25 Feb 1885
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Newspaper
Reno Evening Gazette
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1885
Page
1
A humorous 19th century editorial urges lighter banter during whist play. It offers satirical tips on small talk, dealer mishaps, and jokes to ease tension, while lampooning pretentious, quarrelsome players and noting the social folly of aggressive partners and insulted opponents.
The text discusses habitual good manners, table etiquette, and tact in conversation as essential for agreeable conduct. It emphasizes constant practice to make politeness natural and notes that boisterous talk or frigid mannerisms disrupt decorum. The fragment ends with an odd line about a barber.
A Berlin society discusses uniform wind measurement and four polar expeditions are planned, including one to the Antarctic. New metals, ink plants, and moss-based paperboard ideas appear, alongside ozone in the upper atmosphere and a Paris sewer project. Koch's microbe debate continues with Emmerich proposing bloodborne pathogens. Baltic level records show Sweden rising seven feet since 1750 while the southern Baltic sinks. Work temperature limits in hot places are reviewed, with endurance estimates up to 165 degrees.
Mrs Taik laments brutes of men and recalls a Georgia barber murder as an example. The exchange questions why a barber and wife cannot live happily, blaming competition for conflicts in a terse, humorous domestic debate.
An aged ad copy touts Dweklen's Arnica Salve as the best remedy for cats praises sores rheumatic pains corns and skin eruptions claiming it cures all ills and guarantees results for three cents per unit plus a note on a hacking cough sale via Bhit's guardians.
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