A Traveler’s Tale of Exchange Rates Across 18 Countries
Maynard Owen Williams recalls currency quirks from 18 nations, where a 700 percent profit on a Harbin to Peking stamp swap and other rate quirks reshape travel costs. He notes debased Chinese and Russian currencies, consular guarantees, and the superiority of letters of credit for global travel.
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Washington, D. C
Maynard Owen Williams
National Geographic Society
Budapest
Uncle Sam
Merica
Hankow
Peking
Petrograd
Bank of Communications
Yangtze
Harbin
China
Bureau of Standards In
Bhenghal
Department Atore
Tiflis
Russia
Vladivostok
Siberia
Caucasus
Pacific
Turkestan
America
India
Persia
Europe
United States Customs
Bombay
Colombo
Karachi
Woman Deputy United States Marshal Delivers Confiscated Plane
Miss Lola Anderson, 24, the first and only woman deputy U S marshal, volunteered to fly a confiscated airplane from Greeley to Denver. The plane and pilot Eddie Brooks were in her custody after prohibition officers seized the aircraft for contraband liquor.
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U. S
Greeley
Denver
Lola Anderson
United States
Marshall Burris
Eddie Brooks
Anderson
Anaconda Boy Seeks Help After Limb Graft Injury
A report from Anaconda Montana describes a boy who suffered a severe leg injury with a bone graft described as inches long. The event details indicate a medical intervention and ongoing recovery efforts in a local setting.
Louisiana state history the Pelican State origin story
Overview of Louisiana from early exploration by Alvarez de Pineda and De Soto to French, Spanish, and American control. Notes include La Salle’s 1682 claim, New Orleans founded 1718, John Law’s Company of the West, 1763 colonial shifts, 1803 US purchase, 1812 statehood, and the pelican emblem.
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Louisiana
Alvarez de Pineda
de Soto
Mississippi
la Salle
Louis XIV
New Orleans
Company of the West
John Law
France
England
Spain
United States
Orleans
Union
McClure
Truth About Oneself in Boston Globe Essay
The piece argues few people can truthfully narrate their life, revealing an age through candid self portrayal. It notes the challenge to present both the honey and the vinegar and references religious men as a group shaped by this impulse.
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Dudley
Boston Globe
Confessions as mirrors of self in literary history
The passage surveys autobiographies and confessions from Benvenuto Cellini to Pepys and Rousseau, noting how self-revelation reveals periods, methods, and the author’s inner views. It highlights Meredith's The Egoist and Stevenson’s reaction, implying that personal confession often exposes broader human vanity.
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Benvenuto Cellini
Hite
Benvenuto
Samuel Pepys
London
Pepys
George Meredith
Meredith
Robert Louis Stevenson
Stevenson
Potato Storage A Success Says USDA Bureau Of Markets
The United States Department of Agriculture bureau of markets reports successful potato storage depends on tuber quality storage temperature air moisture pile size and light exclusion. Proper storage temperature ranges from about 35 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Not Worth While to Send Carpenter to Tell Talfor How to Put a Coat Together
A practical farmer column argues field agents should be practical farmers rather than relying on carpenters to instruct on coat assembly. The piece emphasizes usefulness and hands on know how over technical instruction.
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Carpenter
Talfor
Fragmentary note hints at coats and walls with names
A fragmented OCR line mentions coats and a pretty wall with a cryptic reference to Dr Seaman A Knapp. The readable parts suggest a casual note or commentary rather than a full event, with no clear persons, places, dates, or actions.
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Penter
Coats
Dr.Seaman
A, Knapp
Dare Devil Harry James to Appear at Iowa State Fair
photograph of a stuntman hanging by a rope from a plane features Dare devil Harry James inventor of the stunt. he will perform at the Iowa State Fair starting august 26 and every afternoon through september 2 as part of ruth law's flying circus booked for des moines exposition.
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Harry James
James
Iowa
Ruth Law
Des Moines
Free Camp Space Planned At State Fair
An 80 acre wooded tract near the state fair will offer free camping to visitors this year. The site on fair grounds includes laid out streets, lighting, sewerage, police and fire protection, with grocery stores and supply depots for campers. Open to all attendees.
Horseshow Pitchers Tuning For State Fair Contests
County horseshoe pitchers sharpen skills ahead of final contests that precede the Iowa State Fair tournament set for August 24 to September 2. State Fair offers 300 dollars in prizes, with last year’s field over thirty teams and this year expected to approach fifty at Des Moines.
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State Fair Management
Desa Moines
80 Acre Iowa Farm For Sale Near Pella and Peoria
For sale a well improved 80 acre farm located 12 miles northeast of Pella, 3 miles north of Peoria, and 4 miles west of Taintor. Easy terms offered. If not sold by September 1 it will be rented. Contact Gerrit Bennink, Trustee, Pella Iowa or John or Harmen Bennink, Taintor Iowa.
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Pella
Peoria
Taintor
Gerrit Bennink
Iowa
John Or
Harmen Bennink
Man Names Car After Wife Then Could Not Control It
Bacon tells a wry anecdote about a man who christened his motor car after his wife and soon discovered he could not keep it under control, prompting Hebert’s amused reaction.
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Bacon
Hebert
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