Tea as Southern Agriculture Promises Profits and Growth
The article reviews Pinehurst and Summerville experiments in growing tea in the South after cotton. It notes a 25 percent profit, describes leaf picking by children in a free-school garden, and outlines potential scales from small farm gardens to plantations with irrigation and mechanization to offset higher labor costs. It highlights green and black tea qualities, market demand, and the Rose Garden as a productive example.
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Pard
Great Britain
Pinehurst
United States
Orient
Summerville
Tao
Sumaneryville
Simmerville Gardens
Wou Ponds
Shep
Tea gardens as fences and future factories in gardens
The article argues for growing tea bushes in home gardens to supply household tea, extend gardens into hedges, and spur local factories for larger tea production. It describes Chinese cooking and dining customs, noting peasants and households preparing meals, and judges banquet meals as a cultural peak with long dining sessions.
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China
Enchanted Honduran Ravine Said to Foresee Weather
A ravine in Ullon Valley, Honduras, acts as a natural weather bureau with a waterfall voice signaling approaching rain. Local tradition holds the ravine is home to a dragon who controls clouds and winds, influencing storm strength.
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Ullon Valley
Honduras
Sign of Weakness in Hating People Stated
A terse remark notes it is weak to harbor venom toward others and observes that many poor men tell a favored joke about rich men. The line implies satire on class attitudes and social humor.
Man with One Lung Seeks Life Insurance
A young man applies for life insurance and, when told he has only one lung, calmly argues he should pay a lower premium since he is 50 percent less likely to contract consumption. The assessor questions the logic, while the applicant persists in his claim.
Timidity of wives in asking husbands for money
A bride touring Europe spent her allowance and sought more from her father because she did not feel she knew her husband well enough. Another long-married woman admitted ongoing awkwardness in asking for funds since the husband did not belong to her family.
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Wiver
Europe
New York Tribune
Brain Stimulation Device Promised by Scientist
A scientist showcases an apparatus to stimulate the brain using an electric band. The piece contrasts this with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, touted for fifty years to cure dyspepsia and stomach troubles and build up the system.
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Hostetter
A Few English Bulls at Local Meetings
A vestryman denounces baths as a millstone around ratepayers necks likened to a white elephant. An orator at Streatham common urges fighting poverty with a bridge of progress. Another vestryman alludes to others seeing a mote yet missing the camel in their own eyes. A temperance chairman defends his abstainer record.
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Streatham Common
Grain-O Promises Healthful Drink for Children
An advertisement promotes Grain-O as a nourishing coffee substitute for children. It claims Grain-O is made from pure grains, tastes like coffee when prepared properly, and costs about 3 cents per serving. It notes grain growers market Grain-O at 160 and 25 cents.
The Dentist and Caesar Crown Dispute Narrated
In a humorous take the dentist sought to crown a tooth for Caesar but Caesar balked. Cassius questions Caesar’s nerve as Brutus replies with the yarn about the king’s throne and a thrice refused crown.
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Brutus
Caesar
Cassius
New York Journal
First Class Sewing Machines for 14.25 at Smyth Co Chicago
The John M. Smyth Co at 150 to 106 West Madison Street Chicago sells a Melba sewing machine for 14.25 as part of a vast illustrated catalogue. The firm, in business a third of a century, serves over half a million Chicago homes and is trusted for fair dealings. The catalogue describes many household articles with prices.
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John M. Smyth Co
West
Madison Street
Chicago
Melba
John M. Smyth Company
Honest Criticham Opinion Cited by Examiner
A brief quip quotes an exchange about a book with a critic noting the covers are too far apart. The San Francisco Examiner is cited as the source while signaling a light literary jab. The line reads as a humorous take on publishing design.
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San Francisco Examiner
Cough Remedy Kemp’s Balsam Offered with Free Sample
A drugstore promotion touts Kemp’s Balsam as a fast cough cure. The ad offers a free sample bottle and sells 25 and 50 cent sizes urging customers to act promptly to avoid danger.
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Kemp
Spanish Charitable Traditions Support the Poor
Spanish communities of about 50 000 self supporters feed pauper populations of 5 000 or more highlighting robust charitable practice without a poor tax and reflecting widespread communal aid.
Cure Cold in One Day Claim by Bromo Quinine Tablets
Advertisement claims a single day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. States druggists refund if it fails and notes E. W. Grove’s signature on each box. Ends with a quotation on memory by Cotton.
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E. W. Grove
Do It and Stick to It Sarsaparilla Ad
If you are sick and discouraged with pure blood calarrh or rheumatism take Hood's Sarsaparilla faithfully and persis tently you will soon have a cure The medicine has cured thousands of others and it will do the same for you Faithfully taken Hood's Sarsaparilla
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Agenta
J Swanson. Rheumatic CO
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