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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1882
Page
4
Fragment of a poem reflecting on mortality and peace after death. The speaker imagines relief from pain when laid to rest beneath clover and grass, noting that loved ones may not weep but take joy in ending sorrow someday. The snippet attributes authorship to Isabella Grant Meredith and appears in Harper's Magazine.
In a lively drawing room scene at Lady Marchmonts Hall Valerie Charters faces romantic doubt as Captain Dalrymple, Mrs Maitland, and Sir Harry Marchmont mingle with guests. Mrs Maitlands secret past with Dalrymple surfaces, Val resists, jealousy flares, and a whispered plot to test trust unfolds amid a dinner gathering.
Val confronts Vernon about Mrs. Maitland and jealousy on the terrace after a tense evening. Hubert Dalrymple reveals Mrs. Maitland sought Vernon years ago, sparking Val’s jealousy. Val and Vernon reconcile once she confesses and vows trust, aided by Hubert’s candor and a lighter exchange.
Guidance on wintering and fattening sheep emphasizes placing flocks in yards in late autumn, using hay and grain as main fatteners, with buckwheat and regular, two to three daily feedings. Warns that consistent routines outperform higher quality but irregular feeding. includes salt, water, shelter, and dry clean straw requirements. Also notes a New York man investing $100,000 in collecting stale hotel bread for pig and poultry feed.
John Peck, a Boston Metropolitan Railway conductor, proposed a rail chair to hold joints firm after rails shifted and cars derailed. His model won trust, and his patented railway chair, first sold in 1872, then 1876 and 1881, became standard on Boston streets and many U.S. railways.
A recent discovery shows faded ink on parchments can be restored by moistening and brushing with a solution of sulphide or ammonia. The ink darkens immediately and remains on parchment, while paper ink fades again but can be restored. Iron in the ink becomes black sulphide, explaining the effect.
A Chicago Times excerpt humorously contrasts Danish habits where pipes mark distance with Spain selling butter by the yard in mountain towns. It also notes Thurley Weed’s funeral in New York attended by three ex Secretaries of State, two ex Secretaries of War, and a former president.
An article notes Dr William Hall discovered Dr Hall s BALSAM FOR THE LUNGS as a positive cough and lung cure, sold by all druggists, amid various brief notices on medicines and quirky quotes from periodicals. It mentions Mishler s Herb Bitters endorsements, Lyon s Heel Stiffeners, and other ad lite items.
Prices for live stock pork lard butter and fruit and vegetables appear in mixed listings from New York Cincinnati and Illinois markets dated December 9 1882. Commodity names include wheat corn oats rye flour and whiskey with various price per unit and per barrel figures. The dense OCR shows regionally varied quotations and references to common goods traded in large wholesale markets.
For dyspepsia indigestion and low spirits the Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya by Caswell Hazard & Co New York is touted as the best tonic and preventative against fever and intermittent fevers. It is sold by all druggists and favored for convalescence after fever or illness.
Marshall Mich based firm offers Dr Dye s Celebrated Electro Voltaic Belts and Electric Appliances on thirty day trial to men with nervous debility vitality loss and adred troubles promising speedy restoration of health and vigor. No risk as trial period is allowed.
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