Currency of the Chinese Republic and the paper money saga
The article traces China’s request for funds and its plan to have the American Bank Note Company print new currency. It notes the shift from Li Hung Chang to a philosopher on the note, marks China’s millennium of paper money, cites Marco Polo on early paper currency, and recounts Ming dynasty practices and 1908 Ta Ching notes issued in the United States.
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United States
China
Oriental Republic
America
New York Times
Republic
New York
American Bank Note Company
Li Hung Chang
II Hung Chang
Menences
Confucius
St. Menences
Walter Scott
Marco Polo
Europe
India
Empire
Ta Ching
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Dedicates New Parish
The Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, a new brick and stone Gothic edifice seating 1000, is dedicated today in San Antonio diocese. Bishop John W. Shaw will preside with pontifical mass after 9:30 a.m. ceremonies. The parish, bounded by Durango, Sunset tracks, San Pedro creek and Zarramora, serves about 8000 residents.
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San Fernando Cathedral
Leo M. J. Dielman
Shaw
Miss Belle Brittain Plans Formidable Orient Tour
Miss Belle Brittain daughter of the late Col. N J Brittain who left her about 1 million prepares to travel early in winter across the Orient in a Chinese land caravan She will be accompanied by six of her girl friends experts with firearms and several tall young men under a stern chaperon to guard the expedition.
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Belle Brittain
N. J. Brittain
Orient
Miss Brittain
Thoughts on Love from a Mirror of Passion and Kisses
A reflective essay on love's isolation and illusion. It explores how passion isolates the soul, the allure and deception of mirrors and kisses, and how selfish love evolves toward a higher, nondeceiving form. The piece blends literary imagery with philosophy on romance.
Queens and Women: A Queen's Hidden Struggles Explored
A narrative about a queen tired of worship and public life, surrounded by courtiers and a needy crowd. She wonders if anyone cares for her as a person beyond the throne, as a poor woman with a ragged child reflects nearby.
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Sar
Queen Visits Poor Woman in Plain Attire
A queen hides her royal identity to visit a rundown street home for tea with a poor woman. The encounter brings joy and human connection, contrasting her usual life of duty, but ends with doubt that the tale may be only a fairy tale.
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Atendance
Chicken for Parson: Camden Justice Bails Man in Chicken Case
In Camden New Jersey Justice Tatem denied discharge to John Gladson of Eighteenth and Mulford streets after he admitted stealing a neighbor s hen and cooking it for Sunday dinner with his pastor present He admitted attracting chickens with corn on the pavement Shane indicated this was not the first offense and Gladson was ordered to furnish 100 bail to prevent a repeat offense.
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Camden
N. J
Tatem
John Gladson
Eighteenth and Mulford Streets
Harry Shane
Gladson
Shane
Mayor Chews Tobacco In Public Moment On City Steps
In New York Mayor Gaynor, stepping from City Hall, shared a chaw with laborer John Harnett after joking about tobacco use. The moment occurred as Gaynor entered his car. The Hotel and Business Men's League plans a summer campaign to make the city "bigger, better and faster" with pageants and fetes thrice weekly for three months, including Riverside Drive illuminations.
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New York
Gaynor
John Harnett
The
Hotel and Business Men's League of
New York City
Riverside Drive
Special Service And Community Notices At Local Churches
A morning service at Central Christian church precedes the pastor's vacation with an anthem Light of the World and solo Angels Tears. Schedules include dances at Martinez Social club hall and Muth's garden, plus various theater ads and a golf trip to Galveston. A Talcott Electric removal and a bishop’s wife surgery update appear among notices.
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Central Christian Church
A. M. Fischer
H. A. Davis
E. D. Mouton
Kansas City
S. H. C. Burgin
Methodist Church
Local San Antonio notices and entertainment listings
San Antonio society ads list officers Botsford and Davison from Hicks Building with old phones, two comedies and four first runs at Wigwam tonight and nightly dancing at Electric Park. Bexar Humane Society officer Collins, office Mackay Building, phones 2409 day 6877 night. Includes travel plans of county officials and residents visiting Galveston and New Orleans onboard the Monus with arrangements for wagons, livery, and local services.
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San Antonio Human Society
George T. Botsford
Fred Davison
Hicks
Bexar County Humane Society
Mackay Building
E. M. Collins
Tug Reliance Undertakes 126 Day Pacific Passage
Captain Robert C C Thompson towed three 400 ton barges from Cristobal to Ancon via a 10500 mile voyage around South America. Facing heavy seas northeast trade winds and Straits of Magellan gales the Reliance endured 126 days total with 86 days in passage and 40 for repairs. The trip followed W G Comber's suggestion and pleased the Isthmian canal commission.
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Panama
Cristobal
Atlantic
Canal
Pacific
Ancon
Isthmian Canal Commission
Robert C.C. Thompson
Reliance
Thompson
South American
Caribbean Sea
Equator
Straits of Magellan
W. G. Comber
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Maae
Herrick, Gurney and Seeger
Great Southwest
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Commerce Street
Martinez Social Club Hall
Officer Murray
Selig
Wigwam Today
J. H. Reagan
Moore Building
Muth
Highland Hall
F. P. Herff
Awakening of
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Egypt
Fomby
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Philadelphia
Washington
San Anstonio
Friedman
Talcott Electric Company
Navarro
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West End Lake
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C. E. Tinkham
Cowles Auto
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Drs. Garring & Hatcher
Travis Clu
Bunny
Wigwam
John W. Tobin
Andrys Coy Jr
Bexar County
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Biograph Drama
Kohr
Vitagraph Comedy
EF. Claude Mills
Clark Morris
San Antonio
New Orleans
Monus
Electric Ball Park
Austin
Morris Block & Co
E. Houston
W. Houston Street
Grand Opera House
Jack AL Neville
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