New Short Line A7 Passes Through Tickets to All Points
The article notes through tickets issued by The New Short Line A7 covering travel to all points on its network. Details on schedules or fare structure are pending further listing.
29 Apr 1885
Page 1
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1885
Page
1
The article notes through tickets issued by The New Short Line A7 covering travel to all points on its network. Details on schedules or fare structure are pending further listing.
The piece profiles General Grant’s doctors Dr. Douglas and Dr. Shrady, notes their nightly vigil and medical measures, and recalls sensational debates over his throat cancer diagnosis and possible operations. It also sketches Rev. Dr. Newman’s wartime recollections and examines the broader public interest in Grant’s care.
The article extols PELOX and other flowers like Snowball Carnation and Juvena Chrysanthemum, praising color variety and long life. It covers starting seeds, planting times for asters chrysanthemums carnations and violets, plus seed packets and two seed treatment methods to prevent smut in wheat. It highlights florists Peter Henderson and James Vick as leading seedsmen.
The narrative chronicles James J. Harcourt and the Hess clan’s counterfeit ventures from Bear Creek and Clermont soil to Cincinnati and Detroit. It recounts Hess’s 1831 trials, Hoyt’s elusive role, and Hess’s rise and final fate across Illinois and Michigan, ending with a portrait of a flamboyant, jurist-evading life.
The account details Persian eating habits with kebab as the favored street delicacy. It notes two kebab varieties, bread rice and dates as staples, widespread grape and melon consumption, and cheap dairy and eggs. Beef is reserved for the working class, not the well to do.
A moral tale contrasts a sun soaked two room home with a stark lack of beauty and nature. It condemns the barren yard and urges readers to plant flowers and shrubs to brighten homes and lives. The piece offers a brief guide of 60 easy flowering plants suitable for a child to cultivate.
The piece explains planting an asparagus bed by digging the plot deeply and making drills four feet apart and one inch deep. Seed is sown two inches apart with an ounce costing 25 cents enough for five drills twelve feet long. Beds should be weeded and covered with rotted manure, and plants thinned to eighteen inches apart.
The article surveys parasols shown in fashion plates with dark gray, red satin, and blue twill options. It notes Spanish lace frills, pompon tassels, tasselled cords, and gilt frames, highlighting white, canvas, and Russia-leather handles as stylish summer choices.
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