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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1902
Page
3
A historic illustration explains building a two horse dumping sled with a wooden box and uprights. It details runners, crosspieces, notches, iron straps, a pivoting center piece, and a hinged front end to enable controlled dumping.
W. H. Hamby notes Caldwell county farmers maintain a road between Nettleton and Hamilton. Each farmer scrapes and grades his segment, constructing and maintaining bridges collaboratively. The well-kept route, with pleasant farms and lawns, increases land value and even supports free mail delivery in the area.
An inventor outlines a dumping box for sleds with a pivot cross-piece and hasp mechanism, enabling easy dumping from a box mounted on a sled. It discusses size limits, practicality for one or two horses, and placement near a stable to haul and dump manure.
The director of the office of public roads inquiries warns districts to avoid costly mistakes in road surfaces by using locally available materials. He notes that evaluating material value prevents sending away for substitutes and urges making the most of local libraries and community assets to build character close to home.
Instructions describe loading logs using two timbers and a rope looped through a clevis to balance on a sled. A wood rack should be on the sled and side stakes removed at the receiving end. A second note urges better roads to boost church attendance and cites biblical prepare-the-way imagery. A poultry health tip warns lice and filth as main disease sources, with housing and feeding cautions.
Brooklyn doctors undertake a major experiment to test Dr. Koch's claim that bovine tuberculosis cannot infect humans. Dr. George D. Barney inoculates a healthy cow with human tubercular bacilli to determine if cross species transmission occurs. The project questions prior funding and seeks conclusive results to confirm or refute Koch's statement.
Bangs & Co held a New York sale of rare books including Aldus press items, Elzevirs, and Cruikshank illustrations. Top price was 310 for Horace Hornem Waltz, an Apostrophic Hymn, a first edition in crimson morocco. Other notable prices included Cruikshank Almanacks 104.50, Bronte manuscript 85, Bronte letter 57, Elzevir Bible 100, Pompadour Elzevir 380.
Marconi company aims to run a night wireless telegraph service between England and Australia. After perfecting the apparatus, a full line would be set up with relay stations along the English coast Cape Finisterre Gibraltar Algiers Sardinia Sicily Malta Cape Malta Alexandria Aden Sokotra Colombo Sumatra Perth Albany Adelaide Melbourne. A Europe to America line is expected similarly.
The New York Sun notes that the word lady has returned to polite speech after a period of neglect and overuse. It also says party has been revived in drawing room talk, appearing in phrases like musical parties and dancing parties as fashionable vocabulary regains popularity.
A humorous exchange from the BaltimoreAmerican features Mr. Sourdropp declaring his plan to remain a bachelor for another 42 years, surprising Miss Oldgirle who reacts with urgency as he speaks in a stern, playful tone.
A collage of medical product pitches andquot quotes from period newspapers cites cures for coughs and colds including Bromo Quinine Tablets Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar and Pike’s Toothache Drops. It also notes consumer testimonials and assorted aphorisms from various papers.
Miss Maud Palmer of Cataraugi Ontario extols Peruna as a cure for cold and general winter illnesses. She reports rapid relief in three days, and urges keeping Peruna on hand for family use. The ad-like piece promotes a 64 page catarrh book and offers free medical advice from Dr Hartman.
An aged voice from Uncle Eben counsels prudent money care while warning against overcautiousness that blocks opportunities to work and earn. The quotation reflects frugal ethos and motivation in traditional American speech.
An advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a top kidney liver and bladder remedy. It lists symptoms of kidney trouble such as back pain night urination and nervousness and claims the product is used in hospitals and by doctors with 50 cent and one dollar bottle sizes.
An 1893–1901 account from Vinton details illness misdiagnosed as stomach cancer until Swamp Root kidney remedy improved health. Mrs Gertrude Warner Scott credits the treatment with regaining strength and weight after doctors failed. Editorial notes offer free sample bottles from Dr Kilmer and Co Binghamton NY.
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