Adulterated Ariosa Coffee Trial Shocks Ohio Court
The Ohio jury found grocer James Witte guilty of selling adulterated Ariosa coffee coated to mask defects, a case led by Pure Food Commissioner Blackburn. Experts testified glazing could harbor bacteria, while Arbuckles defense cited egg coagulation and production methods. The verdict draws national attention and signals state vigilance against tainted foods.
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Toreno
Meek
Favid James Witte
Atbuckles Artosa
Ohio
Pure Mood Commission
Arlosa Coffer
State of Ohio
Blackburn
G. A. Kirchmajer
Kirchmaier
Schmidt
Cincinnati
Lirchmailer
Arbuckles
United States
H. W. Wiley
United States Agricultural Department
Vaughn
Ann Arbor
Bleile and Webber
Ohio Stith University
Ariosa
Wiley
Blélie
Pure Food
Pure Food Regulators Target Glazed Coffees Across States
The passage notes that many Pure Food Commissioners, like those in Ohio, may follow suit to ban the sale of glazed coffees. It suggests a broader move to curb such products and prevent consumer access to glazed coffee goods.
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Ohio
Pure Food
Salt Sea Yarn About a Mistimed Lighthouse Chase
The Bowdoin' Quill recalls a 1870 tale of the coaster Jonathan Bell misreading a tramp steamer light. A masthead lantern swing caused by heavy sea motion led Bell to chase the wrong light, running 50 miles off course and delaying arrival at Rockland, ending with the captain losing his job.
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Jonathan Bell
Boston
Rockland
Monhegan
Applause on Trust in Jules Simon’s Premieres
In Brittany a candidate delivered over an hour of applause and was carried back to his hotel. A friend teased him about the crowd’s understanding while noting that the audience counted in the thousands. Simon admits the ovation was on trust and calls it the liveliest oratorical success of his life.
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Jules Simon
Brittany
Julesimons
Birds That Carry Their Young History and Observation
The article notes that woodcocks once thought to carry their young or nests were dismissed as myth but later evidence supports the behavior. It describes woodcocks nesting by hollowing ground beneath trees and piling leaves, then carrying nestlings after hatch one by one between the parent's thighs with occasional bill help to adjust the pad.
A Bag of Coffee a Story of the Confederacy
A Confederate veteran recalls traveling with a mule and a bag of coffee after surrender. He trades his mule and coffee for shelter in a Carolina cabin, where an old woman secretly feeds herself from hidden supplies and drinks Ginnywine coffee, while the narrator preserves the secret of his kindness.
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Johnston
South
Sherman
Ave
Charlotte
Confederacy
Last Ginny Wine Coffee Seed in Three Years
A fragmented reminiscence recounts a man meeting a woman who cooks breakfast before he leaves with more “green berries.” The last heard words are a farewell thanking the Lord for the stranger’s arrival and noting the last ginny wine coffee seed in three years.
Taken at His Word Saint Vaix Pays Debt While Getting Shaved
The famed French poet Saint Vaix, rich yet perpetually in debt, sits to be shaved as a tradesman creditor storms in. He asks the man to wait for payment until the shave ends, then signs an agreement with the barber as witness and leaves with a beard to match the tale.
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Saint Vaix
Noa
Saint Foix
Saint Poix
Dramas
How a Hard Bargain Moved a Glasgow Banker to Give
Glasgow banker Robert Carrick once refused aid for a Royal Infirmary subscription, declaring he could not afford even two guineas. Pressured by three citizens, he finally bowed and wrote a 50 guinea pledge after a dramatic check event, and the deputation left satisfied.
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Robert Carrick
Glasgow
Old Ship Bank
Paxton Hood
Royal Infirmary
Milquhom
Carrick
Jamie
Ship Bank
Robin
Milquham
Garrick
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Grocer White
OHIG
Washington
Kinkman
Lawrence
Earl of Nervers
George Washington
Johnson
House of Lords
Mervera
Lyburn
Merrers
Koaoas
Grup
Paty
Mtae
Norta Lee
Ginnywine
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