Forty-Year-Old Question on Government Currency and Bonds
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram discusses why government fiat currency cannot replace bonds and taxes. It explains currency value relies on public confidence and that excessive issuance would erode purchasing power, risking inflation like Germany’s. It cites WWI bonds, Continental currency, and urges preservation of currency value to avoid economic collapse.
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United States Treasury
United States
Germany
Continental Congress
Fort Worth
Jokes and Quips From a Vintage Laugh Track
A string of old time one liners covers marital woes and social quips. A lecturer jokes about animal language as a skunk replies with mischief. A bride asks about unlucky marriage months and a judge questions Mirandy about her children. A man muses on a Civil Service setback ends with a hopeful note about Bill.
Humorous Snippets and Social Quips Parade in Conversational Dialogue
A collection of jokes and sketches touches on civil service hiring, schooling, politics, family life, and social norms. One senator pleads for patience as a poor speller contemplates returning to school while other bits poke fun at politicians, inlaws, fashion, and small town routines.
Woman Awakens 22 Years Holds Sleeplessness Record
In Cegled Hungary 77 year old Rachel Sagi has not slept since Easter Sunday 1911. Medical experts find no physical cause and attribute it to neurastenia. She spends nights praying. does housework. sometimes weeps from distress over her condition. A Hungarian clerk J Kern also lost sleep in 1918 due to a bullet wound.
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Budapest
Rachel Sagi
Cegled
Hungary
Neurastheny
J. Kern
California man shares easy worm digging method
Bonham Favorite prints a note from A. J. Stevenson describing a simple worm-digging trick. Drive a stick into the ground leave one end exposed cut notches rub on the buried stake to create vibrations that drive worms upward for easy collection. The note credits authenticity but offers no guarantee.
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Bonham
A. J. Stevenson
Ivory Billiard Balls Seasoned Five Years After Turning Out
Ivory billiard balls used by professionals are seasoned for five years after production to achieve optimal hardness and balance. The process enhances durability and consistent play for high level competition.
New York Tavern Rules From Henry Brown Page
Henry Collins Brown recounts a historic New York tavern with strict nightly rules including charges for bed and supper, bed occupancy limits, no boots in bed, organ grinders housed in the wash house, bans on dogs upstairs, beer in the kitchen, and razor grinders or tinkers admitted. The anecdote highlights rigid social norms and practical crowd control in colonial inns.
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Henry Collins Brown
New York
Talk Is The Cheapest Commodity
A pithy observation asserts that speech costs little but carries significant weight in commerce politics and daily life. It suggests that verses rumors and debates spread easily while actions and decisions require more tangible value.
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Goofus
Flossie
Robert Katz
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Neighbors. Service
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Selors
First National Bank
Lester Haile
Ness
California
Ful
R. B. Nall
Sherman, Texas
Stateville
Cash Grocery
John Henry
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