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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1883
Page
4
In a London tale, Josiah befriends cabman James Barmer by paying him a sovereign and later funds a full cab business for his family. Fearing the moral cost, Josiah plans a grand act of generosity, imagines a future trip to the United States, and ultimately sustains James while preparing to depart for San Francisco.
In a Belgravia Annual tale, Josiah advances funds to a cabman James Barmer. Barmer is captured in New York but resists release, is found with forty pounds sewn in his waistcoat, and faces arrest. An attorney, Mr Chewton, estimates a civil claim worth at least five hundred dollars while Doveton negotiates. Barmer exits after a fifty pound settlement, leaving Josiah wary of deceit, and pondering prior bad luck with a suspect sovereign.
In a Texas Siftings item, two Black Texans argue over correct speech. Uncle Mose settles that neither “we eated at the table” nor “we has done ate at the table” is right for them, and adds the proper form “we fed at the troft.”
In a Cambridge Tribune account a brave man aboard a steamer leaped into the water when his dog fell overboard. The captain initially refused to stop but the man saved both master and hound, ensuring their survival.
In an 1880s style snippet, the Home and Farm section shares methods to test silk purity by burning a sample, plus recipes and poultry tips. It includes oyster stuffing advice for turkey, a glowing note on orchard grass persisting in soil, quince serving suggestions, warnings about merino sheep frauds, pork preservation via brine and lard, and a rice and apple pudding from The Household.
An Iowa State Register summary notes that every pound of weight gain on pastured steers is valuable for winter readiness. It reports a university experiment weighing eight steers from May to November, with gains from 245 to 385 pounds and an average of 295 pounds, about 60 pounds monthly. Variability shows care and environment strongly affect results. It also explains cost calculations per pound of gain and urges careful budgeting of feed and shelter.
Dr Cale asserts diphtheria can only occur with a prior cold or catarrah and warns that many physicians misidentify throat diseases as diphtheria. He cites high fatality rates from epidemics, notes rapid child deaths in the north city, and questions cures claimed for diphtheria when thumbs throat illnesses were treated.
The icy sea whispers a strange call as North Star reaches Point Barrow and gets crushed by shifting ice. The steam whaler's mast and ribs break under relentless pressure, leaving forty eight men homeless. Rescue comes from signal station workers, Bowhead, and Belvidere as relief spreads through the fleet.
A touching Canine Fidelity tale from a Seine village near Paris shows a dog refusing to abandon his master after a apparent river death, until villagers intervene two days later. The master’s suicide note revealed years of hardship and loss. Also reported: a drunken man in Los Angeles found with $13,000 in his pocket, a 35 foot Dinosaurian reptile skeleton unearthed in Dakota, three Reading PA daughters suing for breach of promise, Long Branch shoreline erosion, Cincinnati height averages vs Boston, pork and beer nutrition, a New Jersey squire earning 32 cents for uniting a couple, a NY lecture claiming artificial diamonds outshine real ones briefly, and jokes about Uncle Tom’s Cabin’s authorship and trusting looks.
A jumble of brief items notes oil price damage and oil industry woes. Bits include a Pittsburgh Telegraph jab about crude oil wrecking counts, a Chicago girl's excuse about a scarred suitor, and law quibbles on Sunday contracts. The page also jokes about poetry, an owl in a cellar, kissing pains, and remarks on St. Jacobs Oil with Carter Harrison.
A collection of old medical endorsements for Dr. Pierce products including Pleasant Purgative Pellets Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery. Letters from Dr J A Milner and mentions of women voters and public favor for remedies claim cures for stomach, liver, bowel derangements, scrofula, and other blood diseases. Ends with unrelated note on molasses candy.
A cluttered column from Washington Top notes medical potions and remedies including Ishler's Herb Bitters and Dr. Hinsdale's Balsam for the Lungs. It also advertises Lyon's Heel Stiffeners, Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar, Pike's toothache drops, Brown's Bronchial Troches, Frazer Axle Grease, Caswell Hazard cod liver oil, and Electro-Voltaic Belts with a 30 day trial for nervous debility and vitality issues.
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