Postal Savings Banks Across Nations
A Baltimore Sun summary notes how postal savings banks operate in France England Belgium Sweden Holland Russia Austria Hungary Canada and Australia. It highlights benefits to workers learning thrift through post office ledgers, potential debt reduction for governments, and widespread adoption in the United Kingdom with passbooks stamps and school savings programs.
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France
Engaad
Belgium
Sweden
Holland
Russia
Austria
Hungary
Canada
Australia
Post Office Department
Savings Bank
American Academy of Political and Social Science
K. T. Hey
Postal
United Kingdom
Postal Savings
England
Congress
Baltimore Sun
Smallpox Term Used In Quizzical Exchange
A fragmentary dialogue mentions illness of a mistress and a playful mispronunciation of smallpox as leetleerat li smallpox, with a Boston Travel er cue. The tone reads as a comic exchange or misplaced travel reference in a historical newspaper piece.
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Monsieur
Boston
Quote exchanges on diet and self control
The dialogue presents a doctor advising moderation and a patient asking about a mince pie. The response implies permissible indulgence if not overeaten, reflecting a cautionary tone about diet and willpower.
Does Gold Grow in the High Country
Veteran miners debate gold growth as John Treanor recounts locating the Locust copper mine, returning to find richer gold ore where silver ledge stood, and Hank Stebbins drilling the Belcher reef where grainy sand yields gold chunks, amid other legends of ore growth in the mountains.
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John Helehan
Professor Emmons
Emmons
Judge Longly
California
Will Robbins
John Treanor
Banner
Anaconda Company
Locust
Loys
Hank Stebbins
Jack Flice
Hank
Soag Gulch
Belcher
Wash Stapleton
Melrose Valley
Red Mountain
Heinze
Lbutter Inter Mountain
Enduring Witchcraft Beliefs Across Nations Through the 19th Century
A St. Louis Republic report traces the persistence of witchcraft belief beyond 1692 in several countries. It notes executions or brutal acts in France, Spain, England, Mexico, Russia, and continued trials in Prussia, Poland, and Austria-Hungary into the late 19th century.
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Salem
America
France
Spain
England
Mexico
Russia
Prussia
Poland
Austria-Hungary
St. Louis Republic
Uncle Brill Prolongs a Checkers Duel to Death
A stranger challenges the famed Uncle Brill, the town’s unrivaled checkers master, to a marathon game that spans two days and nights in a tavern. Brill ignores family emergencies as the match drags on, finally dying with a king in hand as the challenger calmly recounts a seven day game.
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Thomasville
Uncle Brill
Brill
Checkers
Uncle Erill
Their Hobbies of Great Men Revealed in Cassell’s Magazine
Gossip from Cassell’s Magazine lists hobbies of notable figures. Balfour enjoys golf bicycles philosophy and once played Hamlet. Salisbury studies silence and conducts test tube experiments. Chamberlain grows orchids. Gladstone chopped trees and reads Greek. Bismarck drinks beer smokes and reads Du Boisgoby. the Prince of Wales bowls. Devonshire Millais Lang Black fish. Mr Toole amuses himself hourly and once sent chocolates to a noisy stagebox boy with a courteous note.
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Cassell
England
Mr. Balfour
Hamlet
Ord Salisbury
Mr. Chamberlain
Mr. Gladstone
Prince Bismarck
Prince of Wales
Duke of Devonshire
Sir John Millais
Andrew Lang
William Black
Mr. Toole
Fashionable tall girl in London struts on streets
A tall young woman stands out in London fashion circles as she walks the city. Her height draws attention as she styles a chic outfit in the bustling capital.
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London
Women Judges of Wine Say Women Superior Tasters
Mrs. Frana Eunice Wait of the California state board of agriculture declares only three men can judge wine with fine distinction Guido Rossati I D Oldham and Paul de Chanelle cited as examples She asserts that women are better tasters due to heightened impressions and perceptions Mme Pommery named as perhaps the best taster of her era.
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Frana Eunice Wait
California State Board of Agriculture
Guido Rossati
New York
D. Oldham
London
Paul de Chanelle
French Chamber of Deputies
Oldham
Mme. Pommery
Ideas Persistence and Postage Stamps in Women's Club Talk
A New York Federated Women's Clubs speaker urged persistence, ideas and postage stamps as keys to literary success for women. She stressed practical words and noted editors often overlook female genius, praising ideas as the starting point.
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New York Federated Women’s Clubs
Newspaper distribution in New Jersey counts by party and origin
The Newark Advertiser notes about 300 New Jersey newspapers with 76 Republican 70 Democratic 66 independent titles plus 24 German 4 Italian and 1 Dutch paper. Two papers are published by colored men. The ratio is one paper per 2118 males or 1135 legal voters in the last presidential election.
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New Jersey
Hollandes
Newark
Altered Case of Forgiveness and Cake Request
Dialogue captures a tense family moment over a quarrel with a boy named Fred. Father contemplates forgiveness and urges reconciliation with Johnnie. Jane is asked to deliver a cake and an orange as part of mending relations.
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Fred
Son
Johnnie
Jane
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Mail and Express
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Mailand Express
J. L. Arthur
D.B. Martin
Cincinnati
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Silver Lake, Indiana
Victor J. Evans
Jagr Er Rae
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