Money Names From Old Coins and New Coppers
The article traces coinage terms across 19th century America, from fippeny bits and picayunes to two shillings and York shillings, notes the spread of three cent pieces and early nickels, and recalls wartime substitutes and slang like shinplisters and chicken feed while contrasting regional usages from Ohio to New York. It closes with a aside on Queen Christina and a quip from Ainslee’s Magazine.
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Picayune
Ohio
New York State
York
Pine Tree State
Maine
Illinois
Fip
Jearn
St. Louis
New Orleans
North
Memphis
Balloons and hoaxes shadow Arctic exploration tales
A wide Arctic balloon craze follows Prof. Andree’s announced expedition as residents from British Columbia to Sweden report sightings and even a mining wife in Cariboo claims to have seen a balloon. The episode spawns jokes, advertising campaigns, and international curiosity as Sweden’s government weighs the reports and a Canadian mine leverages the tale for promotion.
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Andree
Arctic
Sweden
Northwest
Territoriea
British Columbia
Hudson Way
Renault
Prof. Andree
Pole
North America
Plains
Andre
Stockholm Academy
Foreign Office of
Cariboo
Quesnelle Lake
Mrs. Blacksmith
Farrer
T. F. Trenar
Geological Society of the Pacific
San Francisco
Stockholm
Mosso's balance couch tests blood flow in sleep and wake
Prof Mosso, the Italian physiologist, built a couch balanced at center so any weight shift tilts ends. A man laid on it remained horizontal, then when he slept his head rose and feet sank, and upon waking the opposite. The experiment showed blood left the head in one state and returned in the other. Chicago Chronicle.
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Australasian Review of Reviews
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County Court
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Mama County
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News of the World
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Sitness
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Williaton, N. D
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Stroud Bros
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