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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1888
Page
3
The article compares pawn broking in Paris and London, noting Paris merchants rely on pawnbrokers for short term credit while Mont de Piete supplies funds to small traders. It cites Paris rates around 22 percent and lowerage risk, with London figures higher average pledges and yearly pawns.
Tale blends seaside fashion and social norms with long passages on clever wagers and memory marvels. It recounts a scene of bathing etiquette and public behavior alongside anecdotes of famed memory feats by Macaulay and others, weaving in historical nods to Dickens, Macaulay, and wartime recollections.
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