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| Online Full Text: |
Bowling Green State University (New York Weekly edition)
Northern Illinois University (Good News edition) |
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| Series: |
Good News
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v. 3 no. 72
— pages 1147-1148 New York Weekly — v. 31 no. 15 — page 7 |
| Alternate Title: |
The Umbrella Department |
| Subject / Tag: |
Sketch |
| Author: |
Adeler, Max
(pseudonym used by Clark, Charles Heber, 1841-1915)
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| Dates: |
February 28, 1876 (New York Weekly edition) September 19, 1891 (Good News edition) |
| First Sentence: |
They have a peculiar ceremoniousness in the court of Siam, which sometimes causes embarrassment. (New York Weekly edition) |
| Last Sentence: |
That is the way the thing is managed yet, and it costs the government about $4,000,000 a year for sealing wax, paper and clerk hire for the umbrella department; but the king says he doesn't see how in the mischief the expense can be obviated. (New York Weekly edition) |
Known Editions
New York Weekly edition (page 7 in New York Weekly, Vol. XXXI, no. 15, February 28, 1876)Good News edition (pages 1147-1148 in Good news, v. 3, no. 72, September 19, 1891)
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