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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1882
Page
4
Old Snarley, a miserly neighbor, receives a Christmas invitation from Silas Twinkle and Miss Maria at 141 Jeroboam Street, vowing to dine there at two. Across the way, Twinkle and Maria are kind and steady, with Twinkle joking about hardship while Miss Maria teaches.
Miss Maria hosts a festive afternoon with her music pupils while Old Snarley confronts memory and loneliness. Mr. Twinkle comforts him as a sudden sight of Miss Maria’s lover shocks the household and compels Snarley to face a hidden past.
A afternoon stroll scene features a tall young man guiding a companion while Miss Maria appears aged beyond her years. The postman makes no delivery on Thursday. An advertisement then appears offering unsettled accounts with broker O L D Snarley, at Jeroboam street, to be settled in thirty days, as the door sign is removed and a lodger is sought.
A Western Rural essay extols the noble horsemanship of professional drivers while denouncing brutal methods. It argues horses submit to calm, explained training over brutal force, cites Hiram Woodruff as a model, and asserts true mastery relies on patient, knowledgeable handling.
A Detroit Free Press item notes Kin Theebaw of Burmah owns a baby who has a $1,000,000 cradle. The piece jokes about royal riches and the risk to the head, while another Stanford Journal item mentions frost art on a courthouse cupola. Massachusetts law bans smoking at polls.
Celluloid is a non explosive plastic made from treated tissue and camphor not gun cotton. It can be molded colored and dyed through the material and is used for combs brushes backs mirrors and countless toilet articles. It replaces ivory India rubber and porcelain in items such as dental gums doll heads pipe mouthpieces flutes and jewelry while imitating tortoise shell and coral in appearance.
A Boston Traveller item honors two impoverished brothers who declined charity after their father’s death, saying they can now support a comfortable Thanksgiving. The London World notes a millionaire’s son at Monte Carlo, losing and regaining money via telegrams. Denver Tribune adds a scene of a funeral cortege with six young ladies and six young men walking beside a hearse in Wyandotts.
A fractured miscellany of health claims and humorous items. Henrys Carbolic Salve praised for finger pain relief while Mishlers Herb Bitters is extolled for biliousness digestion and rheumatic issues. Other notes mention Brown's Bronchial Troches Hale’s Honey and Pike’s toothache drops. Also light quips about society news and a Berlin sausage naming mischief.
A December 16 1982 stock and futures style bulletin lists live stock flour grain and provisions prices across several cities including Cincinnati New York Chicago and Baltimore. It shows cattle futures pork lard and butter quotes and wheat and corn values with various grades and ranges. Strong entities include Cincinnati New York Chicago Baltimore Louisville Louisville Indianapolis and Prague era pricing notes.
Local notices promote David C. Cook's Catalogue with a large stock and low prices, Cragin & Co. offers sheet music, Frazer Axle Grease touted as best and cheapest, Silver dollars mocked for holes, Meniman's beef tonic claimed to restore vitality, Caswell Hazard & Co. distribute, and Tas Vourtatro Belt Co. offers 30 day trials for electro voltaic belts to men with nervous debility and fatigue.
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