List of United States money types and legal tender rules
An explainer lists ten categories of U S money and explains which are legal tender. It notes gold coins standard silver dollars and major notes remain widely accepted, while gold and silver certificates and national bank notes have restricted tender status. It emphasizes silver dollars remain the true base in transactions unless contracts specify otherwise.
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United States
Treasury
Treasury Department
Jones
Chicago Tribune
Fun For the Boy and Courtesy Prevails
A Washington Star snippet recalls a farmer Countessel in a rustic dressin down to the woodshed and a college initiation joke as harmless fun. Another short exchange praises South American courtesy and notes the unpredictability of moments when a humble citizen could become president.
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Miss Cayenne
Washlogton Star
Marriage compared to a tram ride, says bachelor
The London Telegraph quote has Marria noting marriage as a tram car. Woy asks his partner about entering or leaving. The remark plays on the social view of marriage with humor from a confirmed bachelor.
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Marria
Woy
Londonn Telegraph
Foresight and Misprints Echo in Evening Commentary
A playful exchange contrasts piecing together the idea of foresight with a light burlesque of proverbs. The Chicago News cites a quip about fore sight as the act of being near when a melon is to be cut, while Farrar remarks that circumstances are beyond our control.
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Willie
Chicago News
Farmer
Nashville
Tenn
Kentucky
Tennessee
Mississippi
Lousiana
Indiana
Illinois
Cumberland
Telephone & Telegraph Company
Growing Old Together in a Portrait's Spell
A dying wife bids her husband remarry and seek a young woman to fill the empty place. Years later a portrait ages with him, altering his feelings as he wonders whether love dulls or deepens when a spouse grows old beside you. A chance interruption brings a new wife and prompts him to hide the first portrait.
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Meriam
Beckwith
American Press Association
Harry
Jess
Jim
Ips
Chis
Tain
Ines
le Otlers
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Uncle Sam
Shey
The
Springfield Sun
Louisville Times
the Times
the Sun
Candas
McCall's Magazine
Enyers
Postal
McCall CO
New Yori
Munn & Co
Scientific American
L. and
Springfield
Bardstown
Louisville
Ille
Wonde Pase
A.m
Ain
St. Louis
Sais
R. F. Penn
T.P.A
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