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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1889
Page
3
An article traces the wig trade from German and Norman peasant hair to modern American wig making. It covers hair sources, prices for wigs and toupees, methods of attachment, and the craft’s history from ancient Egypt to contemporary salons.
A New York Evening Post interview with a downtown cutlery dealer reveals bowie-knives remain popular for hunting and camp use rather than dueling. Dealers note English and Connecticut makers, varied handles, and prices from the five inch knife at 1.50 to twelve inch blades costing about 32 per dozen wholesale.
The piece describes an adjustable engagement ring designed to fit any finger and serve as a future option when a proposal ends in friendship. It notes a wearer who learns the partner chose to remain friends may keep the ring for possible later gifting.
The passage argues that luck is a misnomer in success, asserting causation and self effort as key. It cites Swift Emerson and Goethe, noting poets favor self help and industry, while luck exists only as a misreading of cause. It concludes that deliberate pursuit and energy shape outcomes, not chance.
Washington January 24 Republican Senators in major roles discuss Samoa troubles and plan to act per President-elect Harrison's views. Cabinet divisions show Whitney and Dickinson favor warnings to Germany while Fairchild Endicott push caution. President leans to the warning side.
General Grant, returning from a world tour, hosted a reception in New York and invited the Bishop of Minnesota. The crowd included thousands, and a woman claimed he remembered her from a pivotal moment at Vicksburg before the city’s surrender. She recalled questioning him, and he recalled her with keen memory.
New York journalist and playwright A. R. Cazauran died at noon Sunday after a two year illness from dropsy. Born in Bordeaux in October 1891, he came to America in 1816-6 and worked for the Courier Journal as reporter and dramatic critic. He wrote Banker's Daughter with Bronson Howard and authored The Fatal Letter and other works. His sister Mrs. Cotauran Hunter of Cleveland accompanied him. she was with him when he passed away.
The Cleveland Leader reports two crucial congressional incidents showing Democratic demoralization and weakness of free trade policy. Ten Democratic Senators oppose free-listing coal, while in the House Cowles’s tobacco tax repeal moves are steered to Ways and Means, signaling party repudiation of Mills bill and President Cleveland's tariff stance. The swing fractures the party, especially in the South, hinting at Republican protection gains in 1892.
Indianapolis Letter describes General Harrison's forthcoming inaugural address. It emphasizes majority rule and a free equal ballot as central to government, warns against vote suppression, gerrymandering, and corrupt influences, and notes Civil Service reform and tariff topics to address the South while drafting sections before delivery.
A compilation of editorials comments from multiple papers criticizing Democratic attempts to influence elections and ballot reform, condemning perceived manipulation and praising tariffs as boosts to domestic industries. Mentions figures like Governor Goff and General Harrison, with varying regional reactions.
All C M V trains run through without change of cars. East bound routes connect at Xenia for Springfield Dayton and Western points. West bound L M Ry links with C R Ry northbound. Sleeping and dining cars on through eastbound trains to Pittsburgh Harrisburg Philadelphia New York Washington and Baltimore. Ticket offices listed in Batavia Junction Linwood and Pittsburgh with agents names.
Conductors and engineers will be held personally responsible for the proper adjustment of switches used by their trains. Engineers must not carry percent on their engines without a permit from the superintendent. THOMAS TAGGART, Superintendent.
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