Red Bananas Scarce While Yellow Dominate Markets
Bananas shift from red to yellow due to profitability and easier cultivation. Yellow bananas are cheaper and ship better, driving red bananas to higher prices and scarcity. Red bananas fetch up to 20 cents each, while yellow can cost a dollar or more per bunch.
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Costa Ruica
Frenduras
Colombia
Jamaica
Cuba
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Gulf Countries
New Orleans
Atlantic
Mississippi Valley
Pacific Coast
New York Sun
The Ostrich Roars While Senator Allen Spouts
Senator Allen of Nebraska once delivered a famous 15 hour speech against repealing the Sherman silver act. At a state fair, an ostrich trotted on a sulky, drawing crowds and laughter away from his oration until the bird was allowed to have its own way.
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Senator Allen
Nebraska
Rumor of a Corpse Causing Drought Leads to Grave Interventions
A Russian village near the German frontiersfolk believe a buried woman’s corpse caused drought. The council orders the coffin opened to reposition the body, but the husband resists. Villagers dig up the grave and the corpse remains in place amid official inquiries. Similar acts occur in a neighboring village seeking rain.
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Russia
Sharp swindler and fashionable woman trick private asylum
A stylish young woman drove to a Paris area private lunatic asylum to have her husband examined for a fake mania about jewel theft. She then used a Paris jewelers to obtain jewels and money, took a driver to the asylum, and vanished after leaving the driver to be involved in the scheme. The husband was confined for days before being found, and the pair vanished without a trace.
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Paris
Ftray
Homecoming Welcome Turns Sour In Alfred Street Home
A Detroit Free Press item describes a resident of Alfred Street returning home after a weeklong business trip with a valise in hand. He confronts a hostile maid and the proprietor husband of the mistress, leading to a heated scene and a clash with a flatiron. The wife arrives, ending the altercation.
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Alfred Strent
Virago
Detroit Free Press
Fulton’s Steam Warship Recommendation to Government
A Washington Star report from January 8 1814 details a proposal by Robert Fulton to build a steam powered warship carrying 24 guns. Signatories include Decatur and Perry praising speed and protection, arguing the vessel could dominate harbors and compel enemy ships to depart.
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Robert Fulton
New Londox
Jan
United States
Sterven Decatur
J. Jones
Brooke
Mother shouts names in Arkansas cabin scene
A Detroit Free Press correspondent recalls a ragged ten year old boy on a fence as his mother calls Moses Abraham Luke Mark and others into the woods. The boy insists he is not the intended child and jokes about being Ananias if called again.
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Arkansas
Moses
Abraham
Greenville
Luke
Mark
Philetus
Jeremiah
Judas
Abel
Ananias
Persians and Their Passion for Mirrors
The Persian market holds a strong appetite for mirrors from Germany France and Belgium. Persian interiors favor bright gilt framed looking glasses and long pier glasses that create crowded corridors where visitors may bump noses or knees while admiring reflections.
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Persia
Germany
France
Belgium
The Organist an Autocrat in The Ladies Tome Journal
Jan Maclaren argues in The Ladies Tome Journal that the organist, as artist, is refined and sensitive. Critics irritate him and risk losing his service, since he views his music as superior and resists practical fault finding.
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Jan Maclaren
Reformer Admits Motives In Politics Row
A Cleveland Plain Dealer report quotes Representative McClellan of New York greeting Tom Reed with How do you do Mr Speaker The exchange leads Reed to declare I am not Mr Speaker ny longer Then I am a reformer now and reformers dont think of anything except making money The dialogue portrays tensions between reformers and political leadership.
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Mr. Speaker
Representative McClellan
New York
Tom Reed
Mr Speaker
Reed
Mr. Reed
Cleveland Plaig Dealer
Settled It He and Her Debate on Will and Shall
A humorous exchange between two suitors and a woman over the proper use of will and shall. The man probes the distinction while the woman asserts she will not be bound to a single form, highlighting language quirks in a light domestic moment.
Simple nightly cold water eye rinse brightens sight
The article recommends bathing the eyes with cold water at bedtime and on waking to improve clarity and brightness. It states the cold treatment increases blood circulation around eye vessels, making the eyes stronger and brighter.
Tea Drinking as a Female Vice in Historical Commentary
The Female Spectator from a past era condemns tea drinking as a feminine vice. It claims the tea table consumes more resources than supporting two children, wrecks household economy, and breeds idleness.
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Tht
Petod
Phrase Reflects Ethic of Inner Strength Over Brawn
A historical column extolls choosing sweetness in spirit over raw physical strength, praising gentleness as a virtue. It frames inner resilience, moral character, and compassion as superior to muscular power. The piece emphasizes humility and kindness as enduring strength.
Peel's Advice to Young Men on Mental Discipline
Extract from Sir Robert Peel's Glasgow address cited by Charles Stuart Parker highlights mental discipline as vital to success. It urges control of the mind, time economy, vigilance over habits, and rapid, discriminating judgment as the foundation of excellence and fame in all fields.
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Peel
Sir Robert Peel
University of Glasgow
Charles Stuart Parker
Verdant Postmaster’s Verge Advertises Uncalled Letters
A new rural postmaster began a term by printing an odd ad warning that uncalled letters would go to the dead letter office if not claimed by month’s end. The notice asks residents to check for any letters that may belong to them and come forward.
Teeth Sharpening Custom of Naders in India
Studies of the Naders in the Anamalal hills of southern India reveal a practice of sharpening incisor teeth to points. The Natives chip their teeth to create wedge shaped tips as a cultural custom.
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Peonte
Anamalal Hills
India
First Sydney Gazette Issued In 1803 After Printer Shortage
The Sydney Gazette debuted on March 6 1803 marking the colony’s early press history. Convict shortages of printers delayed publication as prisoners represented all needed professions including law.
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Sydney Gazette
Legal
Early Caucasus tribes teach dagger defense to children
The article notes that some Caucasus tribes begin training children in dagger use as soon as they can walk, instilling self defense from a young age.
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The
Caucasus
Natives use quirky English phrasing warns Memphis paper
A Tennessee doctor recalls a patient case showing regional speech quirks. He asks the nurse about Bill, who is said to be “in a perfect strat egy,” illustrating local language liberties and a medical scene in the mountains.
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Tennessee
Jim
Billo
Bill
Doc
Memphis
They Would Laugh at Long Pantaloons on the Street
A humorous query from the Lowville Journal jokes about a man wearing excessively long pantaloons. It ponders how ladies would laugh if a man must reach behind to hold up his trousers whenever he walks down the street.
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Lowville
N. Y
Slandering the Hatchet and Public Figures Quoted
A digest of newspaper quips from the Cleveland Plain Dealer New York Telegram and Atlanta Constitution. Items mock Washington character flaws lax truth telling and social behavior as reflected in varied editorials and quotes.
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Washington
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Nasal Catarrh Remedy Promoted By Ely Brothers
The advertisement promotes Ely's Cream Balm as a specific for membranal nasal diseases and notes it is non drying, non sneezing producing, priced 50 cents at druggists or by mail from Ely Brothers New York. It also includes a quirky compare of human bones to a carp and boasts complex physiology.
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Ely Brothers
Warren Street
New York
Tribune
Tri-Weekly Tribune
United States
Tri-Weekly
New York Tribune
Daily
DeWitts Little Early Risers Endorsed by Justice of Peace
G H Appleton of Clarksburg New York testifies that DeWitts Little Early Risers are the best pills for constipation and quick relief for liver and bowel troubles. H J Moogk confirms endorsement.
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G. H. Appleton
Justice of Peace
Clarksburg
N. Y
DeWitt
H. J. Moogk
Travel tale and dyspepsia cure claim from old columns
A travel exchange quotes a Russia episode where an official bars a traveler without a leave, offering 24 hours to decide. Also noted are Tit-Bits humor credit to Lewis Dennis about KXodol Dyspepsia Cure claiming digestion benefits. The piece mentions Kansas City's yearly and ten year totals in public improvements.
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One Minute Cough Cure Praised by Satisfied Patients
J T Berry of Loganton Pennsylvania reports being cured of pneumonia entirely by One Minute Cough Cure after doctors failed. He says the remedy also cured his children of whooping cough and that it quickly relieves coughs colds croup grippe and throat and lung troubles. Mothers endorse it and thousands owe their health to its prompt action.
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Loganton
H. J. Moogh
Jung
Grippe
H. J. Moogk
For Sale Cheap Grocery Stock Trade
Small stock of groceries offered for sale with an established trade. Buyer can pay a low price for quick gain. Interested parties should contact this office.
Reporter meets Fourth Street mystery in New York suburb
The narrator recounts an encounter while hunting an address for a Sun reporter. After searching multiple Fourth Streets with no luck, a cobbler in a German workshop offers a philosophical reply about never finding what one seeks. The moment underscores the reporter's lifelong pursuit and puzzling local geography.
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Julian Ralph
New York Sun
Fourth Street
Booth’s Poised Performance Inspires Tender Reading
An observer recalls Elder Booth’s stage presence in Lear and Hamlet at Natchez. The actor’s treatment of Lear’s lines moves deeply, while his odd habits amuse as he perched on a ladder during Ophelia’s scene. The manager negotiates Booth’s return to his lofty post after the play.
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Lear
Cibber
Natchez
Ophelia
Mr. Booth
Jackson
John Drew
Scribner's
Man Attends Own Funeral in French Cab Driver Scam
Prosper Romieu, a French cab driver, attended his own funeral after forging a death certificate while hiding at a brother's house. He hoped to vanish as a dead man, but a police officer at the graveside identified him and he received a two month prison sentence.
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Prosper Romieu
Romieu
Bureau
Tve
An Ancient Military Devotion and Three Blades Symbolism
Notes and Queries explains a medieval practice where a knight confessed to a comrade and shared three blades of grass as a symbolic communion before battle. It clarifies these rites were not true sacraments nor sacramentals but devotions reflecting the wish to participate in sacraments if available.
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Eucharist Pleus
Spurgeon Token of Classroom Insight
A school tale recalls the late Mr. Spurgeon who answered every question when moved from bottom to top of the class. A cold day led the teacher to swap seats, revealing the boy’s hidden talent as he moved to the front and answered all queries.
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Spurgeon
Laird Waterton’s Bold Tactic Saves Sheep Thief
The Aberdeenshire laird Waterton advised a sheep thief facing a capital charge. Visiting the prisoner before trial he asked what the man would do. The prisoner planned to confess and plead for mercy, but Waterton urged denial to his lineage, the man denying and being acquitted.
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Aberdeenshire
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