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Silent list of colonial garb and a penny dividend note
The passage catalogs archaic fashion terms from colonial days such as beehive bonnets and whalebone busks alongside a note on Bank of England fractions. It compares old and modern heroines and reports a penny dividend issue that accrued about £140,000 paid to the chancellor of the exchequer. It also mentions a bicycle fatality and a potential government demand for repayment.
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Boston Evening Transcript
Washington
Newmarket
Job
Bank of England