Money portraits on U.S. notes and engraving secrets
The article explains plans to feature living leaders on money and notes the Bureau of Engraving and Printing keeps portraits of presidents in a large frame, with engravers using delicate steel plates and lathe work to prevent counterfeiting. It notes Washington appears on a one cent coin briefly, and discusses design choices and production speed for new notes.
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McKinley
United States
Peta of Engraving and Printing
Philadelphia
Major McKinley
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington
Claveland
Bureau of Hogravying
Greyer Cleveland
A. S. Grant
Aenner
Mr. McKin- Joy
Liberty
Bureau of Hograying and Printing
Department
Treasury
Ates
Devens
Hyen
Capitol
White House
England
Old-Time Way to Handle Letters Sparks Carrier Debate
A Washington letter carrier recalls the old method of selling postage stamps and argues the proposed plan to require carriers to carry stamps would burden them. He notes accounting issues, credit sales, delays making change, and increased risk of undelivered bundles. He suggests the system could regress twenty five years.
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Offles Square
Male
Rae
Washington Ar
Noted Kentucky Tree Bears Fruit for Nine Decades
Kenyon reports on an apple tree on Enoch McCall's farm two miles east of Vanceburg Kentucky. The yellow Belleflur tree began bearing fruit about ninety years ago and still drops large golden apples despite signs of decay. Estimated production around ten bushels per year would yield about 900 bushels over its life, valued at roughly $800 per year in barrels.
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Kentucky
Kenyon
Vanceburg
Lewis County
Enoch McCall
Satisfied sisters postponing trip to Hot Springs
In Cullman Alabama a pair of well known Indies from Holly Pond Mina M F Shepard and H A Shepard describe their illnesses and miraculous relief from rheumatism stomach troubles and general weakness after using Williams Pink Pills for blood and nerves. Mina F Shepard credits the pills with recovery enabling a journey to Hot Springs Arkansas once planned.
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the Tribune
Cullman
Ala
Holly
Pond
Cullman County
EH. A
al . Shepard
Mina M. F. Shepard
Casa 580
Evan
Arkansas
Dr. Williawa
Mian Hl. A. Shepard
Sly Alater
Alabama
Williams
Arverin
Dr. Williams
Seventy Cents for a Horse Trade Report
San Francisco special officer McCurrie relays a odd horse trade in which a peddler paid seventy cents for a live horse to haul a cart. He notes cash, two quarters one dime and two nickels, and says poorer horses face more abuse while peddlers easily acquire mounts for about a dollar.
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Carty
McCnuffie
San Francisco
Saya
McCurrie
A New Evolution in the Servants Hall
A new butler noticeably improves the servants' hall says the cook. She praises his clever talk and recalls he spent an hour and a half explaining things, including how everyone descended from Mr Darwin, prompting the mistress to press for more details.
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Mr. Darwin
Westminster Gazette
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Claim
A vintage advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an uncured catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents. It includes testimonials from local wholesalers and mentions Hall's Family Pills and Cascaret candy cathartic.
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Hall
B.d
Onenry & Co
Props
Toledo
I. J. Cheney
Wraas Ara
Wateeno & Mangin
aU _Druggtate
Cocaine Taints Peak Bicycle Records In New York Race
The Star cites cocaine as a factor in record breaking by riders in a New York bix day bicycle race. It notes regular dosing for temporary speed gains, with one rider allegedly on wheel for fifty four hours, and reports several riders breaking records while suffering later harms.
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New York
Star
Connecticut
Videra
Washington Star
A Letter to Women About a Woman’s Recovery
A Woman describes seventeen years of painful periods and womb issues. After two unsuccessful surgeries and crippling symptoms, Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash aid her recovery. Now able to work, sleep, walk, and enjoy life, she praises the medicine and Mrs. Pinkham’s advice. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts resident Mas. James Connigan endorses the remedy.
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Talsa
Lydia
Pinkham
Fin Cat
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Montreal
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