Peculiar Duties of Washington Treasury Employes
A Washington Treasury room near the northern door on Fifteenth Street handles waste paper daily. Mary Warren, with two assistants, oversees the operation, finding checks and money among trash and envelopes. She recalls cases where small sums were recovered and notes the care taken to avoid losses, noting even old waste yields cash for the treasury.
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Treasury Department
Fifteenth Street
Washington Post
Astts
Mary Warren
Lregaurer
Rhodes
Vauilla
Facing the Music Phrase Rooted in Theater or Militia
Critics debate the origin of facing the music. Some link it to old mustering militiamen who faced a band in uniform, while others point to the theater where actors must face the audience, ready to perform. The more probable theater explanation suggests voters wait in the green room before appearing before the audience.
Stays and Silence in Corset Origins and Myths
The origin of the corset is described as unaristocratic. A thirteenth century butcher jailed his talkative wife to keep her silent, giving rise to the first stays. Wives since then have continued the idea, but bans on speech have ceased to be a defining link.
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Buty
Gates Closed Nightly in Eastern Walled Cities Roiled Urban Life
The article notes that major eastern walled cities like Jerusalem Damascus Cairo Tangier Malta and Gibraltar close their gates at night and reopen at sunrise. It also describes Moorish interior cities with frequent crossed gate barriers that are lit at night to curb pedestrian circulation.
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Jerusalem
Damascus
Cairo
Tangier
Malta
Gibraltar
When Women Were Publicly Sold in Smurth Field Riot
A May date in the Times reports a decently dressed woman paraded for sale in Smurth field. Bidders’ brutal contract prompted her husband to refuse purchase, sparking a riot and a police disgraceful scene. Police faced confusion amid the disturbance.
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London Times
Smurthfield
Gauging train speed by telegraph posts per mile
The article explains a method to estimate train speed using telegraph posts laid 30 to the mile. By counting posts passed in a minute or two, one can multiply to obtain miles per hour of travel.
Day Flies a Common Pest Across Regions
The article notes that day flies appear annually in lake cities and river valleys, challenging the notion that Camida soldiers are unique to the Great Lakes. It observes similar swarms along the Danube and in Hungary, indicating broad, seasonal distribution of these pests.
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Great Lakes
Taman
Danube
Hungary
Inventions by Women Highlight Historic Creations
A fragmentary list credits women with inventions including copper shoe tips baby carriages washing machines bread kneaders self filling fountain pens portable typewriters stem winding watches and sewing machine improvements Bright Scholar and Hustle appear as named items. An examiner questions Scriptural knowledge with a board question about Cornelius. A boy answers, mentioning Cornelius in a band and Mortle’s farmer’s homely appearance, ending with a cryptic farewell about a man and a death story.
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Cornelius
Corneling
Tratlan
Deer Develop Human Instinct in Adirondacks Alibi Case
A fragmented report describes an incident in the Adirondacks region where a person named Wie or similar suffered a serious assault. Authorities investigate a bite attack and possible motive linked to a local dispute.
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Albiny Alley
Adirondacks
Peculiar Lake Erie tale and distant moral musings
The fragment discusses strange weather quirks near Lake Erie and water effects on temperatures, then shifts to varied reflections on wealth and virtue. It mentions an astronomer, Henry, and a social warning about detainment of tramps, ending with a cryptic note on a good for family and community.
Unclear Text Fragment About Unloading Items
Fragmentary OCR text references unloading a juke or valuables at a rate of a thousand per hour and mentions conscience, but the garbled lines lack coherent events, dates, places, or identifiable names to form a factual newspaper item.
Ancient myth of self harm by animals explodes in debate
A historical note reviews beliefs that animals kill themselves, citing scorpions and other creatures. Dr E Ray Lankester and P. Dourne tested scorpions under heat, showing their self-stinging is a muscular response to distress, not deliberate self destruction. The piece questions whether any animal truly chooses its death.
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T Hose
E. Ray Lankaster
Natural History Department
British Museum
Pet Dourne
Madras
Ain
Laika
Fond Valor Te Er Promotes Temperance Beverage
Historic notes highlight endorsement by Alma mater figures and reformers for a temperance beverage. Phoebe Cousin and Joseph Feiner cited supporting a shift to beer as a healthier, social alternative. Pabst Beer pitched as a wholesome malt drink with purity and nourishment.
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Orie
Phoebe Cousin
Joseph Feiner
Northwestern
Vorally
Nate
Miss Cousins
oMeer
Houthwest
Cintocnh
Pabst
Boiled wine tasting foiled wine theft plot
A blotched report details a sensational scene involving a hotel wine theft and a sweep of 400,000 bottles. The description references mysterious figures, a failed scheme, and intervention by authorities amid a chaotic sequence surrounding a shipment and subsequent arrest.
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