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An explanation of this punning riddle is at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_riddle
Just to be clear, by "1800s" do you mean the century (1800 to 1899) or the decade (1800 to 1809)?
It means the century (1800 to 1899) .
So "the middle of the 1800s" means around 1850, maybe plus or minus about 5 or 10 years.
And what's the answer??
@CK: Well, it can mean both. That's why Wikipedia has a disambiguation page for "1800s". (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1800s)
Although of course nowadays there is rarely a reason one would talk specifically about the first decade of the 18th century, so "19th century" is indeed most often the one people mean. But still, I wanted to make it 100% clear for any people who would want to translate this.
@Hybrid: As Patgfisher said, the explanation is found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_riddle
But if you really can't wait to find out, the answer is a newspaper, which is *read* all over.
I know, very punny.
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added by patgfisher, November 8, 2015