Bishop accosted in rail carriage in comic exchange
In a Stray Stories note, a bishop is confronted by a reveller who jokes about two unknowns. The revival of a London travel anecdote follows with Mrs Bones and Mrs Jones quips about losses and health officers.
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Bones
Hiram
London
Jones
Endowing a Dormitory for a Favorite College
An alumnus who earned much money asks the professor what to do. The professor rebukes the alumnus for sleeping in class and suggests endowing a dormitory as a meaningful legacy at the college.
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Platinum Uses Across Science Industry and War
A National Geographic prepared piece traces platinum from early coins and counterfeit lore to modern high tech. It outlines its role in munitions, chemical processes, and industry including wiring, catalysts, electrical contacts, dental alloys, and medical needles, noting the metal’s long rise from curiosity to staple in science and war.
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National Geographic Society
Warrington
Russia
United States
Petrograd
Leningrad
Washington
Atlantic
Siberia
Vladivostok
Pacific
Indiana
Tsarist Russia
South America
San Francisco
Comstock
England
Mexico
Panama
Don Antonio de Ulloa
Chabaneau
Charles III
Spain
Eyer
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