Birmingham Mint Drives Global Coin Exports
The Birmingham mint, a major producer of English coins, supplies foreign governments with currency. Recently it shipped an Egyptian order of 10 million plaster coins weighing five tons in sixty cases for 15 million dollars. Since 1797 it has minted large consignments under government contracts for India Tunis Canada Turkey Hongkong Sarawak Venezuela Chile and others.
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Ingham
England
Birmingham
Ih Kovernment
Capri
India
Tunis
Canada
Turkey
Hongkong
Hatt
Sarawak
Venezuela
Chile
Reception at St Louis Fall Exposition Free
Announcement invites readers to arrange reception plans during the fall in St Louis for the Louisiana Base Exposition opening by President Roosevelt. It notes contact with F H Worsley at 411 Dooley and details on depots, lodging, travel, ticket limits, and hotel information.
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St. Louis
Roosevelt
F. H. Worsley
Dooley
St. Liale
Niger
Utah
Worsley
Whipping Question Stirs Kansas Town Proceedings
An incident in a Kansas town centers on a woman applicant asked about whipping skill in a local inquiry. Her reply described a routine position on a chair with a child held snugly across her lap. Public reaction underscores tense community debate.
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Kansas Town
Tahlequah Cherokee Population Portrait in 1900s
Tahlequah, once marked as the Indian territory capital, now hosts about 2,500 residents with a Cherokee majority. The article notes diverse complexions among Cherokees, including coal black individuals claiming Cherokee identity, and describes overall bloodlines as whiter than Indian.
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Tahlequah
Indian Territory
Allen's Foot-Ease and Strange Korea Bridges
Do Your Feat Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy Cures Swollen Hot Sweating Feet Corns and Bunions At all Druggists and Shea Stores 25 Sample sent FREE Ad dress Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Some idea of the delights of traveling In Korea is given by a traveler of the bridges In that country A first class bridge in Korea is planks nailed together A second-class bridge is series of isolated stones The third-class bridge is common and you may wade Across the water will not go much above your chest I do hot believe M10's Cure for Consumption has an equal for coughs and colds Cannibals Are Epicures A translated anecdote from English papers about a West Africa clergyman and a strange reply about palma of the hand
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Boston
Mass
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Lydia
Pinkham
Mies
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Lennox
Dean Munn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bert E. Lennox
East 4Th St
Dixon, Ill
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Shea
Allen S. Olmsted
LeRoy, N
Korea
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Trinity Springs, Inc
West Africa
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Ton Biltar
Daredevil rides wheel up a perpendicular Eck globe loop
A daring act shows a rider on a bicycle tracing an increasingly vertical circle inside an Eck globe. He climbs beyond the center, loops over the top, and completes multiple revolutions with speed reaching about thirty miles per hour to hold against the concave surface, while circling near a mile per minute at the smallest loop.
Estimations of Stars in the Sky
The passage cites several astronomers' estimates of visible stars. It notes 144,000,000 stars with long exposures, 77,000,000 visible in the whole sky by Chacornac, and Proctor's claim that Rosse's telescope could reveal at least 1,000,000,000 stars, though the latter is deemed excessive. It concludes about 100,000,000 stars in the sky.
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Fenta
Chacornac
Proctor
Lord Rosse
Wise old bird misread by critics on a brash spree
A quizzical verse piece presents a self described old bird praised as wise by critics yet failing to stay wise when under influence of strong dyes. It blends humor with a mock confession of brute antics, hinting at vanity and folly.
Robin's Nest in Porch Rocking Chair at Roland Park
A robin built a nest in a rocking chair on M. Gill’s Roland Park porch near Baltimore Country Club. Eggs hatched and three young birds emerged as residents watched. To protect them from cats, the chair was suspended higher. neighbors marveled at suburban life and calm surroundings.
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Baltimore Piazza
M. Gillet
Mr. Gi
Gill
Mrs. Robin
Dents
Roland Park
Lost Interest Attends Church But Hates Pastorage
Maj E T D Myers, head of a Southbound railroad line between Washington and Richmond, relates a servant named Tom who skips church. Tom admits he hasn’t time to go, yet admits he dislikes the pastorage and its solemn music. He says the church suits him but the pastorate loses his trust.
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Tom
New Yort Times
Balloon duel over Paris ends in tragedy in 1808
London Morning Chronicle reports a preposterous mid-air duel where M. de Gremaire and M. le Pique contest a lady’s favor with identical balloons and blunderbusses. At half a mile height a shot destroys Pique’s balloon. he and his second die as Gremaire completes a perilous voyage and lands safely.
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Paris
M. de Gremaire
M. le Pique
Pique
Gremapre
London Morning Chronicle
Ancient Spur and Mexican Wonder Tale
Antiquarians note the earliest spur dates 300 to 100 B C, a sharp heel prod on a base. In Juarez Hospital doctors autopsy Ramon Rapinosa, murdered days earlier, and a steel blade fragment found in his skull resisted removal. the scar had vanished, leaving experts puzzled by the steel piece lodged in his head.
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Juarez Hospital
Ramon Rapinosa
Hin Ekull
Five-Legged Calf Report From Benson Vermont
Joseph Tate of Benson Vermont reports a nine day old calf born with a rare extra leg the calf shows thrift and vitality. Mr Laffe has been offered ninety nine dollars for the odd bovine which drew local curiosity and speculation.
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Joseph Tate
Benson
Laffe
Scotchman Over Eager to Prove His Innocence
An American journalist describes Lord Burnham at a London News Paper Fund dinner who told a tale of a fishing trip in Scotland. He let hunger drive a hurried search for a missing incheon basket and a cliff top, meeting a Scot who says no stray dog could have eaten it.
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Lord Burnham
London
News Paper Fund
Scotland
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