Stone Age Money On Island Of Yap
The Yap islanders use lime disks as currency weighing up to five tons with no mint. A 200 year old coin 26 inches in diameter and 120 pounds valued as an 18 foot canoe or land and coconuts was sent to Chase National Bank, illustrating their barter system and lingering Stone Age standards.
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Yap
Caroline Group
Guam
Philippines
Germany
United States
Japan
Immigration Bureau
Muscat
Nauru
Ruanda
Togoland
Chase National Bank
New York
Pelew Islands
Baltimore Evening Sun
Copper output and American control in world production
World copper output shows three quarters came from mines under American control in 1929 per Social Science Abstracts. A Swedish periodical review notes 1930 as the first year the United States was a net importer of copper. The world output doubled in each 13 year period from 1874 to 1913 but has not doubled since 1913.
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Social Science Abstracts
America
Identifying Himself Voice of the Telephone
A flirt tries to identify a caller by voice in a brief exchange where one party asks to guess who it is and the other asks for a kiss when unsure.
New Caramel Popcorn Shops Open in Springfield Ohio
New caramel popcorn shops report strong early sales as owners advertise fitting outfits and teach popcorn production processes. Originators Long Eakins operate at 53 High Street in Springfield Ohio, promoting growth and customer outreach through ads.
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Long- Eakins
High St
Springfield
Ohio
Poets and the Lonely Life quotes and reflections
Byron comments on poets who boast of fifty rhymes and fear their recitation. A lone man lacks an audience for his life story, while experience comes slowly with costly mistakes.
Wonderful Clock by Italian Artificer Unveiled in Rimini
Cos tanzo Renzi of Rimini completes an 86 hour bamboo clock in the form of the Fascist emblem. The eight foot high device shows hour minute second and also moon phases day of week month and day of month. On striking a flag with king and Duce appears, chimes play Giovinezza, a mortar fires and a tricolor reappears. Renzi says it cannot be used for home lessons.
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Costanzo Renzi
Rimini
Italy
I Duce
Renzi
She Reduced 38 Pounds The Safe Way
A Boston woman, 32, 5 ft 2 in, reports dropping from 165 to 127 pounds in four months using Kruschen Salts. She praises improved health and energy, credits the daily half teaspoon dose in hot water, and warns against imitations while advising light meals to aid weight loss.
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Florence Loftus
Boston
How do you like your wife's new wireless set
A terse exchange shows a husband reacting to his wife’s wireless set with a sharp remark. The retort “Turned off!” reflects domestic humor and a tension in a brief street scene.
Beware of a Beau Who Eats Half the Candy He Brings
A lighthearted note warns that a romantic suitor who shares candy may nibble half before gifting it, signaling playful flaws in affection and the humor of dating dynamics.
Scotland's Burg Cliffs Hold Ancient MacCulloch Tree
Blair bequeaths Ardmeanoch headland southern Burg cliffs to Scotland. The 1,200 foot Atlantic front houses sea bird sanctuaries and many caves including Mackinnon cave once visited by Doctor Johnson. The Burg also features the venerable MacCulloch fossil tree.
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Scotland
Campbell Blair
Ardmeanoch
Burg
Doctor Johnson
MacCulloch
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OUR Comic
Little
Let
Finney
Mel Snoop
Mez
Snoopt
Western Newspaper Union
Island OF
Byron
Seok
Ivor
Hases
Druggiata
Hiscox Chem
Parker
Hiscox Chemical Works
Patchogue
N.Y
Jerrold
Peterman
ANT
Hotel
Address Home Remedy CO
Republic Bldg
Seattle
Wash
Omaha
Potter Drug & Chemical Corp
Den
Mass
Nebraska
Paxton
Household Soap
Procter & Gamble
U.S. Pat
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