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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1885
Page
9
A narrator recalls meeting Lawton former editor of the Dashville Asterisk now sold to Bliggins. Lawton laments journalism’s decline, offers manuscripts, and derides magazines, then jokes about a silk thread on a manuscript that mysteriously reappears. The tale blends satire on editors, authors, and publication hunger.
The article explains a method from Publishers' Circular for washing stained books. It covers separating pages, using chloride of lime and soda in a bath, rinsing in clean water, re-sizing, drying, and pressing. Cautions include avoiding valuable volumes and practicing on cheap material.
The reminiscence surveys Buckland's culinary curiosities from 19th century dining at Christ Church and Westminster. It recalls panther chops after a zoological find, pickled horse tongue, lumpfish, alligator, hedgehogs, tortoise, potted ostrich, mice and rats as table fare, with guests like Huxley and Blayden noted.
A West Side barber ridicules a new patent shaving machine claiming it will ruin barbering. He demonstrates a six part instrument built on a plane principle, noting the razor sits on a lower surface and is gauged for use. The scene unfolds as a customer jokes about the lather in his eye.
The tale recounts Congressman Lawler of Chicago visiting New York. He misreads a bill listing lobsters as the dish and orders a dozen, then eats heartily. After a bracing brandy, he pays four dollars and fifty cents, remarking it cheaper than expected, and exits.
A Southern Bivouac piece warns of accelerating tree destruction in Eastern America. It projects dried rivers near Louisville and Cincinnati and hotter summers, with desiccation spreading from Gulf States to the blue grass region. In Michal D. T. a 3,000 population area, 23 lawyers are noted.
Loxpox reports Bill Nye the Great lecturer sails to America after six weeks in London. He will open future tours with a new and thrilling lecture and wear different costumes for each appearance.
The report lists 1783 butter and cream factories across Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin Kansas Missouri Indiana Nebraska with Iowa dairy values at 350 million in 1884 and US total at 8900 million. It notes milch cows valued 70 million above national bank capital. California sea-shell trade covers mother of pearl and abalone from Japan Chios and South Seas.
Veteran Kobe recalls chasing a rare white spoonbill ibis across Florida marshes. Wesley Wheeler secured the specimen near Fernandina after a brief hunt, noting the bird’s unusual size and color, with the sighting marking one of few in the state in years.
The late queen dowager's will, bequeathing about £130000, faced a contested claim by a cousin alleging unsound mind at execution. A lower court ruled against the contestant, but an appeal has been filed. The text includes garbled verse and unrelated musings interspersed with the notice.
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