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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1890
Page
3
Instructions for a four part telegraphic set including line, gravity battery, key, and sounder. Steps cover battery jars with blue vitriol, copper sheets, zinc cross, insulated wire, and a constructed reed-like magnet and armature. Details specify careful wiring, adjustments, and maintenance for reliable operation with a gravity battery and hand made components.
The article describes a pine Jacob's Ladder toy with three tapes and a series of blocks that appear to pass each other as the top block lifts the next, while in reality each block returns to its original position. It details the tape arrangement, block numbering, and dimensions.
Dr. Henry C. McCook discusses flea biology and origins with a focus on Pulex irritans, noting fleas jump many times their height, breed in dust, and mature from larvae to the adult flea. He recounts incidents from Philadelphia and global references, and cites remedies from a Swedish museum and an old rhyme.
The article promotes a Palliser design cottage priced at 81200 with a cellar under the kitchen and hall. It favors a stove for cooking and open fireplaces in the parlor and dining room, noting buff brick construction, ash mantels, and an ash staircase rail as a departure from common walnut detailing.
An article extols a compact cottage with cistern water and a pump, praising its low cost, tasteful surroundings, and ease of use. It promotes Palliser's American Architecture volumes offering seventy cottage and other building designs priced at $1, with detailed plans and guidance by Palliser & Co.
The Country Gentleman warns that soot buildup in chimneys can ignite and cause a conflagration. Clean chimneys at least once a year, preferably on a calm post rain day or snowy delay. Accumulations of two or three years are most dangerous, especially with a brisk wind and no ladder nearby.
In Harper's Bazar a militiaman declines a friend's offer to join and jokes about running, as the exchange early hints at frontier grit and social wit. The brief vignette centers on two unnamed speakers and a casual, humorous remark.
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