Tea Table Etiquette Through Time and Taste
A St Louis Republic excerpt traces changing tea customs from fanciful English influences to fashionable American manners. It recalls older practices such as cooling tea with breath, using spoon signals for “no more,” tasting from the spoon, and the hostess asking if the tea is agreeable, framing a gentler era.
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England
Hood
Hoop
Young
Betty Ber
Harriet
St Louis Republic
Expensive Lesson From a Bank Discrepancy
A south side bank clerk recalls a costly 1 cent discrepancy story from a Fourth Avenue bank. The head bookkeeper kept exact rules, and a missing cent led to a 7.50 bill for sapper costs after supper and extra hours. In another exchange a school principal notes flag salutes foster patriotism amid diverse nationalities.
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Fourth Avenue
Detroit Free
Providence and the parson tone on humility and fate
A country parson visits a desolate parishioner to offer comfort and acceptance of affliction as Providence ordered. The old man adds a pragmatic twist about Providence limiting us and a stopper on excess, reflecting imperfect theology viewed through humility and humor.
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Baltimore News
The Bedouin and a Desert Vision
An excerpt from Ghosts In Jerusalem by A C Wheeler portrays a Bedouin who lived through varied labors from Suez to Constantinople. The piece reflects on his arid life under indigo skies and a sense that true insight comes from a primal view of existence.
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Heaven
Mecca
Suez Canal
Constantinople
Idumea
Arabia Petria
Beirut
Moses
Menephtah
Jerusalem
A C. Wheeler
Harper's Magazine
Gas Meter Slot Machine Sparks New Yorker Scam
A Brooklyn woman installed a quarter slot machine in her flat to control gas costs but the device failed to register when she tried to light the gas. The outage forced reliance on lamps and candles until a company inspector opened the contraption and retrieved three nickels and a dime.
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Brooklyn
New York Mail
Express
Earls Clover Root Tea Offered as Cure for Constipation
Muddy complexions and nauseating breath touted as symptoms of chronic constipation. Earls Clover Root Tea claimed as an absolute cure sold for fifty years with guarantee. Priced 25 and 50 cents at Matthews' Pharmacy.
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Earls Clover Root
Matthews’ Pharmacy
Purity Breath Tea Ad Promises Fresh Breath
An old advertisement claims Karl’s Clover Root Tea cleanses breath by acting on the bowels and purports a lifetime guarantee. Sold for 25 cents and 50 cents by Matthew’s.
Selling health tonics and farming land in one ad
An advertisement touts Karl's Clover Root Tea for digestion and a liver and bowels health claim. It also promotes Dodge's Dyspepsia Tablets with a money back guarantee from Matthew's Pharmacy. A separate offer describes 360 acres of farm land with implements, fencing, and suitability for hay, grain, and sheep, offered by Aart & Dorenty, Bankers.
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Karl
Matthew
Dodge
Weill
Woukl
Aart & Dorenty
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Ting
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Leroy
Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine
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Montana
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Westisced
Atlantic Mail
West Bound
Pacific Mail
Pullman
Snow & CO
Washington,d.c
Kim
Gordon & Ferguson
St.Paul, Minn
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New Haven
Conn
Munn & Co
Scientiic Fimerican
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