Laundering Our Paper Money Scheme by Treasury Officials
The Treasury Department reports a plan to wash and rejuvenate worn currency to extend its life and save costs. A Washington plant could process up to 100,000 notes daily using simple soap and water, alum and glue for body, and ironing to mimic new money.
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Treasury Department
Washington
Uncle Sam
Treasury
United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Chicago
Wormont
Wsecretary of the Treasury
Combination China Cabinet and Sideboard for Farm Homes
A design for a portable or in wall combination china cabinet and sideboard suited to modest homes. It explains construction details, door options, wood choices, dimensions, and estimated cost around 25 dollars for pine, with slightly higher for hardwood. Mirrors on rear panels may be added if desired.
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Walla
Alligator Shoots Chutes At California Farm
A Scientific American note describes a California alligator farm where a trained giant reptile slides down chutes. The operation houses 600 plus specimens from large bulls to newly hatched, kept for hides, with visitors helping profits.
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California
Scientific American
Kentucky colonel and the white rainbow tale
A Kentucky colonel Shackelford is teased for flirtatious politeness at a Knights Templar reception in Chicago leading to a humorous parlor reunion scene. The column also notes a rare white rainbow observed at Montourla observatory in Parla, with scientific explanation linking to a broader rainbow theory.
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Kentucky
Knights Templar
Shackeford
Congress Hotel
Colonel Shackelford
Gwitul
Shackelford
Montourla Observatory
Parla
M. Loula Besson
Ulloa
Mascart
u—Scientific American
Bases Efforts of Inventors in the Glass Trade
Machinery plays little part in the glass trade and visitors note the aging, awkward processes. Inventors have long tried to devise machinery to replace the glass blowers lungs, but so far no solution suffices.
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Glnas
Cod de Lue Luncheon Recipe For Fancy Dinner
A well known chef suggests cod as a luncheon option not unlike salmon in taste if priced at 30 cents a pound. Prepare thin fillets rolled into cutlets, coat in egg and crumbs, fry to brown, drain. Serve with whipped potatoes, arrange on a meat platter with the fish upright around it, and garnish with lemon skin, parsley, and beets.
Caraway Cookies Recipe from an Old Text
A simple old fashioned cookie recipe uses one cup lard two cups sugar one and a half cups water one teaspoon soda two teaspoons cream of tartar nutmeg salt and flour as needed to roll out Knead well for best texture Finish with one teaspoon of caraway seed for flavor and a pleasant finish.
An Ice-Chest Suggestion for Stable Serving
A Woman's Home Companion note advises placing a rubber ring under a dish to prevent tipping when set on the lee. The tip uses common fruit jar rings to stabilize an ice chest setup and preserve level presentation.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound testimonial
A Park Rapids Minnesota notice extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for long illness and nervous prostration. It claims cures, weight gain, restored regularity, and urges women to write Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for advice. A Brookville and Ohio testimonial mentions improved nerves and regularity.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Park Rapids
Minn
Brianey
Pinkham
Park
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Mra
Lynn
Mass
Lydia EB. Pinkham
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America
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Brockton
Rik
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National Live Stock Com. Co
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Fon Thompson
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