Uncle Sam stamps and medals prompt wild premiums
Readable sections describe value spikes for misperforated revenue stamps and misprinted currency. The piece notes a discarded second design for Old Abe the likeness, stamps cut from used specimens selling for fifteen dollars, and a box error that sold to a New York firm. It also outlines collectors’ premiums for freak notes and coins, and a 19th century silver dollar worth thousands.
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Carlessness
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Dining car superintendents weigh fare parity with Pullman travelers
The Detroit Journal notes dining car superintendents suggest that the dollar paid by common coach passengers should be treated the same as that of Pullman-car travelers, reflecting potential equal fare treatment.
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Detroit Journal
Irish stew and Mongol feast amid Tibetan plains
The narrator recalls hosting Mongol guests near Koko Nor with a banquet featuring an Irish stew prepared by Johnny the Kiangsi cook. He describes dramatic river crossings, mountain terrain, and a tale of transcontinental eating, joking about Johnny and a departed Celt while savoring the communal meal and long smoke.
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Emerald Isle
The Wind That Blows My Heart Is Glad
A reflective verse by Caroline A. Mason contemplates fate and trust in the face of shifting winds. The speaker rejects prayer for favorable winds, instead trusting a higher will to guide the voyage through storm and calm toward divine shelter.
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Musical Trades Review
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