Brazil's Coffee Trade and Early Planting Facts
Brazil dominates world coffee production with a vast export history. The article traces origins from 18th century importations, plantation spread across Rio Janeiro, Minas Gerais, and Sao Paulo, and notes the enduring labor and agronomic challenges. It also covers an 18th century hoax in London as a separate historical note and a brief, unrelated 19th century classified ad.
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York
Baltimore
Havre
Yomi
Brazil
Pedro Alvarez Cabral
Cayenne
Para
Major Palheta
Claude d Orviliers
Guiana
Castello Branco
Rio Janeiro
Rezonde
Sao Gonzalo
Sao Paulo
Minas Geraes
Maranhso
Bahia
Rio
Villa Vicesea
United States
New Great American Republic
Amazon
Minas
Geracs
N. Y. Tribune
Dreams and the Mystery of Sleep Adventures
An article by Mr. Lewis argues dreams arise from brain waves and external cues. Experiments show monotone speech or music can trigger fearsome water disaster dreams, funerals, or loneliness. meals and sauerkraut affect postprandial dreams, while somnambulism isn’t mainly mind trouble.
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Mr. Lewis
Lewis
St Louis Republic
Hard on the feet in Washington pavements tale
Washington chiropodist Dr G A White warns visitors from rural districts suffer foot trouble from hard city streets. He cites generals Grant and Garfield among sufferers and notes tight shoes and extensive walking as causes. Baroness Eccentricity details a Swedish widow who kissed Alexander I and never washed her right hand, later offering board to students to play whist.
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Washington
G. A. White
Mae
Grant
Sadid Garfield
Ingersoll
Washington Post
Sveaborg
Alexander the First
Helsingfors
Finland
Entitled to the Lest Allare Cosueu Vestiaat
An advisory note urges every family to buy at once a bottle of Syrup of Figs at nine dollars per bottle, sold by leading druggists, as a family remedy to cleanse the system when constipated.
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Allare Cosueu
Vestiaat
Flaiur
Ste
Hicher Trives
Beating a Lawyer A Mississippi Farmer and the Bull
A Washington correspondent recalls Allen Mississippi farmer Bill Brown owning marshland and a prized bull bought from a clever lawyer. The lawyer boasted a minimum value of 250 dollars, then Brown claims the bull was run over by a railroad the previous night and demands payment.
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Allen
Mississippi
Washington
New York Tribune
Chamberlin’s
Tupelo
Bill Brown
Bill
Brown
Mississippi Railroad
Cap’n
Mr. Brown
Cap'n
Drummer's Rule and Georgia Hurricane Anecdote
A Savannah News report recalls a former drummer caught in a Georgia hurricane. Lines were down, trains halted for a week. He joined local lads, smoked tobacco, and enjoyed chewing samples while awaiting word from his firm. When a dispatch asked if he was killed, he replied he escaped with his life and samples gone, drawing cheers from bosses who then sent more Havanas.
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Georgia
Savannah
Tobacco House
The American Boy Facing Crowded Out of Work
The New York Tribune asks what becomes of boys as crowds push them from jobs. Elevator boys and cash boys give way to adults, newsboys decline in uptown areas, bootblacks shrink as Italians claim corners, and boy vendors fade on trains. The piece questions the boy's future as displacement grows.
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The
New York Tribune
Star
Asi
Local saloon offers whiskey brandies wines and cigars
The Pony saloon advertises pure whiskey and top brands of brandy wine and beer with hot pies and cigars. It promotes Louis Anheuser Busch beer on draught and invites patrons with a persuasive call to visit. Other notices include memory system prospectus and assorted local goods and services.
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Pony
Carman Key West
Arizona
Louis Anheuser Buschlager
J. P. Shaughnessy
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Cumberland
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Maison Dore
Loisite
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P.O. Gurtitz
Harris
Allen Street
Tombstone
Maison Cove
Orge Berrott
EL Carrell
LW. Wood
Cashin
King Business
J.W. Vickers
Fremont Street
EAL
A. Cohn & Bro
Slote Cigar
A. Corn & Fro
Bet
Cochise Hotel
Allen ST
Pourtil & Fifth
Nellie V. Walsh
Maison Doree
A. Tuquet
Juan A. Garcia
San Pedro
Sonora
Mashisn Saloon
Boston
Billiards
Best & Safest
Washington Oil
Whittier, Fuller
San Francisco
Sacramento
Los Angees
Oakland
San Diego
Stockton
Cal
Portland
Oregon
Deal Isa
Joseph Hoefler
Geveral Merchandise
Fifth and
Fremont Streets
R. Meyer
Treas
N. Witherell
R.S. Towe
E Paso Smelting Works
Capital
Bayer
Geo. D. Potter
H AL Teu
Vaveger
North American Review
Renler
Americ Wil Lesses
Times
England
Amelia
W. E. Gladstone
James G. Blame
Riview
East Fourteenth St
Fromm
Rome
Avo
Ram
Montezuma
Leon Larrieu
Pairbank
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Omaha, Neb
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Ifree
Petr
Ally
Rhage
Las
Olanapolis, Ind
Famtoenran
Pern
Renin
Stee
Thomas Delaney
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