Travel and Discharge Travel Pay Allowances For Soldiers
The Treasury Comptroller and War Department authorize settlement of claims for a travel allowance of one and a half cents per mile from discharge place to entry into military service plus additional bona fide home residence allowances. The Zone Finance Officer in Washington, D. C. will settle these claims with affidavit support. Payments proceed as quickly as possible.
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Comptroller of the Treasury
War Department
Aone Finance Officer
Washington, D. C
Washington, D.C
Red Cross
Zone Finance Office
Zong
Regular Army
National Guard
Active
Reserve
Board of Registration
Ancient Time Measures Across Cultures and Tools
A survey of historical timekeeping methods cites the dial inspired by Isaiah, Egyptian obelisks, and Chaldean clepsydras. It notes the water clock as a forerunner of hour glasses, with Greek artisans shaping clepsydrae into symbolic scenes and precise time indicators.
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Isaiah
The Man Who Overcame
Herman Gagedorn portrays Theodore Roosevelt as a resilient leader who faced illness pain and physical limits yet persisted. The passage highlights Roosevelt’s weak eyes hearing loss endurance in work and final days in a chair while remaining an inspiring figure for millions.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Rooge
Velt
Herman Gagedorn
Memorable game of cards links life insurance to probability
A Victorian style discussion traces how a card game inspired the system of life insurance. It notes Pascal's work on probability explains that results observed in many cases repeat under similar conditions, allowing mortality rates to be predicted from large comparable groups.
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London Answers
Pascal
Trinity Church faces a changing skyline of New York
The article reflects on Trinity Church in Manhattan once dominating the Wall Street area now partly obscured by tall offices. It recalls the church’s 1697 charter, tombstones dating to 1681 1691 and a 1709 Queen Anne communion service. The baptismal basin bears William and Mary arms from 1864 and the pulpit is said to come from the frigate Constitution.
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New
York
Trinity
Tts
Trinity Church Corporation
New York
William and Mary
Punctuation Exercise Shows Its Power in Clearer Reading
A London writer notes how punctuation transforms a garbled paragraph into sense. The quoted passage lists sunset, primroses, bread, cool springtime, thirst, and biblical names, illustrating how commas and periods organize ideas and reveal hidden meaning.
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London
Plano
Tees
Moses
Pharaoh
Hkewise
Notice to creditors in the estate of John B Featherston
An Alaska notice states Jacob Otnees as administrator of the estate of John B Featherston, inviting all claimants to present verified claims with vouchers at the Ar ness Lumber Company mill office in Petersburg within six months from May 8, 1919. First publication May 16 1919. Last publication June 20 1919.
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John B
Heatherstony
Déceas
Featherston
Arness Lumber Company
Petersburg
Alaska
Thie
Alain
Convivial Bequests At Berlin And Indiana Star Note
A prewar tale recalls a Berlin manufacturer leaving 2500 dollars for free beer weekly at his favorite beer house. Another will left money to ten friends to toast the donor each death anniversary. If unable to meet they must write to another member to prove observance.
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Berlin
Poster Inspiration for the Marseillaise and its Times
The Christian Science Monitor notes that a Strassburg mayoral poster with the call to arms inspired Rouget de Lisle to compose La Marseillaise. It says the proclamation’s terse lines moved crowds, influencing the War Song of the Armies of the Rhine, later called Hymn of Marseilles.
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Strassburg
Jean Richepin
French Academy
Rouget de Lisle
Rhine
Paris
Marseilles
Christian Science Monitor
Red Rag to a Bull in Color and Animal Rage
Fragmentary piece discusses why red objects provoke bulls and other animals, noting sheep geese and turkeys may react similarly to scarlet. It questions the belief that color alone triggers aggression and hints at broader instincts and misattributed causes.
Napoleon III Opens Finished Louvre in 1857
The Louvre finally opened on August 14 1857 under Napoleon III with two marble slabs commemorating the building. One slab notes Francois I and Catherine de Medici beginnings, the other records Napoleon I joining the Tuileries to the Louvre.
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Napoleon
Louvre
Napoleon III
Napoleon II
Francois I
Catherine de Medici
Tuileries
Napoleon I
Weather Talk Ends In Fragments At A Doorstep
Fragmentary dialogue about weather and money offers little clarity. The quoted lines mention a “beautiful day” and a domestic exchange, but no identifiable people, places, or events are described.
Interpreter Wanted Incomplete Curling Dialogue
A Scottish speaker in New Zealand describes curling vocabulary and gear in a dialogue about explaining the sport to locals. The fragment hints at terms like pat-lid and geé but remains unclear and fragmentary.
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New Zealand
Aland
Macpherson
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J.J. Finnegan
rAd
P. Jorgenson & Company
R. W. Drew
Lth & Broadway
Tacoma
Wash
Ostrom
Jacob Otnees
Hotel
Wester
Wester Cafe
Carl Roger
Prop
Thea
THE
Baltimore Grill
Fishermen’s Home Building
Sing Lee
the Admiral
Pacific Steamship Company
Washington
Asaka
California
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angele
San Diego
I. J. Ericson
Sunde Bldg
K. L. Steberg
Petersburg, Alaska
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