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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1909
Page
6
The article traces the term mite from ancient to early modern times, noting its varying value from a Flemish penny fraction to fractions of a penny in 14th to 19th century arithmetic. It cites the London Chronicle on how mite was represented in old books and how valuations shifted with coinage and wages.
A murky excerpt presents a dialogue about roofs and gardens with scattered questions about the ocean. Characters debate night blooms on a roofspace and definitions of an ocean as a body of water.
A fragment recounts a World War I era anecdote about a German private named Andree and Kaiser observations, then shifts to naval superstition about broom signals on ships and the horsewhip masthead gesture. The piece cites London Globe lore on nautical symbols and their meanings.
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