedle Street
Charles Walter Goodfrey
Godfrey
William
Triches
Namur
Williams
Newgate
Royal Exchange
Banks’ Museum
Admiral Knight entertained by Chinese officials in Peking
Admiral Austin M. Knight the new commander in chief of the American Asiatic fleet visited Peking. He met President Feng Kuo chang and Mr Reinsch in private audiences and attended dinners hosted by Admiral Liu Kuan hsiane and Wang Ta hsieh. The American Association of North China and other officials arranged social functions for the guest, aiding his meetings with Chinese officials.
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Peking
Austin M. Knight
Feng Kuo-chang
Reinsch
Liu Kuan-hsiane
Admiral Knight
National Museum
Ireland's harvest praised by agriculture department
The department of agriculture reports a safe harvest with strong yields in potatoes oats wheat and barley. About three quarters of a million additional acres were brought under tillage, labor is ample, and Ireland will have plenty of food for domestic use and export.
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Dublin
Department of Agriculture
Ireland
Prompt decision valued over delay in governance
The Prompt Decision doctrine, noted by a Wilson cabinet member, argues it is better to decide at once and be right half the time than postpone and risk greater trouble. It cites naval and military leaders and executive officers who value prompt replies and swift action, echoing the motto to carry out orders promptly.
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Wilson
Army
Navy
Rowans
Garcia
Christian Science Monitor
Hidden War Efforts Ride On His Spy Network
The Kaiser relies on a celebrated spy system to win the war, though he has not publicly stated so. Observers note the potential impact alongside submarine threats as decisive factors in broader conflict.
Paw-Paw Iron Nux Introduced As Digestive Remedy
Twenty years after Paw-Paw Tonic first became a stomach digestant the product now combines IRON and NUX to form Paw Paw Iron Nux. The ad claims improved digestion strengthens blood and nerves, curing insomnia rheumatism kidney and liver troubles and catarrh, with Mann Drug Company as the local introducer.
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Mann Drug Company
South Mainstret
TRON MAN Promises Free Test and Health Path
An advertisement for a remedy called the TRON MAN offering a free test and guidance to health. It claims the product is sold nationwide in bottles of about 15 ounces for $1 by INTERSTATE DRUG CO., Inc., New York.
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Interstate Drug Co., Inc
New York
Army Surgery Makes Great Strides Behind British Lines
British front correspondent reports rapid advances in army surgery since the war began. Serum treatments curb tetanus, improved evacuation and near-line surgeons boost survival. Emphasis on sanitation, inoculation, and preventive care keeps disease deaths low and field medical stations increasingly effective.
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France
Associated Press
Vangrene
Dickens’s son Dick ens named Common Sergeant in London
Henry Fielding Dickens, sixth son of Charles Dickens, is appointed to the Common Sergeant post, chief justice of London city courts, with a $15 000 yearly salary. He is 68 and has practiced at the London bar since 1878. His youngest son Major Charles Dickens was killed in action last year.
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London
Henry Fielding Dickens
Charles Dickens
Dickens
France records heavy war damage by May end
Paris reports over 50 000 wildings demolished and more than 100 000 more damaged by bombardments and fires. Sixty three monuments destroyed. Invasion affected 1 225 communes.
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Paris
France
After Bombardment Arras Shows Rebuild Progress
In Arras France on November 9 a war report notes 229 of 4521 buildings remain. Over two and a half years of bombardment 962 were razed, 1 059 damaged beyond repair, and 1 785 can be made inhabitable without rebuilding from scratch.
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Arras
France
Bomb-proof shelters for London thousands of relief
New shelter measures provide for one million people with bomb proof buildings in London to be used during air raids. Relief plans cover medical aid for the wounded funeral expenses and replacement of destroyed furniture and clothing as part of the effort to ease distress from bomb explosions.
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London
Philadelphia
Rockefeller remarks spark debate on democracy and wealth
The Pittsburgh Dispatch reports John D. Rockefeller spoke sharply about rich fellows, while Champ Clark urged standing firm and taking heart. The piece frames democracy as enduring despite current blows to truth.
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Champ Clark
John D. Rockefeller
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Advertisement for Foley trial remedies and mail-in offer
Cut out this slip to mail to Foley & Co. in Chicago for a trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup along with Foley Widney Pills and Poley Cathartic Tablets from Maun Drug Co. The notice requests name and address to receive the samples.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
Maun Drug Co
DRY LEADERS PLAN NATIONAL PROHIBITION CONVENTION
National Anti-Saloon League leaders announce the December 10 Washington convention to press for a constitutional amendment. Governors, labor, Grange, merchants, and public figures will be invited to speak, with Bryan among the keynote speakers and delegates from all regions expected.
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Westerville
National Anti-Saloon League
Washington
League
William Ennings Bryan
Organized Labor
Granges
Publc Life
United States
Senate
House
Noted Irish artist Nathaniel Howe dead at 86
Nathaniel Howe an Irish painter and Dublin native died aged 86 in Dublin. He went to Paris in 1853 studied under Yvon and Convare. Howe lived in France for 20 years then returned to Ireland after acquiring property. Many of his important pictures are in Dublin galleries.
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Dublin
Nathaniel Howe
Paris
Yvon and
Convare
France
Ireland
Autumn Invades the Town in Colorful Transit
A verse-laden piece paints Autumn as a vibrant force entering the city with orange brown garments and mountain air. It recalls last year when she wandered and spread color, now followed by soldiers in khaki brown guiding through the town’s heart.
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