The Edison Ford money scheme peril and fallacy reviewed
An American Bankers Association article summarizes William T. Foster findings that inflating the currency via the Edison Ford plan cannot increase purchasing power or reduce rates. It warns of a deadly inflation spiral, contrasts U.S. and Russian experiences, and argues money must be tied to goods, not printed without restraint.
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Germany
Russia
Edison-Ford
American Bankers Association
William T. Foster
Pollack Foundation For Economic Research
Foster
Mr. Ford
Congress
Inquire Into Sea Secrets From Duncan Book Review
The Boston Transcript notes F Martin Duncan discusses sea life in Animals of the Sea. Oysters change sex at varying times while young spend two days as moving creatures before settling. Other facts include starfish predators, lobsters' egg counts, limpets travel and home, and whelk and umbrella shell teeth counts.
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F. Martin Duncan
Boston Transcript
Love in the animal world a lesson for all
A columnist notes that animals, especially dogs, crave love as humans do. Kindness can elicit wagging tails and companionship, while abuse leads to desperation. The piece urges showing affection to all animals and recalls a college president’s test of education: a stray dog will follow home.
Mother Must Be Versatile Elevates Home Roles
A Manhattan girl scout bulletin lists 54 vocations a mother should master to serve as home hostress, executive, purchasing agent, treasurer, nurse, educator, designer, craftsworker, and many trades. The national camp note implies the average mother of several children can fulfill these varied duties.
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Manhattan
Girl Scout
Melville on His Piazza and the Ocean Within
In a summer scene the speaker likens a quiet piazza to the sea. The grass, mountains, and distant house resemble billows and distant ships, while the August noon casts a calm, oceanic vastness and solitary mood. Herman Melville’s voice evokes distant horizons.
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Herman Melville
Maps Long Used In Peru and Early Cartography
Maps trace back to early picture writing with Tahitian explorers guiding routes and Peruvian maps with raised lines predating the Conquest. The oldest map cited is of Ethiopian gold mines from Sethos I’s era, while ancient tablets also described the earth’s circuits and rivers known to antiquity.
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Tahiti
Sethos I
Rameses AI
Aristagoras
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