Ostrich Feathers In Demand Global Market Drives Prices
A South Africa based ostrich industry shows high returns with chicks valued up to 1000 dollars and cock birds up to 7000. Port Elizabeth serves as the world’s chief ostrich feather port with feathers selling 10 to 150 dollars per pound and a yearly industry worth about 15 million. The United States also grows high quality domestic feathers, challenging African supplies.
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South Africa
Port Elizabeth
Africa
United States
Beards Mandatory for Shechita Employees After Leeds Edict
The Shechita beard workers must wear beards following a rabbinical conference resolution in Leeds. The rule applies to all ages and ends the prior allowance of periodic beard trimming. Young employees protest since trimming would retard growth, while authorities impose the new standard.
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Leeds
Lendon Mall
Man-Eaters and the Hunger of Predators
John Muir discusses which animals attack humans and why, noting bears rarely eat people except in defense of their young, while wolves tigers and other predators may hunt humans. He suggests only the tiger may be a persistent land man eater under normal conditions and even then rarely.
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John Muir
Atlantic
Cheaper heating advice and homelike restaurant hosting
A customer seeks affordable furnace options and is advised to try red pepper. A Boston restaurateur aims for a homelike feel by employing chaperones and female servers to pour tea and chat while men carve roasts. His patrons include students from Gack Bay’s art and oratory schools.
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Boston
Art and Oratory Schools
Gack Bay
Practical Economies in Speech Etiquette
A Washington Star quip argues time saved by not saying please to a telephone but warns against scrapping the phrase The line is busy now. The cartoonish remark critiques politeness versus efficiency in daily communication.
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Iine
Washington Star
Quick Diagnosis Gout Query Sparks Comic Exchange
A stranger asks a doctor if he has gout in a humorous miscommunication. The physician jokes about income and charges while noting the patient has eight sore spots, playing on the misunderstanding.
Harvest Time
A brief exchange notes a widow and a mower inquiry in rustic dialogue. The fragment hints at rural life and tasks around harvesting with a focus on grass and mowing.
Paul Morton Sponsors His Father for Cabinet Post
In 1893 at Lakewood New Jersey Grover Cleveland offered J Sterling Morton secretary of agriculture. His son Paul Morton accompanied him and acted as sponsor guiding his father to accept the position. The chair Cleveland sat in became a cherished heirloom later gifted to Paul.
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Paul Morton
Cleveland
J. Sterling Morton
Nebraska
Nebraska City
Territory
Grover Cleveland
Morton
Lakewood
N. J
Paul
Paul Merton
Little White House
Mr. Cleveland
Mr. Morton
Condi
Mr. Straus
Prescott as Noble Historian Spurned a Diplomatic Post
In conversations with Mr. Fields the historian Prescott is praised as grand in character and intellect. He declined a potential appointment as United States minister to Holland, citing partial blindness and a desire to avoid compromising his country’s interests with fiction.
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Prescott
Holland
Longfellow
Hawthorne
Lowell
Emerson
Whittier
Holmes
Field
Fields
Pres
Mr. Fields
Ife
Parkman's
George Bancroft
United States
Polk
Navy
Europe
J. Edwards
Burnside and Logan in the U S Senate
In the two decades after Appomattox Ambrose Burnside of Rhode Island and John A. Logan were notable figures in the Senate. The author recalls Burnside’s neat dress and quiet sessions, contrasts with Logan’s dramatic presence, and recounts Burnside’s meeting in 1881 during his re election and Sprague’s collapse leading Burnside to fill his seat.
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United States Senate
Appomattox
Ambrose FE. Burnside
Rhode Island
John A. Logan
General Burnside
Senate
Logan
Burnsides
Hurnside
Burnside
William Sprague
East
Senator Burnettle
Sprague
Providence
Lincoln
United States
Kate Chase
Amasa
Senator Sprague
Connecticut
Sprague House
J. Edwards
All Rights Sreserved
The Spring of Hospitality Unveiled at Home
In a retired boudoir a woman endures a splitting headache and keeps her home closed to visitors. Her maid reports Mrs de Jones called though the mistress insists she is at home to no one. The scene shifts as curiosity rises about the spring dress visitor.
Domestic dispute hints at life insurance debate
A reader describes a quarrel with his wife over purchasing a new life insurance policy. She scolds him for using money in the deal, reflecting tension in financial planning discussions within the household.
Mysterious Time Riddle Splits Readers at Race
A sharp exchange over a racing scene stirs debate as observers dispute timing. One claimant asserts sound arrived ten minutes before while another says the vehicle appeared ten minutes after, leaving locals puzzled by the clockwork of a passing auto.
Revolver of a Century Silhouettes a Ferris Wheel Man
A fragmented dialogue notes a man who has witnessed hundreds of revolutions and jokes about his past work on a Ferris wheel, hinting at a long, storied life through casual banter. The exchange evokes a mood of reflection and streetwise humor.
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CoatesviLle Herald
H. E. Fathaway
Coatesville
Indiana
Gale
E. J. Edwards
J. I. Case
Binkley & Fehring Buggies
Fish Bros
E. Raith & Son
ALAMO
Silvester Ellett
Ss. E. Mark
Coatsville, Ind
Davis & Johnson
Sane Aeeya
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