China Tea Trade Declines From Peak to Decline
Note outlines a historical shift in global tea trade from China dominating exports to India and Ceylon taking the lead. Statistics from 1884 to 1904 show China dropping from 72 percent of world exports to 30 percent while total consumption rose to 644 million pounds. Decline attributed to careless cultivation and processing.
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China
Arnold
Foo-Chow
England
India
Ceylon
Japan
Formosa
Viewpoint anecdotes in Muskogee prompt reflection
Col Barnsdale, a Pittsburg citizen, travels through Indian Territory and meets an elderly Black woman in Muskogee. When asked how many people live there she counts about 25,000, including whites, illustrating how perspective shapes understanding.
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Col. Barnsdale
Pittsburg
Indian Territory
Muskogee
Negreas
Secretary Straus’s Hobby of Pottery Celebrates Fine Porcelains
Secretary Straus, renowned in the United States for pottery and porcelains, has long studied the art now fading from use. He has collected many fine specimens and plans to install them at his Washington residence. Mrs. Straus shares the passion, and the pair enjoy sourcing rare old pieces together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Straus
United States
India
Washington
Privileged Alabama Visitors Stir Washington House
Gov elect Comer of Alabama visited the U S House of Representatives and was warmly received. The bustling reception disturbed Speaker Cannon before Comer learned that governors elect are not admitted while the house is in session. He quipped that Alabama boys don’t know or follow his rules.
Rockefeller Visits Chicago for Decennial Celebration
During Chicago Universitys decennial celebration John D Rockefeller stayed several days as guest. A rapid sequence of events pushed each function 1 to 4 hours late, culminating in a banquet where Rockefeller shared a tale of a Boston businessman delayed by a snowstorm.
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Boston
University of Chicago
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Montreal Herald
Cuticura Aids Eczema Relief Reported By User Beltz
A testimonial from C. Beltz of Tippecanoe Indiana claims two years of eczema improved after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. The narrator cites trial of physicians, patent remedies, and quack cures before finding relief with the Cuticura trio.
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Cuticura
C. ¥. Beltz
Tippecanoe, Ind
Still More Proof of Pink Pills’ Power in Nerve Pain
Retired Indianapolis grocer Otto H. Rose recalls a head injury and years of neuralgia pain. Morning attacks with eye watering and dizziness eased after using Dr Williams’ Pink Pills, leading to full relief. He recommends them, noting his wife also finds relief for nervous headaches. Pills sold by druggists 50 cents a box, six for $2.50. free booklet on nervous disorders available from the manufacturer in Schenectady, N.Y.
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Otto H. Rose
Lexington Avenue
Indianapolis
Ind
Dr. Willams
Dr. Willame Medicine Company
Schenectady
N.Y
How Prunes Self Sweeten and Hangings and Kitchen Care
Household hints describe prunes sweetening themselves when cooked slowly for hours, yielding a rich syrup without added sugar, plus tips on hanging pictures vertically with two hooks, cleaning kitchen floors with soda and water, avoiding soap on fabrics, and preserving rubber shoes with heel protectors and simple furniture cleaning methods with linseed oil polish.
Putnam Faceless Dyes Claim Bright Color Advantage
An ad touts Putnam Faceless Dyes offering brighter faster color on goods and packages. It notes a woman’s eye catching age in some tests and promotes traditional remedies and products for health and manners, plus a humorous aside about Mustafa the Turkish court cyclist entertaining the sultan.
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Putnam
Catarrh Cure Claim Attracts Wide Praise
Readers are told a promised cure for catarrh exists with Malls Gularth Core. The ad claims the medicine cures a constitutional disease by internal use and direct application to mucous surfaces, promising bold guarantees and offering testimonials and a one hundred dollar reward for failures.
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Malls
Cheney & Go
Toledo
al! Dragwiate
Takoiaj
English Tongue Twisters and Connecticut Murders
A reader notes English tongue twisters and foreigner challenges, then cites the Kennebec Journal about Connecticut’s 43 murders in 1906, comparing population totals with Maine’s 725000 and noting it the worst year on record for Connecticut with 17 above its decade average.
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Connecticut
Maine
Kennebec Journal
Cleaning the Stove and Oven Creations From Old Text
Cleaning guidance for stoves and ovens from a dated kitchen sheet. It advises newspaper and cloth methods, dust removal, and thorough oven cleaning. It then provides a recipe style dish with soaked macaroons, sherry, yolks, milk, sugar and breadcrumbs, baked with custard and a meringue topping.
Fine Baked Potatoes With Bacon Stuffing
Medium sized potatoes are baked in skins until nearly done. Slice nearly through at one end, scoop a bit from center, and fill hollow with a thin slice of fried bacon. Seal the end, return to the oven, and finish baking.
Cleaning Tinsel Methods From Old Ribbon Artistry
A fragment describes decorative ribbon care using bread crumbs dusted with powdered blue and a wash of ammonia. The process involves beat cleaning, shaking, and rubbing with a clean cloth to refresh tinsel or gold lace.
Preventing rust on summer fire irons
Advice to rub fire irons with a rag moistened in vaseline and sweet oil during summer to prevent rust. This simple preventive measure aims to keep irons in good condition and ready for use.
Strenuous Treatment at Home for Lumbago
A humorous tale describes Grandpa suffering lumbago and being treated with old-fashioned remedies. His feet soaked in a tub, ten home-made pilasters and poultices applied, then strong teas until he reddened. Afterward he was put to bed and a doctor summoned to cure the aftereffects.
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East
Garfield
Salt Lake City
Harriman Electric
Garfield Ameriera
East Rockridge Investment Co
Hooper Bidg
Utah
Walker Bros.’ Bank
Townsend
Salt Lake City, Utatl
Dundee Advertiser
New York
Sonora
Mexico
Beulah
Hostess’ Trade Union
Dr. Williams
Sultan
Turkey
Mustafa
Joo Drors
NEW _YORK
Bears
Castoria
Ballard
Mrs. Elva Barber Edwards
Mrs
George Walters
Lydia E. Pickham
Woodlawn
Ill
Lydia B. Pinkham
Wulf
Thady
Lydia KE. Pinkham
Graeme
Lydia E. Pinkham
Elva Barber Edwarda
Cathlamet
Wash
Mra
Pinkham
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Lynn
Mass
Pinkham Cre
de Leanne
Charterhouse
Hyuney
Alcutta
Pervaruya
Toya
Lennon
Wien
Urug &Hen
St Hite Prey
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