Engineering tunneling under Dover and Suez canal links
A miscellany of topics notes engineers claim no obstacle to tunneling under the Strait of Dover, a M Lavalley claim on funding for Suez machinery, San Diego concerns over Chinese influence, New Yorkers’ high water use, winter water waste, Lancet on scarlet fever throat symptoms, and diagnostic details of initial scarlet fever signs.
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Dover
England
Channel
M. Lavelly
Suez Canal
Canary Learns to Sing From Mirror and Music Box
A Phoenixville man trains a canary to sing Home Sweet Home by placing the bird in a mirror facing a music box set to the tune. He refuses twenty dollars for the trained singer, a yellow throated soprano.
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Wall
Phoenixville
Sweet Home
Pleasant Days of Old and a Modern Deception
A comic tale contrasts romantic nostalgia with contemporary vanity. Wealthy Uncle Mortimer pursues Aurelia Hopkins, aided by a scheming nephew. A dentist scene reveals Aurelia’s false teeth reveal her deception, ending the betrothal and losing the diamond bracelet.
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Mr. Mortimer
Mrs. Mortimer
Harry
Aurelia
Mortimer
Sims
Aurelia Hopkins
Harry Mortimer
Uncle Morty
Effie
Bidcome’s
Mary Ann
Mr. Bidcombe
Chinese Cookery Dazzles at San Francisco Banquet
Americans at a San Francisco Chinese banquet were surprised by novel foods. An orange given to each guest concealed five jellies inside the rind, while colored eggs contained nuts meats and confections. An interpreter joked about the mystery of this cuisine. Charcoal is claimed to cure burns by cooling and healing when applied.
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San Francisco
Dynamite Disclosures and a Strange Case of Thomassen
The article weighs the Thomassen dynamite case as an inscrutable mystery with insanity suggested by motive and routine life details. It cites varied foreign correspondence, notes an insurance angle, and tells a dreamlike Montana miners tale as a separate curio.
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Thomassen
Moses
Providence Journal
Dresden
London News
Count Fosco
Bremerhaven
Unconventional remedies for scarlet fever urged by physician
The article argues that scarlet fever is curable with simple home methods under medical supervision. It prescribes early bed rest, lemon juice with gum arabic, warm abdominal wraps from hot cloths, and moist warmth. It claims near elimination of mortality if applied timely, and even asserts prevention if blood is properly mixed.
Tobacco use spans globe from Indians to present era
A statistician asserts that over one billion of the earth’s 1.2 billion inhabitants use tobacco in some form. He notes that three centuries ago only American Indians were familiar with tobacco.
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Globe
Vows Made in Storms Are Forgotten in Calms
A proverb-like line reflects on commitments made during turmoil that fade once peace returns, suggesting human promises falter under shifting moods and conditions.
Man shoots man after hallway pacing at Westminster Hotel
John R. Dilleber died after Romaine Dillon, angered by Dilleber’s walking, fired a pistol at him at the Westminster Hotel, New York. The piece discusses how “nervousness” or ill temper has historically been used to excuse crime, citing Melville and a Union College professor, and argues punishment should follow law regardless of mental state.
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John R. Dilleber
Westminster Hotel
New York City
Romaine Dillon
Mr. Dilleber
Dilleber
Dillon
New York Graphic
Herman Melville
Union College
Belgium cats race in Liegeois society event
In Liege a society staged a 37-entry cat race on a cabbage field to Beyne. Blondinette won a grand prize tray vases and 30 francs, Finette placed second, ham and tongues awarded for other prizes. The event occurred alongside 37 car races as spectators.
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Brussels
L’ Epervier
Beyne
Blondinette
Finette
Democratic Budget Talk and Political Discord noted
The Boston Journal mocks the Democrats’ plan to cut the President’s salary as hopeless for succession. The Cincinnati Gazette cites Grant refusing to run, and Cassius M. Clay veers toward the Vice Presidency as an unwieldy baggage car. Ohio officials largely Union veterans, with a Republican Senate and a Democratic House, raise cross‑partisan critique.
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Boston Journal
Cincinnati Gazette
Grant
Smith
Cassius M. Cuay
Ohio
Congress
McDonald
Indiana
Ant
Lamar
Memphis and Charleston
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Cassius M. Clay
Cassius
Baltimore Gazette
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Fort Wayne Gazette
House of Representatives
South
White League
House
Washington
Reform promised by Democracy falls short on ex-Confederate offices
The piece denounces Democratic moves to replace Union soldiers with ex-Confederates, arguing it sacrifices brave veterans who served the nation for former enemies. It warns that one-legged and one-armed heroes who earned positions will be ousted to make room for ex-Confederates, urging voters to counter at the ballot box.
Broken friendships may be soldered but never sound
A concise remark notes that while damaged friendships can be repaired with effort, the underlying trust and harmony may never fully return to its original strength. The saying contrasts repair with irreparable strain in human relations.
Jefferson's ride with a boy ends at the White House
An anecdote recounts Thomas Jefferson picking up a ragged roadside boy, Charles Morgan, on a Monticello trip. Morgan impresses the President with honesty and bravado, attends a White House dinner, and pursues a naval career, while Jefferson praises his fearless candor and kindness.
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Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
Charlotteville
Washington
Mr. Jefferson
Tom Jefferson
Rascal
White House
Sam
Rother Day
Charles Morgan
Morgan
Charlie
Navy
Commodore Morgan
Tom ” Jefferson
Charley Morgan
Virginia Highway
Advertisement rates and business card pricing policy
Che Clermont Courier announces legal and transient ads priced at 1.00 per square for first insertion with 0.50 for each additional insertion. A liberal annual reduction is offered for yearly advertisers. Business cards up to six lines cost 6.00 per year.
Never Again Poem by Eben E Rexford
A nostalgic poem laments lost love and memory as the speaker declares never again will roses bloom or sunsets shine with the same glory. He recalls intimate moments, gestures, and a plea for a final kiss and blessing as distance and time separate lovers.
Quotations and Humorous Fragments From The Norristown Press
A collection of wry maxims and anecdotes including a stove tale two friends shared a way to avoid blame a parliamentary quip by O Connell and a heartfelt Good Night poem by Longfellow. The items reflect era humor and moral reflections with multiple named sources.
Kissing, Monkeys and a Missional Decline at Berlin
An impertinent Saratoga youth shows verses about kissing to ladies and a counter retort appears on an envelope. In Berlin a monkey completes twenty five years of service by a grand banquet, Jocko honored by officials. Rev Dr Crank declines Africa missionary bishopric after bishops meeting in October.
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Saratoga
Berlin
Jocko
Crank
Africa
Protestant Episcopal House of Bishops
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Morrison
Bransey
Brassey
Mr. Morrison
Hinton
Tympanum
Manchester
Courier
Ald
Uncle Mortimer
Henry
Cincinnati Times
St. Louis Republican
Montina
Grizzly Gulch
Montana
Grizzly
Last Chance
California
Maore
Lynch
Liege
Democratic “ Reform
Che Clermont
Eben E. Rexpord
Pencil
Norristown Herald
WueEn O'Connell
Speaker
Oxford
Binghamton
Laongfellow
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