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Posted inDaily News Local Histories Travelers' Tales

Weird Tibetan Scenes Shown

Motion Pictures of Little Traveled Land Are Seen

Great temples with roofs of solid gold, a huge lake of solid salt, weirdly impressive rituals of a barbaric religion, strange people and animals—these were some of the wonder of Tibet shown by motion pictures In the Italian room of The Olympic Hotel Tuesday night.

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Posted inHumor US Civil War

August 5, 1862 – Saloon Keeper’s Lament

A saloon keeper in Cleveland, (Ohio,) in scarcity of change, conceived the idea of issuing tickets "good for one drink" to regular customers, when he couldn't change their money.—In printing…
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