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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1889
Page
14
An article explains producing heat by compressing gases with a pneumatic syringe and notes related percussion heat sources. It describes a bicycle locomotive with a nine foot driving wheel tested for rapid transit, plus various scientific and fashion notes from the period.
A historical guide suggests a modernized Thanksgiving menu with roast turkey and ham, soup options, vegetables like mashed potatoes and squash, cranberry and celery, breads, and pies. It describes fish dishes, a rich pudding recipe, and fashion notes for rustic frames and decorative craft ideas.
Fashion notes describe striking French gowns for outdoor wear using materials like serge tartan astrakhan tweed beaver velvet and fringe. Featured designs include a serge and astrakhan gown with tartan borders and a tartan serge bodice, and a brown serge gown with striped ink front and brown velvet trims. Other fabrics highlighted are camel hair faced cloths and tweed suits for street and church wear.
A day wear gown features a resist dyed reseda color with guipure embroidery in Oriental coloring on the waist and front of the skirt. It includes a velvet lined sash tunic, a zouave jacket gathered at the side, a velvet trimmed small toque, honeysuckles and forget me nots, and Russia yellow kid shoes with a matching stocking tint.
Street costumes for English women are plain with emphasis on back fullness and tailored jackets with beaver or otter trim. Dark blue tweed and gray vicuna coats dominate, while perfumes align with undergarment colors. Society ladies vary from bold to conservative in scent and hue.
An 19th century note extols hot fresh coffee as a stimulant and potential malaria defender, advising two ounces per pint of boiling water and proper brewing to preserve aroma. It praises coffee’s supposed preventive role before outdoor exposure and disinfectant value when burned on coals. It also mentions Dr Rus’s pea soup remedy for invalids and describes London roof playgrounds for schools with crystal rooms to improve air and light.
The article explains country social duties of calling on friends and newcomers as spring social life resumes. It notes intimate neighborhoods, long talks, and reciprocal visits, with residents leading first calls and inviting others to afternoon tea, luncheon, or dinner as civility and friendship evolve.
Circulating chatter claims surrounding corsage stems with moistened powdered willow charcoal keeps flowers fresh longer. Some advise wrapping charcoal in moss or cotton and placing it in the vase bottom. cut stems with a sharp knife daily to extend life.
The text notes Guido de Jars devoted about fifty years to creating a manuscript Bible with illuminated letters. He began at age forty and did not complete the work, ending around his ninetieth year.
Young Folks excerpt explains how a cross on an altar with two lit candles can be cut from a single sheet by folding steps. The method, illustrated in a sequence, guides folding lengthwise left, turning down portions, and final vertical fold to produce all nine pieces in one cut.
A杂 excerpt describes a paper folding trick and a vivid set of excerpts from letters and poems. It recalls an army girl traveler’s view of October cotton picking in the South, Florida moss at forts, and experiences at Chalmette cemetery, Jackson barracks, and a battle monument.
The article traces the English postal system from mid 15th century horse posts under Edward IV, through Charles I s 1635 letter office, to Crownewell s establishment of a weekly national mail in 1649. It contrasts early limits with later expansion and notes Dr Brand s critique of 17th century mail and the civil war era. It then shifts to Daniel Webster s kinship with Albert Livingston Kelly and a 1835 remark influencing Kelly s political stance. Webster warns against politics, advising focus on private work.
A survey of varied facts notes canal savings cutting New York to Honolulu distance from 14230 to 6388 miles and Liverpool to Honolulu from 14080 to 9136 miles. It mentions a six mile long Quebec bridge, a 50000 dollar star photography bequest, Huxley on oysters versus watches, French estate law, Korean government insolvency, and London crime prosecution rates.
The piece traces coffee’s ancient use in Abyssinia and Ethiopia and its European spread via the Dutch to Java and Amsterdam. It notes cock fighting with Athenians and royal support at Whitehall until 1604. It also links London club life to Elizabethan times at Mermaid and Devil taverns with Shakespeare and Raleigh.
In London years ago two Chinese sailors were charged with assaulting a fellow Chinese. The complainant was examined in their customary manner. A Chinese saucer and an interpreter were shown to them. they faced a window, looked heavenward, and spoke in their tongue about breaking the saucer and divine retribution, then smashed the saucers.
A compact digest traces the medieval court fool as a symbol of status with emblematic attire and notes famed jesters Triboulet Klaus Narr and Seogan. It explains the Spanish olla podrida as a putrid mix of meat for all classes, and recalls early Christian martyrdom relic veneration with martyr blood palladiums.
A 1851 newspaper proclaims the United States mail steamer Atlantic as the era’s largest vessel at 2,860 tons with a 276 by 75 foot profile and 1,000 horsepower. It notes 110 bowsprits and a peculiar outward look. The piece also traces the origin of the military salute to medieval tournaments and courtly display.
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