Treasury Relics and Accounts of George Washington Revealed
Archives of the United States Treasury display relics of George Washington including canceled checks and warrants from 1824 for Lafayette payments, Louisiana purchase, Alaska purchase and Panama canal deals. Also shown are Washington and Caleb Gibbs account books from 1775–1783 detailing military expenditures and personal costs of his staff.
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United States Treasury
Office of the Auditor of the Treasury Department
Lafayette
United States
William H. Crawford
the Treasury
Louisiana
Seward
Alaska
J. E. Spinner
Riggs Bank
Washington
Edward de Stoecke
Philippine Islands
Spain
Jules Cambon
Panama Canal Purchase
Pierpont Morgan & Con
J. Pierpont Morgan
Canal Zone
Caleb Gibbs
Immedi
Peter
Peggy
Congress
D. Webster
Henry Clay
Harper's Weekly
Blind Swimmers Show How Sightless Can Swim
A medical authority notes that blind people are severely handicapped on land but can navigate water by sound. Experiments show a race between blind and sighted swimmers on a lake favored the blind, while sighted swimmers waste time lifting their heads, hindering speed and focus.
Roses For Restoring Hair From Ancient Recipes
The excerpt notes rose leaves infused with bear's grease as an early hair restorer per Pliny and mentions ashes of roses to trim eyebrows. It cites roses in old drinks like rosa solis mixing rosewater with aqua vitae and cinnamon, and a morning draught called poga solis to clear the mood.
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London Chronicle
Remote origins of alcohol and early ball games
The article notes debates on alcohol's origin with Arab and Italian influences, tracing distillation knowledge to ancient figures like Efippolytus and mentioning aqua ardens. It also claims Teans as the oldest ball game, played in medieval Europe and later spreading to commoners. It ends with a brief, non‑sequitur fragment about a Boston Post exchange.
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New York Press
Paul Richter
Berliner Klinische Woecenschrift
Efippolytus
Europe
York
Young Woman Applicant Interview Quip Cited
A fragment from London Tatler captures a brief exchange where a young woman applicant challenges gender expectations and a business man replies with terse agreement, reflecting social attitudes toward women's work in a humorous exchange.
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London Tatler
Power to Save or Gain in Wise Sayings
A compact collection of aphorisms noting that a person capable of saving themselves tends to act, while material power lies in the ability to acquire more than the item itself.
Two infinities and the mind’s reach beyond space
Edgar Lucien Larkin, in New York American, ponders infinity and eternity. He contrasts human comprehension with vast scales like twenty five trillion miles, noting only a few minds can conceive such concepts while many fear to approach the idea.
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Cnre
Edgar Lucien Larkin
New York American
Four Souls In West African Belief Vividly Explored
The piece describes a Yoruba style belief in four souls per person including the shadow, dream, and bush souls, with one immortal. It explains perils to each soul, witch traps, and an underworld concept among the Tsebwi with a shadow world named gravmmdayi and a Volta river entrance.
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Heaven
Hell
Volta River
Meat For Jurymen Prohibition History Note
The London Graphic recalls how juror refreshments once common with both sides evolved into dinners or payoffs for verdicts. Abuses led to a law banning such practices by 1870, ending the “meat drink or fire” custom during deliberations.
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London Graphic
Garrick's Wit on Vowel Named Criminal Crowd
David Garrick once passed a growing crowd awaiting an execution. He asked who the condemned man was and learned the name Vowel. Garrick quipped asking which vowel he might be, noting it was certainly not 0 or 1.
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Garrick
David Garrick
Tylvin
Harnessing Sun Rays And Gum Chewers Visions
A brief quip from the Tittshureh Post critiquing wasted energy. It contrasts unused solar energy with the energy squandered in chewing gum, proposing a whimsical idea to capture sun rays and gum chewing activity.
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Tittshureh
Wagner Worship and Theater Toilets in Europe Joke
A returned tourist notes that national genius worship differs abroad, citing Wagner as Germany’s top priced opera draw. He recalls a landlady's quip about attire for Wagner, saying only the finest evening gown suits the composer’s memory, even touching on theater etiquette.
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Wagner
America
Germany
New York
Fraulein
New York Tribune
Ishpeming and Mammy in a Fragment from Old Times
A clipped extract recounts a Chippewa chief’s deathless endurance as he stalks a deer to a sunlit shore where a lake yields food water and fish. The tale links Ishpeming Mich to Ishpem ing meaning heaven in Chippewa, per Ladies Home Journal. Also included is a dialect vignette of Mandy the maid in a southern boardinghouse, quivering at a summer bungalow proposal.
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Ishpeming, Mich
Ladies’ Home Journal
Amanda
Mandy
Napop and Cut face strain over a personal rift
In a brief note a rift grows between Napop and Cut under claims of fault each calling the other unbearable. Barrett Na pops has become a new father to a firstborn while Cully recently underwent a surgical operation.
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Grima
Napop
Cutup
Barrett Napops
Cully
Trolley Road Schedules for Lancaster and Lititz
Bus and streetcar timetable lists departures from Lancaster and Lititz, with Saturday and Sunday variations. Services run from early morning to late evening, detailing morning, afternoon, and evening trips and special weekend adjustments across Lancaster Peters burg and Manheim routes.
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Lancaster
A. M
Lititz
Petersburg
Maneim
Manhelm
Manheim
Poor Sowing in Courier-Journal Quotation Sparks Debate
A Louisville Courier-Journal passage questions a farmer’s future and ties it to a proverb about sowing wild oats. The quote references a person’s hopes for crop prospects and the consequences of early choices. The excerpt reflects social attitudes on agriculture and personal responsibility in a historic context.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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Auditor’s Office
G. Washington
Beniel Webster
Burt
Charles Dickens
London
Sir Walter Scott
Samuel Brock
England
Daniel Defoe
Jonathan Swift
London Standard
Boston Post
Philadelphin Ledger
West Africa
John F. Schleith
Spruce St
Ind
Hershey & Gibbel
Scriveners
Austen
Dottie
Lititz Pa
Spruce Villa Dairy
J. C. Brubaker
Lenodates
O. Frank Klike
M. B
E. King Sr
Bertore
Conconsultation
Ititz Harness and Eather Goods Store
H. P. Gingrich & Co
S. Broad St
Lefivz
Hershey, Leaman & CO
Lititz, Penna
S. M. Hubert
East Main Street
Keen Kutter
Kutter
C. E. Myer
N. Cedar Street
COAI
Coal Lumber
SLATE
Lititz, PA
Decker and
Janssen
J. B. Young & Son
Orange St
Life
A. R. Keller Lititz
PENNA
Moyer’s Drug Store
Main Street
W. H. Muth & Co
Brandies
Hollinger
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