Bananas Remade the American Diet and Trade
An extensive history and analysis of banana imports into the United States highlights 1910 figures with over 40 million bunches imported and wholesale values surpassing 12.5 million dollars. The piece surveys global consumption, production regions, cultivation methods, and the labor of cutting and transporting hand picked fruit to rail lines for distribution across the nation.
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United States
New York
San Francisco
Great Britain
Germany
France
Tropics
Asia
America
Humboldt
Peru
Montana
Reynard
Cuba
Costa Rica
Baltimore
New Orleans
Calgary
Canada
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Philosophy to the Rescue by Charles Nagel Story
Charles Nagel notes the Irish possess philosophy alongside sentiment and romance. He recounts a dinner tale of a religious Irishman who, praying over a steak, loses it to a dog but thanks heaven that his appetite remains. The anecdote appeared in The Sunday Magazine.
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Charles Nagel
Commerce and Labor
Pat
the Sunday Magazine
Red Cross Ball Blue Makes Clothes Snow White
Promotes Red Cross Ball Blue as a solid packaged laundry aid. Claims no liquid to spill, no adulteration, and twenty years of use. Large package priced at 5 cents, promising less bother and more economical, snow white clothes. Ask your grocer for this wash day solution.
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RED Cross
Mystery Feast Echoes Biblical Dinner Scene
A banquet mood turns grim as a cryptic omen appears in the hall. An interpreter warns that a message predicts a home arrival at 9 22 and chores to be done, leaving guests in a somber mood.
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Belshazzar
Cured Backache by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Mrs Ollie Woodall of Morton's Gap Kentucky reports two years of severe backache and female disorders. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she became well and capable of performing all chores. The advertisement urges readers to contact Mrs Pinkham for confidential free advice from Lymm Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinknam
Morton’s Gap
Kentucky
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ollie Woodall
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Franklin Adapis
Mexican Gulf
Puerto Barrios
Guatemala
Puerto Cortes
Honduras
Puerto Limon
Bluefields
Nicaragua
Bocas del Torre
Panama
Santa Marta
Jamaica
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Dutch Guiana
CorraVeTs Bananas
Philosophy
Carter
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