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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1914
Page
4
The article cites Frederick Upham Adams arguing tropical bananas should ripen on the plant to retain flavor and nutrients. It notes green to yellow is just early ripening, with deep brown skin marks indicating full ripeness. It contrasts native practice of plucking when ripe to transport and warns home ripened bananas differ from imported fruit.
In the fourteenth century a quarter of the population possibly died from bubonic plague spread from the east. Venice introduced public health guardians in 1348 and, by 1403, established a lazaret on a nearby island, marking the start of quarantine. The term quarantine derives from the word wed meaning forty days of detention for ships.
A man asks for a flower and is granted ownership. He cares for it daily and cherishes its growth, but it dies from neglect. He curses fate as the Westminster Gazette notes the tragic heedlessness.
A Pennsylvania official recalls how President Lincoln rewarded General Sickles with command out of gratitude for favors. The tale centers on Sickles guiding Sunset Cox to alert Republican leaders to Lincoln’s presence, prompting the house to rise in acknowledgment. The passage shifts to a note on Youth’s Companions and beliefs in the New Hebrides regarding snakes and sacred places.
A Mother’s Magazine essay argues that girlhood socialization pushes women to marry for status, not love, while mothers resist marrying off their own sons. The piece critiques intergenerational pressures that stigmatize remaining single and praises the double standard in parental aims for daughters and sons.
In many south sea islands the snake is seen as sacred and linked to spirits. At Valuwa locals restrict outsiders from viewing certain snakes to avoid supposed misfortune.
The Westminster Gazette recounts a near death experience during a Calcutta plague outbreak. A survivor describes lying in a shed, doctors tallying him as a corpse, nearly unable to move or speak, and then managing to smile as a last gesture of life.
In Guildford assizes Mr Baron Martin tries a murder case. He sums up the jury as dead against the prisoner but the jury returns a manslaughter verdict. The judge, known for brevity, tells the prisoner he is the luckiest man he ever met and orders penal servitude for life.
A playful exchange recalls a prior loan as the lender realizes he once lent a dollar over a year ago. The borrower jokes that this second dollar settles the debt, making the pair even in a lighthearted moment.
The public streets in Java towns are daily swept by native convicts kept in chains. They work in groups of twenty or thirty under barefoot native soldiers in ill fitting uniforms who would shoot escapees.
A hard faced woman tells a tramp to leave, vowing to call her husband. He taunts her by saying he’s certain he isn’t home, claiming a man who marries her is only home at meals. The exchange turns on wit and social tension.
In a witty London exchange reported by Answers the talk turns to foxed birds and garden scratches. A playful quarrel centers on the boundary between a resident’s garden and neighboring fowls with a keen sense of humor.
Advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as quick penetrating relief for rheumatic pains around joints and other aches. It markets as a family medicine for pains, injuries and throat or chest pain with a 25 cent guaranteed bottle and a testimonial from Mr. Chas. Wentworth of California.
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