Tea farming in United States reaches commercial promise
The Sun notes fifty years of government tea experiments in the United States, highlighting Dr. Shepard’s Pinehurst tea gardens near Somerville South Carolina. It details past efforts from Michaux to John Jackson, explains picking and curing methods, and cites yields of about 12 000 pounds annually from 100 acres. The piece stresses practical steps for home gardens and the plant’s ornamental value.
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Washington
Michaux
Shepard
South Carolina
Machaux
Middletown Barony
Charleston
Department of Agriculture
Junius Smith
London
Greenville
John Jackson
India
Georgia
Jones
Summerville
le Duc
Pinehurst
Dr. Shepard
United States
Never to tell likenesses and invite trouble
A young woman recounts repeated missteps from remarking on how people resemble others. She recalls telling a secretary she looked like the club president, a reader of the Prowning Club about a actress, and a sister about their grandmother’s nose, each provoking sharp reactions.
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Eliir
Club
Prowning Club
Ma’s
Grandma
Imitation and Identity In A Hallmark Of Family likeness
A quote from the New York Tribune humorously critiques how people equate resemblance with character noting vain self comparisons. The speaker recalls misread family traits and fears future misalignments between appearance and desired identity.
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New York Tribune
Massachusetts inventor claims linen fibre in twelve hours
A World Today report credits Benjamin C. Mudge of MIT with a combined mechanical and chemical process that turns flax straw into linen fibre in twelve hours. The method boosts yield to about 250 pounds of fibre per 1000 pounds of straw, saves seed, and even converts shive into pulped paper.
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Massachusetts
United States
Belgium
Benjamin C. Mudge
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Rolline Years Love Tale
A Bohemian tale describes a heroine aged eighteen at story start who waits for a naval officer who sails on the Kalamazoo. After years of absence, the ship returns and they wed, making her twenty two at the happy finish.
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Kalamazoo
Antarctic
Baby's Own Tablets Promise Relief for All Ages
A short advertisement extols Baby's Own Tablets for babies to big children, claiming quick relief from stomach and bowel troubles. A Quebec mother testimonial from Mrs Alfred Suddard supports safety and effectiveness, noting a healthy, rosy child after use. Sold by doctors or mail order for 25 cents a box from The Dr Williams Medicine Co.
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Ebbane
Alfred Suddard
Haldimand
Mermaid waiting for a marcel wave by the harbor
A Baltimore American snippet shows a mermaid perched on a rock while sisters play in the water. She delays joining the mermen at the harbor bar, hoping for a marcel wave to pass.
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Harbor
Marcel
Baltimore
Seat in the Stock Exchange Versus Streetcar
A joke contrasts buying a stock exchange seat with a streetcar seat. Mrs Benham notes the high cost, while Benham says a seat on the exchange is earned and owned after payment, unlike a streetcar seat. The quip reflects financial ambition and practical returns in urban transit versus markets.
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Benham
Stock Exchange
Philadelphia Inquirer
Tonic for the Stomach Promises Relief and Reform
The piece advocates Dr Williams Pink Pills as a modern stomach tonic that tones the stomach and glands to restore appetite and relieve pain. A testimonial from Mrs. Williams Dunn of Prince Edward Island describes seven years of suffering, improvement after ten boxes, and a call to others to try the medicine.
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Williams
Wiliam E. Dunn
Prince Dale
N.S
Boston
Leing
Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
Speech From Dock by George Morley at Clerkenwell Sessions
George Morley, sixty one, an upholsterer, pleaded guilty to robbing furnished apartments and assaulting John Rogers at Clerkenwell Sessions House. He delivered a rhymed, dramatic mitigation speech asserting guilt and framing his case with quotations and theatrical gestures.
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Clerkenwell Sessions House
George Morley
Robert Wallace
John Rogers
Morley
Mr. Wallace
Yrouwre
Cure a Cold in One Day Patent Medicine Ad
LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets claim a one day cure for colds. Druggists refund money if it fails. The box bears E. W. GROVE'S signature.
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E. W. Grove
Waiting for Dinner Poem by Alden A. Knipe
A short verse explains the hunger before dinner and suggests patience helps pass time. Mother reassures that the cook is never late. The speaker, Alden Arthur Knipe, notes the bell rings soon after thinking of other things. March publication in St. Nicholas.
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Alden Arthur Knipe
March St, Nicholas
Music to Cure Baldness and the Hair Growth Argument
An article argues music can influence hair growth with string instruments aiding growth while wind instruments harm it. It cites Paderewski Isaye Kubelik and Liszt as examples of hairful heads and notes orchestras often show balding players. The piece suggests wind vibrations drive blood away while strings massage the skin to stimulate hair.
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Paderewski
Isaye
Kubelik
Vaganini
Rubinstein
Liszt
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Rolline
George
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Bome Bledom
Wallace
London Daily Mail
Dodds
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