French Banking Practices Differ From American Methods
A Detroit News-Tribune summary notes French banks charge one-sixth to one-eighth of a percent for bookkeeping and check fees and pay 0.5 to 1 percent interest on active balances. Draft collection costs run 0.125 to 0.25 percent. Cash remains dominant as checks are not widely used, with stamps and long record retention. Private bankers avoid time deposits, and Bank of France is the only issuer of circulating currency. Banking taxes apply, yields range 6–12 percent, and American ideas win influence.
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Detroit News-Tribune
France
Paris
Bank of France
Republic
Progress of Civilization in China Foot Binding Decline
The Chicago Record-Herald laments reduction in foot binding among Chinese women calling it a progress sign and hopes women may soon adopt corsets, portraying it as a broader advance in civilization.
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China
Chicago Record-Herald
Drastic School Law in Palestine Decree
A 19th century report notes Patriarch Judah the Second declaring that any town which refused to appoint a teacher for its children would be destroyed. The claim reflects church led coercive measures attributed to the era.
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Palestine
Judah
Day of Triumph Postponed Conun Drum Gaffe
In a playful scene Miss Frances and Dudekins trade a witty conundrum. Dudekins presents a riddle about why his clothes resemble the moon, claiming invention. Frances hints that opinions differ and a man within complicates the joke, delaying a triumph.
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Dudekins
Frances
Curious Words Contest By Postum Cereal Co
Thousands entered a contest offering 31 boxes of gold and 300 dollars for the most words made from Y I O Grape Nuts. Winners included L. D. Reese of Denver with 9941 correct words and 8 K Fraser of Lincoln, Pa., with 9921 words.
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Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek
Mich
Postum
United States
L. D. Reese
16Th St
Denver
Colo
Thal
A Terrible Experience How a Veteran Was Saved
A Indianapolis veteran describes kidney trouble after army service in 1897 with headaches dizziness and dropsy. He weighed 180 pounds at enlistment dropping to 125 and faced possible leg amputation after swelling. Doan’s Kidney Pills eased swelling normalized urine and eliminated pain, and he has been well for nine years. Sold by dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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B. Frank Doremus
Roosevelt Ave
Indianapolis
Ind
Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
What We Owe to Insects
Professor Darwin argues that insects enable more than elm and nettle flowers by driving evolution of attractive blooms. Lord Avebury likens insect selection to a florist shaping garden blossoms. Plateau’s Ghent experiments suggest insects follow scent over color in visiting flowers, a view challenged by some British naturalists.
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Darwin
Lord Avebury
Plateau
Ghent
Remarkable Cure for Eczema by Cuticura
Mrs Emma White of Camden New Jersey describes six months of severe eczema resisted by three doctors. She credits Cuticura with clearing her face and body and urges others to use it, noting the treatment’s proven effectiveness since April 25 1905.
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Cuticura
Cutiura
Emma White
Cherrier Place
Camden
N. J
Legally Her Husband's Boss in Boston Schools
Boston has one woman who is legally her husband's boss. Mrs Eller Carlisle Ripley is an assistant superintendent in the city public schools and wife of Fred H Ripley principal of Longfellow School Roslindale. She earns 85 dollars a week about 1500 more per year than her husband. An assistant superintendent acts as a supervisor and Mrs Ripley effectively outranks her husband and could fire him if she chose. She is described as a young woman of pleasing personality.
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Boston
Eller Carlisle Ripley
Fred H. Ripley
Longfellow School
Roslindale
Ripley
Hall's Catarrh Cure Adverts and Otho Record Snippet
An 1886 Toledo advertisement fragment touts Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills. It mentions Dr Henry C. Cheney of F J Cagney & Co promising payment for cures, with a note by Notary A W Gleason. The text also references Jewish orphans assisted by Alliance Israélite Universelle and other unrelated items.
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State of Ohto
Toledo
Lucas Coury
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cagney & Co
Hall
Heney % CO
Japanese Shipping Company Profits Cited In Year End Figures
Nippon Yusen Kaisha reports for year ending March 31 depreciation 401500 insurance 169000 repairs 233000 reserve 56000 directors fees 36000 managing director bonus 30000 employee bonuses 200000 total ordinary dividend 825000 leaving 492000 credited to profit and loss.
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Japan
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
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Cincinnati
Chicago
New York
Cove
Galtimore
Louisville
Base Creek, Mien
Putnam
Alliance Israelite Universelle
Bialystok
Ahlem
A. D
A. W. Gleason
ST. Jacobs Oil
Earl S. Sloan
Mass
California Fig Syrup Co
Afornia
THE
York
Suourcuanes
Sucersound
Suceres
Woman & Home
Prine
Ulcers Magazine
Washington Ay. K
New York City
Howe
Such & Man
Mom Guarentee
Bil Ailieus Light Co
Thompson
Navy
Navy Recruiting Station
Ohio
A. NL
Cardus
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