Tea and coffe e 1900 a study of nation s tea trade
Sir Alfred Bateman analyzes Britain s tea consumption in his new work Tea and Coffee 1900. The article compares per capita use across Europe, notes Britain imports about 300 million pounds of tea, and contrasts tea with coffee in taxation and popularity among nations. Also discusses colonial contributions and shifts in China, India, and Ceylon tea exports. BALMANNO SQUIRE
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Sir Alfred E. Bateman
John Buil
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China
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Holland
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Australia
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New Zealand
Canada
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Japan
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Austria-Hungary
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Delusions of Spring Letter to the Editor
A reader challenges the Times on seasonal logic arguing time and calendar drift shape perceptions. The writer notes spring and summer months, midseason quirks, and that the hottest part of the day appears later than noon.
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London Times
Condemned Sun-Damaged Meat At Chicago Stock Yards
Chicago meat inspectors condemned about 80 000 pounds of canned German American Packing Company meat at the stock yards after a fire. Robbers were said to plan sales to peddlers as inspectors gathered evidence and samples showed severe decay.
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Chicago Chronicle
John J. Cashin
Cashin
Cuba
Adolph Gehrmann
David Heinsheimer
Flowers and Fools in a Cynical London Mood
In a London Telegraph essay the flower girl is cast as a symbol of urban cynicism. She targets all buyers from Americans to the French, noting vanity in both sexes, while contrasting poetic dreams with hard sells in Piccadilly windows. A stray aside links Barbados to the West Indies and questions the origin of the term beard.
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London
Strand
Trafalgar Square
Robert Peel
Mercury
Olympus
Piccadilly
Maidenhair
Narcissus
Polly
Barbados
Barbados Spelling Origins and The Bearded Fig Name
The London Chronicle discusses Barbados versus Barbadoes noting official use favors Barbados for over fifty years. It explains the name derives from the bearded fig banyan and comments on pronunciation with emphasis on the middle syllable and final “dz” sound. It cites Froude’s claim about the beards growing beyond figs.
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London Chronicle
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Barbados
Barbadoes
Froude
Clergue syndicate plans major water canal at Sault Ste Marie
In Sault Ste. Marie Ontario on May 26 plans were announced for another large water power canal for the Consolidated Lake Superior Company. The canal will boost power to about 110000 HP, require vast earth and stone removal, and enable a metallurgical plant to process copper zinc silver and gold ores. It will support paper mills and a large news print plant, with grading contracts for the Manitoulin and North Shore Railway to extend toward Sudbury, linking to transcontinental lines and reaching tidewater via the Canadian Northern and Canada Atlantic networks.
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Boston Transcript
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Clergue Syndicate
Lake Superior
Consolidated Lake Superior Company
Canada
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North Shore
Canada Atlantic
Lake Huron
Canadian Northern
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Tidewater
Big Band Leader Meets Lincoln in Civil War Era Visit
Brevet Brig. Gen. I C Abbott recalls May 1861 arrival of the First Michigan three months' infantry in Washington. Lincoln reviews the regiment near the White House and hosts the band led by O B Wilcox. The band plays Yankee Doodle and America. The President compliments the leader as the biggest blower.
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Washington Post
Michigan
Washington
Lincoln
White House
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United States Army
Winfield Scott
War Department
America
Story of His Life From Jorkins Goes On At Length
A reader recalls meeting old Jorkins who defended his daughter while recounting his life at length. The exchange began with a tense moment as the question provoked a sharp response before the lengthy tale unfolded.
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