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Tabloid miscellany with curiosities from abroad and local lore
A collage of brief notes and anecdotes covers currency values, export trades, academic advances, linguistic curiosities, and social sketches. It mentions Shanghai exports, Bonn University milestones, serum use, English chancellors, blade makers, postal envelopes, Victorian dining terms, and a Philadelphia anecdote about the Hoover family, plus rail contracts and a child’s tale from a delivery van.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Samuel
Lancaster
England
Kean
Sheffield
United States
Colombia
Britain
Brussels
London Chronicle
BE. ¥. Lucas
Arthur Cecil
Kew
Jacques
Halstead
Essex
Eaghind
Pennsylvania
Hoovar
Tom Hoovar
Bill
New York
Mary
John
Hinek Dimond
Robert
Jim
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