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...paper money has been issued in eight different sizes. Before the Civil War these issues were only temporary, to bridge the Government over an emergency. The first non-interest-bearing notes for popular circulation came in 1861. Special issues occurred during the Civil War and in 1879 when specie payments were resumed. The sizes...
Early in the week the following extraordinary statement appeared in L'lntransigeant, powerful popular daily...
Until the Labor Party first made itself felt, members of Parliament served without regular government salary. A hardship to many, the rule of unsalaried M. P.'s was popular with tradition-loving Britons who felt that, come what might, Britain would always be governed by Gentlemen...
Contrary to popular belief, "Hawaiian music" is not a pure racial product. Natives invented the rhythm, foreigners the melodies. The ukulele is of Portuguese origin, taken to the islands by early settlers and now manufactured, chiefly in California, for export to Hawaii...
Chautauqua. Last week Chautauqua Institute opened its 56th annual session on the shores of Chautauqua Lake, N. Y. Some 300 varied programs will be crowded into an eight-week season, including 41 symphony concerts, eight popular operas in English. Conductor: Albert Frederic Stoessel of Manhattan's Oratorio Society...