Earliest History of Money And Coinage
Emmett Campbell Hall notes ancient money uses from bars and dust to bullion coins, cites Lydia and Egina as early coin makers, lists Daric coins in Persia and Simon Maccabeus’s era, and mentions Abraham’s silver weight and rings as precoin wealth transfer aids.
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Lydians
Herodotus
Egina
Persia
Palestine
Darius
Antiochus VII
Simon Maccabeus
Simon
Abraham
Egypt
Canaan
Abimelech
Sarah
Cave
Machpelah
Ephron
Aden
Jacob
Emmett Campbell Hall
Detroit Free Press
Origin of the Budget Its Etymology from French Bougette
The London Chronicle notes that the term budget arose less than 200 years ago from the French bougette meaning a small bag used to hold estimates. It explains how the chancellor opened his annual statement and how the word shifted from container to content, returning to France in official use in the early nineteenth century.
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Eryone
England
France
London Chronicle
Vanity. The Wardrobe Van Incident at Night
Mrs. Vanity refuses to receive a new bedroom suit after dark to avoid neighbors seeing it. The furniture van arrives about 8 o'clock amid debate between Mrs. and Mr. Vanity in London. The tale reflects prudish social signaling and value concerns.
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London Telegraph
Equinox Tale Mocking School Lessons
A Strand Magazine quip mocks public schools for not teaching myths. It jokes that a equinox is a fabled creature half horse and half cow from the roots equine and ox, as a child questions his father about the term.
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Tommy
Strand Magazine
Match makers use wood byproducts to build industries
The passage argues that matches do not use scraps but the byproducts from the match industry, including doors and handles, can form a significant secondary industry. It stresses that rejected wood from match machines becomes valuable in other sectors, emphasizing the broad economic role of byproducts.
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Horper
Paradox of Weakness in a Bank President’s Counsel
A bank president counsels a young assistant cashier facing inner temptation. He suggests diffusing narrow focus, daily reporting, and a club outlet to regain poise, turning weakness into guarded strength and aiding the man at a critical life juncture. Harper's Weekly notes the wisdom of using both weakness and strength for good.
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Country Club
Harper’s Weekly
Charters Siege Tale Sparks Royal Exit at Char tres
Henry of Navarre enters Chartres after its surrender. A deputation offers the keys at Porte St. Michel but the city chief cchevin’s long harangue is cut short when the king cites canon law and spurts away, declaring “Come, let us pass.”
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Henry of Navarre
Chartres
Porte St. Michel
Cchevin
Towers of Silence in Persia Protect Dead for Exposure
The Parsees in Persia use two towers called the towers of silence where the dead are not buried but exposed to the sun rain and birds until bones are clean then placed in the second tower. They follow Zoroastrian faith and are now a dwindling group with about 8000 remaining.
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Persia
Zoroaster
Early English pipe use predates tobacco in Europe
The London Chronicle argues that smokers existed in England long before tobacco arrived. Pipes found embedded in church mortar suggest people may have smoked herbs for medicine or pleasure. Coltsfoot was used for asthma though pipe use in that practice is uncertain.
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England
London Chronicle
Europe
Coltsfoot
Ethel Barrymore Entices Cornell Fans with Alma Mater Song
A thousand Cornell students fill the theater to hear Ethel Barrymore. The actress shares a nervous laugh and declines a speech, prompting the audience to sing along to Far Above Cayuga’s Waters with her joining the chorus.
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Cornell
Ethel Barrymore
Miss Barrymore
Ethel
Old College
Cayuga
Ladies’ Home Journal
Mirrors of the Israelites and ancient glass use
The article notes early mirrors among the Israelites in Moses time, later repurposed brass into wash basins for priests. It mentions black and transparent glass and black foil, and reports Spaniards finding polished black stone mirrors, both convex and concave, among South American natives.
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South America
Heaven is the place where the truly are as nice as the just supposin's
Eight year old William and Uncle Will share a chummy moment after rain spoils a planned picnic. Uncle Will asks about heaven and William replies that heaven is where the truly good are as nice as the just supposin's.
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William
Will
Bill
Precocious Diplomatist Meets Salt Spill Quandary
A young boy argues with his mother about spilled salt. He claims quarrels arise from spilling salt, but explains the real mess was ink. The exchange reveals a playful, precocious child making a philosophical point through a domestic mishap.
No Bait No Fish on the Dee
A teetotaler and keen angler rented an experienced boatman for nights on the Dee but kept returning with empty creels. After the client left, the boatman explained the poor luck by saying the fisherman had no whisky and he took him where there were no fish.
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Dee
Boston
Solid Mahogany Bridge in Chiapas Mexico
A 150 foot long 15 foot wide bridge spans the Rio Michel in Chiapas, built entirely of solid mahogany. It carries teams and pedestrians, is roughly constructed yet sturdy, and all timbers were hewn with axes since no local sawmill exists.
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Chiapas
Mexico
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Brsedegee, Kincaid & Co. Clothes
Brandegee,Kincaid & Co
Hudson Bros
Sherman County
Oregon
Tillamook
Newberg
Corvallis
WHITE
Nichols
Newberg, Oregon
the Opera Confectionery
R. B. Jacks
John Deere Gang
Sanders
Oliver Sulky
Vincent & Wilson
Cannon Law
Silence
DR. Geo. Larkin
First Nat'l Bank
DR. A. M. Davis
Littlefield & Romig
Physicians & Surgeons
Luther H. Howland
Main St
Depot
J. H. Wilkens
Rankin & Doolittle
Physicians and Surgeons
U. S. National Bank
DR. N.morrison
E. W. Spang
Edwards Streets
E. P. Dixon
H. C. Dixon
Dixon Bros
Mutual White
Ezra Hayes
G. E. Stuart
Edwards Bldg
J. H. Poyner
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