Sub Treasurers Push Clean Currency Education
Sub-Treasurer in Philadelphia proposes refusing damaged notes in change to curb careless mutilation. Howard Gibson urges school programs teaching money care, noting medical debate on germs on soiled currency and contrasting American habits with foreigners who keep notes clean and longer in circulation.
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Treasury
Washington
Howard Gibson
Philadelphia
Gibson
Bureau of Engraving and Printings
Bank of England
Horse Show and Automobile Exhibit Planned for Lancaster
The New Era reports Lancaster will host a June horse show using the Lancaster County Fair Association grounds with an automobile exhibit. Organizers at Antes Cafe decided on the plan, with two harness races daily plus a steeplechase and a running race each day. A band will perform daily as Lancaster’s horse stock promises a strong local display.
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Lancaster
McGrath's Park
Lancaster County Fair Association
Our Fair Association
Antes’ Cafe
Lancaster City
Prices in 1802 from an old Elizabethtown paper
A newspaper over a century old lists prices from 1802 including pigs at 25 cents each, butter 6 cents, eggs 3 to 5 cents a dozen, and men earning 25 cents a day. John H. Parthemer of Elizabethtown owns this relic. The terse line about umbrellas ends with a proverb on sunny hindsight.
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John H. Parthemer
Elizabethtown
Human Life February issue announces new fiction line and varied portraits
The February issue of Human Life introduces fiction with a short story by George Ade and a serial The Chief by Alfred Henry Lewis while preserving its people centered focus. It offers intimate pieces on Louis D Brandeis Katherine H M Blackford Parcels Post Champ Clark Horleben and other figures, plus sketches and pictures, presenting a readable history of times from grave to gay.
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Human Life
George Ade
Alfred Henry Lewis
Louis D. Brandeis
Wellesley
T. W. Lamont
Cities Beneath The Atlantic The Coastline Will Sink
Ten thousand years hence New York and other eastern ports will be buried as the coastline slowly sinks. US Geological Survey experts warn that Manhattan and Hudson mouth will migrate far into the sea, making future skyscrapers relics to echoing waves and vanished civilizations.
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New York
Boston
Baltimore
Washington
New Orleans
Galveston
United States Geological Survey
Hudson
Manhattan Island
Atlantic
Golden Nugget sweet corn and other notes from 1911
An agricultural column praises the Golden Nugget corn for seven inch ears filled with sweet milky kernels and broad appeal of medium early varieties with Crosby's and Perry's Sugar. It notes Vick's Garden and Floral Guide 1911 and offers a free copy by mailing name and address to James Vick's Sons Rochester NY. The piece shifts to a London postal whim and a jokey tale about a trousers by book post miscue and the Post Office Guide.
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Crosby
Perry
Unknown Race of the Hohokam in Early American History
The article traces the Hohokam as a lost early American people prior to Europeans and native tribes. It notes their ruins, such as Casa Grande, and suggests archaeology and geography together can reconstruct their past, despite scarce inscriptions or names. It cites Arizona ruins and the difficulty of naming the original inhabitants.
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United States
Arizona
Gila River
Casa Grande
Eilsworth
Harper's Magazine
Boil ers and Bodies
A comparison of boilers and the human body describes how both need proper temperature or vitality, correct fuel or nourishment, and controlled feeding intervals. The article notes efficiency depends on design, consistent fueling, and appropriate digestion for health and heat retention. It then shifts to a humorous vignette about trunk line confusion in Leaflandville with Miss Noling and Miss Sterling.
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Popular Magazine
Miss Noling
Leaflandville
B.C
Miss. Sterling
Miss. Noling
N. T.G
Brooklya
Ready Sealer and Gentlemen of the Theatre
Random quotes on sealing bottles with wax for secure transport and comic exchanges about trouble with wives, whiskers, and Kentucky horses. The clippings reference Good Housekeeping, Chicago Record Herald, and Puck with a joke about horses and autos.
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Good Housekeeping
Chicago Record
Herald
Getting the Particulars in a Quiet Exchange
A brief dialogue shows Nellie asking about Mr Felewailey’s proposal and Nora replying that he asked about breakfast time and mother’s cooking, revealing domestic nuance in a casual exchange.
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Nellie
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New York Tribune
London
Book Post
Parcel Post
Post Office
Willis
Kentucky
Gillis
Puck
The
North American
State
Pennsylvania
Lititz Record
Northern Lancaster Co
Ammmey
Bento
B. F. Lutz
Snavely Bros
Lititz
Regennas & Sons
C. Fred Regennas & Sons
Litifz
Lititz, PA
H. H. Gingrich
Packard
Packard Shoe
W. M. Grube
East Main ST
A. H. Kreider
W. Vine ST
C. N. Derr
RED Cross
Lewis N. Moyer
P. D
Main Street
Habecker
Baker Brunnerville, PA
West End Ava
Graul’s Bread
D. Graul, Gins
International Lumber and Development
A. B. Reidenbach
Jett Litits, Pa
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