The Shifting Dinner Hour Through History
The article surveys how dining times have moved later from ancient Rome through the 18th and 19th centuries, noting figures like Seneca, Franklin, Pope, and Cowper. It traces gradual shifts from morning meals to late dinners, recounting anecdotes of rulers and scholars and predicting a return to earlier hours as fashion reverses.
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Dr. Franklin
France
Paris
Brazil
Lincoln’s Inn
Kew Gardens
Cotton
Viator
Addison
Pope
Lady Suffolk
Duchess of Sommerset
Duchess of Gordon
Pitt
Winchester
Cowper
Oxford
Chambers
Restoration of worn out land by crops and manure
At a meeting of the American Institute Farmer's Club several methods are discussed to reclaim exhausted soil. The group favors clover and peas over buckwheat, with deep plowing, sowing rye, and recurring clover and wheat cycles. Manure is praised as best, and corn becomes feasible after two rye or wheat crops. Also noted are cautions about firing a house after a servant dismissal and a joke about Leland Stanford’s wealth.
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American Institute Farmer's Club
A. M. Curtis
I. Warren
RH. McDoxaty & Co
Walker
R.H. McDonald & OS
Agenta
San Cal
Aft
Commerce Street
New York
P. H. Perry
Atlanta
Cuthbert Ga
angiLtf A. F
Eorgia
Rawnoren
Court of Ordinary
Said
Cuthbert
Henry C. Smith
Sol
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Washington
Leland Stanford
California
Alest
Macon
Maple
Borneo
Arrow
Eureka
Allison & Simpson
Ls. Jacot
Thomas Wood
Lanier Mouse
Gillespie
Cherry Street
Macon, GA
B. J. Jackson
Rick
Childre
Choice
Louisiana Syrup
Allison& Simpson's
R. BR. E
Middle and
Southwestern
Gia
Jonathan Collins & Son
Dun Macon
Lawton & Willingham
ADWAY
Radway
Fourth Street
Hardeman & Sparks
Hardema J & Sparks
Macon, Georga
Liberal
MO. Merryhan &C.'S
Day Books
Cash Books
Ilus
Bright
Radway & CO
Maiden Lane
T. S. Powell
Drageist
Allison
Simpson
Megiepp
Aetna Insurance CO
TLS. Powell's
Allison & Simpson’s
Owen & Sealey
J. L
R. H. Cobb
Liverpool
Afks
Ts. Cooper
College Street
Cuthbert, GA
J. M. Redding
J. M. Redding & CO
Randolph
Seps Fm
Georgia Home Insurance Company
Columbus, GA
Dieard Soda
Georgia
Ensurance Company
Columbus
Capital
Turnip Seed
Thbert, Ga
Pomeranian
Sochwesteas Railcap
Columb
Columbus Light Freight
ASD
Accommoda
Eupaula
Eufaula
Eufaula Night Freight and
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Enfaula
Smithville
Albany
Fort Gaines
Bnfaula
Central Railroad
Savannah
Augusta
Western Railroad
Montgomery
Mobile G- Girard Railroad
Union Springs
South Georgia Railroad
Thomasville
Virgil Powers
Novic Tf
Deng
J. McDonald
T. 5. Powell
Br. G. Robertson
Sy Cuthbert
H. P. Ewing
Ny Plantation
Stewart County
Lampkin
Lebovere
W. A. Moreland
Randolph County
Stewart
Russell County, Ala
Big Uchee Creek
Silver Ran
Mobile & Girard R. R
Claghorn & Cunningham
Grocers
R. J. Davant, Jr
W. D. Waples
Julian Myers
Davant, Waples &C
Cotton & Rice Factors
Savannah, G&c
W. Gordon
Tison & Gordon
W. 1. Stark
I. P. Richmond, W. H. Stark & CO
Cotton Factors
H.uw. Jones
John W. Sutlive
Boit & McKenzie
Savannah, Ga
L. J
General Commission
Bay Street
Bradley's Super
Jewell’s Kills
Chattanooga
P. Beall
Time Books
Powell
F. McBride
Borgia
Raxporon
Cwichert
Elizabeth Neely
Granala
Raspoies
H.J. Causey
Philip Cyurey
Philip Causey
M. Gormley
City of
District Court
Wilkins & Brays Bethune & Bayne
Rock Mall
Superior Court
Hansworth & Naylor
James A. Brown
F. Barry
Court House
W.t
J. M.K Gunn Ve
Robert B. Vinson
Propery
Caid Fife
Said County
Ve. G. M. T. Perryman
C. F. Barry
Eorsia
Raxnoren
Moses E. Tison
Thomas Ragan
Wyborgia
Rasporn
Moses E. Tyson
Western & Atlantic R. R
Conne Dalton
A. M
Laves Dalton
Massengale & CO
Nashville, Tennessee
J. McK. Gunn
Standley Stone
J. McK Gunn
Tennessee
Marietta, Kennesaw
Cook and
Cheek
Fortale
Sth
Elam Christian
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