Not Fit For Greens Anecdotes Of Tea In Old Times
A long comic tale recalls early tea making misadventures from a neighboring town. A couple misinterprets tea preparation, boiling dry leaves as greens, while a potato anecdote explains origin in simple terms. Further vignettes include a watermelon misread, a hotel coffee mistake, iced tea folly, a drastic locomotive description, and a banker town pun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cerain David C
Sarah
Seaboard
David
Hvson
Tony
Future Wheat Prices Signal Richer Growers Ahead
A column argues future wheat prices may rise to two to three dollars per bushel as demand outpaces production. C A Pillsbury and C Wood Davis are cited on world consumption limits, with warnings of stagnant acreages and potential US import needs by 1895. Includes advertisements for Stomach Bitters and Piso’s Cure.
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Tas
Charles A. Pillsbury
Minneapolis
America
United States
He. C. Wood Davis
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Davis
Sillsbury
Arena
The Boy Without an Ear and a Selfish Muse
A short tale tells of a boy named Frank in a musical family who lacks musical ear. A visitor asks why he cannot sing as others do. He claims others won’t let him and jokes that they say he sings out of tune. He challenges their belief that he is not music.
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Baron Rothschild
Monsieur le Baron
Raphael
Rothschild
London Journal
Frank
Laxative ad, etiquette guide, and household tips excerpt
A collage of promotional blurbs and social notes. Laxative syrup of figs touts kidney liver and bowel cleansing benefits. Lydia E Pinkham’s guide promises health advice for women. Olive Thorne Miller promotes bird-free fashion. Garden cures and Bullets on cleaning routines and a ballet dress length remark close the column.
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California
Lydia EK
Pinkham
Lydia FE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cure for female ailments from Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a legitimate medicine for organic female disorders. It promises to relieve back bearing down sensations and uterine diseases, improve digestion and sleep, and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfactory. It emphasizes cost as the value received for the benefits claimed.
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Reading Railroad
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fifteenth Street
St. Clair
St. Clair Tunnell Company
St. Clair River
Lake Turon
Port Sarina
Ontario
Port Huron
Mich
Grand Trunk Railway of Canada
Michigan
Aoninch Tiies
Philadelphia Ledger
New York Herald
Wis Carling
London Hospital
Hood
Archimedes
Bright
Lehison Lobe
CLI, Hood & CO
Lowell
Mass
Shiloh
Canada
Lenox
Mattry
North Carolina
Raleigh
Olive Thorne Miller
Brooklyn
New York
Mrs. Miller
Dr. White
Solomon
Mamma
Dr. Bull
John D. Park
Cincinnati
Ohio
M. L. Thompson & CO
Duaygista
Coudersport
Hall
Pittsburg
Beecas
Washington Star
Ayver
ADWAY
Radway & CO
Warren Street
Pacific Journal
Tutt
Park Place
N.Y
Ree
P.O. Kosims
Phila
BR Disnovo
Brano
Chichester
Ennyroyal
Nnk
Paner
Chichester Chemical Co
Madison Square
Ad Local Druggista
Philadelphia
Minnesota
North
Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washimington
Oregon
Northern Pacific
R. R
Muilet Prem
Chas. B. Lambosn
N. PB. B
St. Paul
Mire
Alfred Peats
Washington St
Chicago
C. S
Wales
Bridgeport
Ahicara
C.ires CO
Philed
O.W.P
McVicker's Theatre
Apex GN
Sapolio
Green
Thomas
John H. Foster
Brown Street
Standar
Erke Ust Senso Tin AY
UNION
Clicano
Lydia KE
Lynn
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