Government bonds sold in New York at auction
The government sold 1 500 000 dollars of bonds at New York on June 72, with bids ranging from 116.78 to 116.91. A long column of June news follows, including the Freedmen Bureau report to Justice, security concerns at the War Department, and various incidents nationwide. The Navy and War changes loom as investigations into financial irregularities unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Secretary of War
Department of Justice
Freedmen's Bureau
Howard
Secretary of the Navy
Apm
War Department
Sheridan
Mr. Gray
New Zealand Post Office
Oakland
Cal
Berrel E. Oddie
Indianapolis
Insane Asylum
Henry Ewing
St. Louis
Chicago
Pomeroy
Cincinnati
Ohio
Peru
Wabash
Ind
John Herrester
Kautner
Herrester
Godfrey
Sangamon County
Illinois
Steubenville
Northern
Lincoln
Yreka
The Velvet Hat and the Auction Bargain
A colonel buys a velvet hat at auction for ten dollars after his wife laments the cost of a promised gift. She discovers later a ten dollar note left by the auctioneer as part of a secret bargain, which she is warned never to mention, leaving her silent and frustrated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Duncan
Paris
John Hawkins
Navasota
Texas
Nashville
Bowling Green
Joseph Brooks
Pulaski
Arkansas
Baxter
Johnson
New Iberia
Laver
Sauer
People of
Louisiana
Arthur A Glover
Wm. Goumillion
Edgefield
D. C
Louieville
Weiss
Belgium
Tenn
Gallatin
Lebanon
Davia Maas
Witteling
West Va
Fight Temple
Elutteri House
The Use of Eyesight and Imagination in Vision
The fragment discusses how seeing requires freeing the mind to flow into the eyes and form a mental panorama. It touches on imagination as a brain function enabling visual perception and mentions delight in blue skies and green scenery, with unclear references to individuals like Albert Richardson and Franklin, Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mies
Aea
Albert
Richardson
D. Se Omen
Franklin, Mass
Intriguing Kite Arts and Harp Craft Noted in Far Lands
The passage notes elaborate kite flying in distant regions, praising dexterous balance and silent motion as kites rise above cord holders. It also mentions small harps attached to dove tails that whistle with flight, and references King Mirambo of Central Africa as possibly a fraud in contemporary reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay
Inds
M. de Beauvoir
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Humboldt Fire Insurance Company
Crenshaw & Co
Pearl Street
Jane McArdle
North Second Street
Brooklyn
Wm. Ross
Cosmopolitan Hotel
San Francisco
Milton
N. H
Loas
Francis Gillen
Ellen
Fleetwood Racing Park
Dayville
Conn
Havana
Calais
Almon Gordon
Thorndyke
Maine
Gordon
Z. Robbins & Sons
Philadelphia
John Murray
Queen's Glue Factory
Rahway
N. J
Wilson
Beocklyn
Michael
Patsey Regan
Fort Lee
Char. A. Dena
The
Miss Smith
Wheelock
Ishaw O’nell
Atlanta
James Little
Father Anthony Grim
Potomac River
Hamilton
Ont
Madrid
Spain
William
Riza Pasha
Sir Bartle Frere
Aden
Arabia
Nouvillas
Vittoria
Castelar
Catalonia
Arragon
Navarre and Biscay
Valencia
Nuncia
New Castile
Old Castile
Salicia
Andalusia
Lower Estramadura
Cuba
Porto Rico
Balearic Islands
aaSumbment Eevee
Frederick Ludwig George von Raumer
Great Eastern
Ireland
Cape Breton
Adelno Ballevan
Bolivia
Mr. O'Kelly
N. S. Herald
Santoni
Mirambo
Central Africa
Te Taood
Bates
Memphis
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