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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1902
Page
3
London Tit-Bits notes that the lord mayor’s collection exceeds £20,000 in face value, with items such as 100 gallon turtle tureens worth £500 each and a vast array of silver and gilt pieces. Other guilds like Goldsmiths and Fishmongers boast priceless items including Elizabeth I’s coronation cup once valued at £5,000, a silver chandelier, and expensive regalia.
Ad warns against counterfeit products using the Chase name to imitate Dr A W Chase. Claims pills cure nervous disorders and blood impurities. Urges buyers to verify the initials A W Chase on the box and to beware imitations from Buffalo New York and Dr John Bunn Batavia Ohio.
A fish seeking adventure travels from a broad river mouth into a brook and finds the head of the brook small and insignificant. The tale ends with the moral that the head cannot be judged by the mouth. New York Herald.
Ince Coleridge criticizes the spread of the word talented from newspapers and reviews. He condemns forming passive participles from nouns, calling it linguistic license and a path to corruption, noting many slang terms originate from America.
The writer assigns national or city origins to voice types, noting Russia as bass bassos Spain as tenors since imperial Rome, Cadiz singers fetching high prices in slavery, France for mezzo sopranos, England for contraltos, America for sopranos, and Naples for extreme high-pitched singing, while questioning why.
A snappy Atlanta Constitution line notes Brer Williams was granted freedom by a jury yesterday and immediately begins a "honeymoon." The piece frames the event with humorous dialect and antebellum era tone.
An old advertisement for Dr Kilmer Swamp Root promotes a kidney liver and bladder remedy as a medical breakthrough. It claims cures for lame back and other kidney troubles and offers a free sample bottle by mail with a mailed book. mentions Kilmer Co of Binghamton New York and drugstore sales.
A Massachusetts correspondent recalls a gilt stand once used for a grape dish belonging to Lord Brougham. The piece fueled chatter about coronets and robes shed at public sale in 1881, where George IVs wardrobe items were auctioned, including coronation mantles and a green velvet ermine mantle gifted by Emperor Alexander, fetching modest sums.
Fragile nails benefit from wax or slum rubs and almond oil or cold cream. Remove white spots with pitch and myrrh nightly then olive oil in the morning. Soak fingers in warm soapy water to soften nails and skin, push back cuticle, avoid cutting unless necessary. Use curved scissors nail file orange stick chamois polisher vaseline and rose salve or nail powder.
A Philadelphia Record quotation from a churchman contrasts theater seating with church pews. He notes upholstered theater seats with hat racks and coat hooks, while church pews are straight, crowded, and uncomfortable, prompting hats and wraps to fend for themselves.
Aime Argand, famed for the lamp named after him, discovered lamp glass chimneys by placing a broken oil flask neck over a wick. The simple act, done on a table while experimenting to boost light, produced a bright flame and spurred him to practical use without delay.
Dialogue excerpt shows Maud and Kitty exchanging remarks about rumors and ignorance. Kitty denies knowing the hostile talk while Maud reflects that perhaps ignorance is better for both. The exchange captures a witty, moral tone typical of the period.
A couple exchanges a tender moment as he notes he receives a daily reminder from Stoneking & Co. in the form of a diamond ring on her finger. The line highlights romantic emotion tied to a costly keepsake and the vendor's ongoing role.
A sea anemone collected from the Firth of Forth in 1828 thrived in captivity until 1887. Judge Cox and his family were part of the large Washington colony at Narragansett Pier.
A Chambers Journal description explains a ventriloquistic water deception using a pan a tiny pinhole and a duck figure. A hair connects the duck to the performer and is actuated by pulling or relaxing to dive or rise. Leakage is hidden by deliberate water spill.
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A Glasgow Times fragment uses a roadside tale to illustrate wealth as relative. A man boasts of a £1 pound gift and recalls spending £8 since his last pay, linking marriage to financial folly and a drink invitation.
An aged tale tells that Sir Julian Geist smid’s ancestor sheltered a radii who, at death, left a mysterious box to be opened only after seven days of mourning. Opening early supposedly curses the line, and a document within vows no future estate will pass to a son, a fate the family allegedly endured.
Describes Arab music as a prima donna who regains her voice while attempting a duet with herself. Each note starts between sharp and flat, yet continues and splits into four or more portions. No listener can follow more than one at a time.
A reader complains that a yesterday letter signed Mere Anon was printed as Omega in the Chicago Tribune. The editor admits the mistake and says no anonymous name was intended.
A fragment cites a Philadelphia Record quip about a Bam net and a joke on crime. It also quotes Giles on esteem and confidence tied to respect. The text presents dialogue and aphorism without a clear news event.
A self described business man boasts of three deeds in one morning. He gives aid to a woman crying over a lost four dollars intended for her baby’s baptism and selfishly seeks favor from his club. He claims the second deed saves the child’s soul and the third earns him six hundred dollars from his green goods.
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