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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1900
Page
6
An old printer explains the expression two nicker describing a woman and a printing era. He traces origins to early hand types with nicked faces, notes decline of two nicked type as three or four nicks became standard, and links disdain to women entering presses and changing printer culture.
A survey traces caricature as a major critic from 1719 1730 in France through Hogarths rise in England and its impact on public policy. It cites Law of France 1719 1730 and Walpole’s fall, plus later notes on Irish wit and a Massachusett s circular predicting Ohio Mississippi river traffic, with lighter quips about newspapers and satire.
Yale University class day drew about 2000 attendees in New Haven with a rare hiss at Maurice Gould for satirizing last year’s captain. Yale Law School dean W Bourke Corkran urged reflection on the Philippine question and possible U S constitutional reach as debates about annexation and imperial policy echo into the future.
In Connellsville and surrounding coke works the dull season has reduced ovens, prompting a surge in June marriage prospects. Foremen favor married men, sending single workers home as vacancies rise, while suitors from New York and abroad rush to marry local brides, sometimes arranged to secure labor or provisioning advantages.
A reader testimonials series notes dramatic relief from female troubles and painful menses after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Women from Michigan Nebraska and Wisconsin describe prior suffering and subsequent improved health following the remedy.
The Second District Republican convention endorses the national platform, pledges to elect McKinley and Roosevelt, and praises Governor Elkins and Senator Elkins. It lists county apportionments from the state school fund, urges continued Republican rule, and notes regional economic progress and a potential new steel plant in Parkersburg. It also advises safety during storms and explains lightning risks.
Advertising line seeks wallpaper for nursery and bath room with wear and aesthetic effect. Describes a pastoral cone in three shades of blue on a bird blue ground. By Joux N. TREGELLAS. Something
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