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~ The Chicago Blue Book, 1908
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A female private detective in 1908? Miss Cora M. Strayer, I lift my glass to you. I’ll bet you were an interesting person to know.
Note: Apparently Mr. Geo. S. Holben, Supt. Criminal Dept., was shot by a disgruntled former employee in 1910. (Los Angeles Herald, December 06, 1910).According to the 1913 edition of the Chicago Blue Book, Miss. Strayer’s Detective Agency was still in business, although Mr. Holben’s name no longer appeared in the advertisement.
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We’ll know as children again all that we are
destined to know, that the water is cold
and deep, and the sun penetrates only so far.Jim Harrison, from ‘Death Again’ (via the-final-sentence)Posted on January 29, 2012 via The final sentence. with 146 notes
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thats what the future looks like
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Tsar Nicholas II
His beard/moustache amazes me.
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Now this is a Stieg Larsson book I could get into
The girl on the hippopotamus chariot
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini, 1922.
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We hate math.
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nypl:
Brain Pickings says “Typography Sketchbooks is like a visual window into the minds of the worlds most exciting type designers…” We couldn’t agree more, which is why you simply MUST join us Wednesday night when Steven Heller and Lita Tallarico visit the NYPL to discuss the heart of all visual communication.
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hey my name is jessica, i am 15 years old.
thats really all there is.
