Prized Paper Money of 1865 Bank Notes Puzzled Banks
A St. Louis Republic piece recalls the first 1865 National Bank notes and gold certificates with red backs. It details seven thirty notes of 1861, their denominations, designs, and rarity, plus failures to circulate and collector interest. The tale includes a Rochester bank case, Chicago and St. Louis tests passing unfamiliar notes, and notes payable to order or bearer with high premiums today.
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British Baronets and Their Distinctive Badges Through History
The article explains the origin of baronets, their royal warrants and badges such as the Bloody Hand of Ulster, and distinctive emblems for baronets of Nova Scotia Scotland and the United Kingdom. It notes the single female baronet Dame Mary Belles of Osberton in 1635 and the old usage of Dame for wives.
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Ulster
Nova Scotia
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Scotland
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United Kingdom
Great Britain
Debrett
Mary Belles
Osberton
Nottinghamshire
Soldiers coerced to attend church in British post tale
A Scots sergeant in an English post coerces recruits to join church by claiming atheists must clean stables. The ruse lasts a day, depriving Sunday leave, and next week the atheists are said to have joined the Church of England, in a London Tit-Bits anecdote.
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Church of England
London
Love For the Beautiful: Cultivating Beauty in Everyday Life
A brief meditation on appreciating beauty around us. Education shapes perception as some overlook flowers while others marvel at their handiwork of God. Loving beauty makes life sweeter and practical, a trait worth cultivating.
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Maxwell
Edgerton's of arm and the tramp gardener tale
A humorous reminiscence recalls Edgerton and a tramp gardener who transplanted potatoes by moving every other row to new hills. The narrator questions motives, praises the gardener’s cleverness, and ponders wanderlust and charity as a moral lesson about understanding individuals.
Is This Fancy or Prophecy in Howe’s Dream Vision
Julia Ward Howe spoke of a dawning era where men and women unite to fight evil in all forms. She claimed a global crusade lacking precedent, marking history’s culmination and a purpose for past actions. She described breaking old habits as trivial, comparing them to childish toys and noting the battle dissolved on its own.
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Julia Ward Howe
Brotherhood
Moonlit Mysteries and the Noses of Sphinxes
A speaker muses on why the moon inspires love, ghosts, and endless thoughts. He recalls a river moon, a timeless gaze, and the odd link between celestial light and mysticism, then jokes about modern digestion and rational explanations.
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Sphinx
The Wandering Gardener Named Mike
A Rhode Island born drifter called Mike wanders into a rural place at summer’s start. He speaks to goats in a dialect they understand, amuses a little girl with tales of the Mother Fairy, and teaches boys to fish, trap, and weed.
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Mike
Rhode Island
Michael
Misaac
Gardeners Embrace Curves and Natural Landscaping
The Washington Star advocates bending straight borders with spades to create curves, angles, and varied levels. It notes Japanese and other Oriental gardeners outperform by following nature, rock effects, and organic forms, urging writers to infuse soul into gardening for a more natural, less mechanical result.
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Washington Star
Don’t Worry Habit Refutes Nightly Fears of World Control
James A. Edgerton of Cold Spring-on-the-Hudson N Y reflects on faith and a constructive worldview. He argues God runs things through people, urges duties to country state and the Supreme, and advocates living with sincere humanity while rejecting worry and pretension. Death is treated as a common passage and growth through self-improvement is urged.
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