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Newspaper
Bloomfield Democrat
Location
Bloomfield, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1893
Page
4
A lecture by Mapison C. Peters on the power of small deeds and daily habits. He argues that greatness rests in little acts, warns that minor sins can wreck character, and urges careful, steady work over vanity or ease.
The piece explains prepaid telegrams and small cash prepayments to speed replies, noting that limits ensure no advantage. It discusses language barriers, cable codes, and example rates from New York to multiple destinations including Cape Colony, Transvaal, Mozambique, and China, with terse notes on operation.
The caper plant Capparis spinosa thrives on walls, ruins, rocks, and waste, across southern Europe from Italy to France and into Italy’s cities. It flowers from early summer to winter, with buds picked daily before opening and placed in vinegar by size for market, while the plant shows trailing stems and lilac-centered white flowers.
An incident in Naples shows Lablache’s quick wit as a hat mix up caused him to enter the king’s audience wearing only one hat and holding Garother. The king laughed, and Lablache quipped that one hat would be too much for a head like his.
A case reported in The Lancet describes a married woman with long standing ear discomfort from a pea lodged in her ear since childhood. Despite wax buildup and repeated attempts, the pea was finally dislodged by syringing and a wire snare, revealing an ordinary pea shriveled and partly encrusted with epidermis.
St. Louis Republic discusses conflicting claims on the invention of the chalkboard. It cites Howeller dating a London board to 1796 for a Paddington Green school and HL Wood crediting Colonel Claudius Crozet of Napoleon’s era as the first instructional board maker in 1616.
The dialogue praises kindness as essential to life and relationships. It urges sparing pain with words and expressions, noting that a kind word or tear can heal a broken heart and win true friendship. The speaker reflects on social duty and Christian virtue in everyday conduct.
A Washington Post New York letter details Delmonico's private blacklist of ten guests who violate the club’s rules. Members cannot attend, and a public note from the manager warns others to avoid the establishment. The system ensures discretion and social sanction in elite circles.
A New York Sun report describes a waterproofing process for cotton textiles. The method dries fabric in dry heat then spans it over a smooth surface and coats it with four layers of boiled oil, followed by a sealant of shellac and water. Yellow ochre and lamp black are noted color options.
In a perilous scene a polar bear attacked an elephant during a training session. Didel the lion tamer stepped between them and, despite being grabbed by the bear, used fists and a stick to break the hold. The bear was subdued and the situation returned to calm.
A San Francisco Argonaut item recalls Emerson and Whittier joking about a Calvinist neighbor in Ypsilanti. A St Louis Republic piece argues the Michigan town name derives from General Ypsilanti. A Brooklyn bridge anecdote recounts the Harry Williams losing six feet of its mainmast while passing beneath the span.
An old essay argues good manners are essential to character, defining manners as reflections of morals. It urges politeness, self restraint, and considerate conduct as the path to social ease and personal success, warning against pretension and sourness.
A discourse on true courtesy, urging cultivation over study to form character. It argues genuine politeness comes from thinking of others, not self, and lasts years not moments. References include Chesterfield, Henry Clay, and Christian virtue guiding behavior toward all, even servants. An anecdote notes a London encounter with impostor eye glasses sellers.
A garbled New York Sun excerpt shows a restless scene with stray phrases about streets, sounds, and a soprano shrill. The text reads like a distorted diary fragment or play of voices with references to figures and events left unclear.
In Dieppe a French institute member reads at a casino table. papers slide, ink stains ruin a Paris banker’s trousers. The banker demands payment of 80 francs and the institute member pays, then insists the stained trousers be delivered to him. Laughter from bystanders follows as the dispute ends.
L. Chapman of London patents a method to manufacture pure oxygen by alternately oxidizing and reducing a manganese dioxide and caustic soda mixture with air and steam. The process uses premixed reactants with sodium sulfate, then passes air to oxidize and steam to remove gases, yielding nitrogen with slight modification.
A New York Times quotation claims Catalans are lifelong merchants by nature due to Phoenician ancestry. It asserts mercantile traits stem from Mediterranean history, and that Celts Romans Goths Moors or Jews do not rival Catalan trade prowess.
A Washington Star item notes Mickles discussing a terrible dilemma about economy and expenses at the office and a fictitious price to avoid criticizing his wife. A Berlin Letter comments on a figure in Copenhagen who dislikes German and refuses to speak it, causing embarrassment at a Danish firemen meeting.
An advertisement extols Royal Ruby Port as a purer stronger wine, ideal for invalids convalescents and the aged. It emphasizes bottle sales only not bulk and urges customers to choose Royal Ruby quart bottles at 1 and pints at 60 cents, contrasting with cheap bulk wine profits.
The notice states that on Saturday a session will be held to transact the usual business as provided by law. Horton, Trustee, signs as the official.
Train service advertised from Worthington and Washington via Terre Haute with a $10.50 round trip fare. Departure times include 240 pm from Worthington, Chicago arrival 10 pm. The excursion runs April 25 through October 31 with return by November 4, 1903, featuring a solid vestibuled train from Nashville to Chicago and labeled as the fastest south to Chicago.
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