Poultry Mania and High Priced Fancy Fowls
A salesman touts Cochins as premium stock while a Jersey farmer recalls 19th century Fancy Fowls price mania. He recounts English and American bids, noting Norfolk fairs, £ prices, and Boston imports driving peak values before the bubble burst and fowls fell from fashion.
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Jersey
England
China
Norwich
America
Boston
Taylor
Shepherd's Bush
Maine
Texas
Vivid Comic Dialogues and Anathomized Banter
A fragment from a late 19th or early 20th century column features a lively exchange between Andromeda Henrico and Vingardo set against a theatrical backdrop. The dialogue blends rustic innuendo, mock heroic bravado, and satirical passages about voice and public speaking. An interjected aside discusses the credibility of a bedside voice and oratorical impact.
Real Rain Encore Moves Bavarian King to Demand Storm
The King of Bavaria demanded a complete rerun of an opera with real rain to heighten the storm on stage. Water pipes sprayed a torrent as thunder and lightning roared, soaking costumes and scenery while the monarch cheered and urged more weather. The manager refused a full encore, citing ruined set pieces and costs.
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Bavaria
Munich
Court Theater
Detroit
Free Preas
A Touching Story From Nantucket Island
Eastman Johnson relays a Nantucket vignette of Auntie B- living simply near the New England coast. An elderly woman recalls a sister’s regret over missing a hand organ performance, a moment preserved beside the old fireplace as tears fall on a worn stocking. The piece closes with a Bee keeping tip from a Burlington Free Press correspondent.
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Eastman Johnson
Nantucket
New England
Toledo Blade
Cocaine as Local Anesthetic Gains Noted Cheapening
The article discusses 1% Seon Miscovery Cocaine, its long-known use tempered by high cost, and recent progress to make it cheaper. It notes the drug’s active principle akin to theine from tea and its origin from the mate plant erythroxylon coca in Paraguay, where leaves are chewed to blunt pain.
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Paraguay
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