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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1890
Page
11
The article describes hydrostatic toys including a Cartesian diver that sinks or rises with piston pressure and a hygroscope showing moisture by a monk figure with a movable cowl. It notes these devices demonstrate natural laws but warn such hygroscopic indicators are slow and imprecise scientific toys.
The New York Lumber Trade Journal notes birch twigs and leaves produce resinous substances used as medicines at high prices. Inner bark yields a bitter alkaloid used as quinine adulterant in Europe. Outer bark via dry distillation gives empyeumatic oil with a Russia leather odor. Oil of wintergreen is often birch oil sold as genuine wintergreen oil.
Flexible metallic tubing replaces rubber in some uses and proves successful in Belgium. Scientific American confirms the black snake’s bite is not poisonous. China’s imperial edict urges railways to build national power amid opposition. A glass substitute, a transparent wire netting with varnish, offers vibration resistance and durability.
Folk art and recipes for holiday decor and sweets. Guidance on holly cedar ground pine and coral substitutes, gold and silver accents, and making wreaths. Also there are white cream candy French vanilla creams peppermints and molasses candies with a British plum pudding custard serving idea.
One cupful sugar half a cupful butter half a cupful milk two cupfuls pastry flour two eggs one coffee cupful chopped raisins one cupful chopped English walnuts one teaspoonful cream of tartar half a teaspoonful soda Beat butter to a cream add sugar gradually when light add eggs well beaten then milk and flour with soda and cream of tartar mixed bake in deep sheets in a moderate oven about thirty five minutes If using baking powder instead of cream of tartar and soda use one and a half teaspoons.
A plan for four tiered wall shelves with rounded fronts, sizes increasing from a small base to a wide top, secured by brass plates. Also tips for grease spot removal on felt, and instructions for a baby quilt using cheesecloth, wool, and a daisy-stitch edge with yellow centers.
Graceful and becoming cloaks designed for youth feature in Heather mixtures and drab diagonal cloths with ornate trims. The article describes a short dress cloak, an Ulster for a young miss, and empire era adornments like fillets and aigrettes. It notes evolving styles from Louis XV to Empress Josephine influences with bandeaux, curled feathers, and tiny wreaths as current fashion details.
Dr B W Richardson urges daylight in sickrooms to combat darkness and disorder. The piece compares health metrics for New York and London, noting deaths, births, and suicide rates, with comments on factors like air, climate, and living conditions in different districts. It also covers remedies and cautions on light, bathing, clothing, and personal habits.
A handsome house toilet designed for afternoon wear features a high pointed bodice with slashed carnation red Bengaline silk panels and a turned down plain silk collar. Velvet belt and bows accent sleeves, while a cream pougee silk skirt shows plaited flounces and long slashed panels in bright colors.
Silver ornaments for gowns gain popularity with side pockets revers and cuffs. An English dressmaker previews a Rococo theme using by displaying quaint silver spoons on a winter fancy dress ball costume. Bridesmaids receive silver hooks and eyes with bride and groom initials and date, as pages wear smaller sleeve link versions.
A fashion note highlights nun's veiling as a favored material for night gowns in pale pink or cream. Described as soft, warm, and finely trimmed with plaitings and cream Valenciennes lace. Gowns vary with lower necklines and shorter sleeves. Cashmere sheets rise in popularity for the well off, deemed warm and healthy by physicians for winter use.
A guide to established social usage in New York notes that a hostess must visit each proposed guest before sending dinner invitations if she owes calls. Each invitee should call on the hostess within ten days whether they accept or decline, unless grief or illness is cited. Cards may be left if a visit is not possible. After a luncheon, formal calls are not expected, but grand calls must occur within ten days. After a theater party, calls follow as standard hospitality. After engagement announcements, friends visit or leave cards. before wedding invitations, the bride should personally leave a wedding card with friends. The final line emphasizes strict etiquette.
A servant preached on etiquette urging mutual respect between mistress and servants. She advised leaving wedding day cards if possible, proper parental manners, and allocating specific meal times to teach children table discipline.
A young reader’s column contrasts German and European Christmas customs with American traditions. It notes St Nicholas, Santa Claus, Holy Man, and the Christ child as gift bearers across regions, and recalls an olive tree in Pescia and Gethsemane. The piece closes with a sleepy girl watching for Santa at Christmas Eve.
A Tennessee railroad map outlines about 2 261 engagements from Fort Sumter to Kirby Smith's surrender, marking chief Civil War battles by state and year. Captain Frederick Phisterer’s statistical record, 1883 edition, lists dates and places, noting 2 261 engagements total with yearly counts across states and territories.
A poetic reflection on using the comparative with two items and the superlative for more, contrasted with festive imagery. It laments seasonal merriment and urges shared love beyond Christmastide as mistletoe symbolism glows across both young and old.
A New York Times report cites a prominent toy dealer who notes that nine tenths of dolls in America originate from Sonneberg in Thuringia. The town, with about ten thousand inhabitants, specializes in doll making. Labor is split among many workers, driving prices low so Americans cannot compete despite a 55 percent import duty. Buyers from around the world visit Sonneberg yearly, while Germany supplies most cheap dolls and France leads in fine dress dolls. Rubber dolls are largely made in the United States, and machine made dolls thrive where imports are scarce.
A London Notes and Queries correspondent discusses a centuries old book titled Tiber Passionis Domini nostri Jesu Christi cum Characteribus nulla materia dispositis. The work features letters cut from folios on vellum and interleaved with blue paper, read like print, with exquisite workmanship. Modolphus II of Germany offered 11,000 ducats around 140, equating to about 60,000 today. The manuscript bears English royal arms yet apparently never resided in England.
Historic Fleet Prison in London, named for the Fleet Creek, stood for eight centuries before abolition and removal in 145. Noted for brutal treatment, it housed poets and debtors. Public scandal arose in 1726 with a warden murder trial and many Fleet marriages ended by 1754 act.
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