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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1883
Page
4
Poem recounts a maid dreaming of a stately olden wooing as a noble suitor kneels and speaks in formal terms. A modern youth enters softly, speaks of weather and flowers, and wins the maiden with a tender kiss. The speaker favors the contemporary courtship over antiquated ritual.
In a village gathering John Lockwood offers to draw cuts to choose his wife between Miss Mercy Proctor and Mrs. Hazleton. The game ends with Miss Mercy winning the chance, sparking shocked murmurs from the crowd and the widow's retreat. Mercy gears up for a future with Lockwood as he remains casual about the contested proposal.
In a crowded party the heroine fears a cruel social trap yet John expresses true love and fidelity. He confirms a ten o'clock wedding plan and marries her after a tense night, while the widow wheels away with a physician later in a quiet, healed ending.
Charles C. Abbott reviews W H Dall and B F De Costa on ancient Atlantic populations. He notes Inuit and Esquimanux presence as far south as New Jersey, suggesting earlier races inhabited the Atlantic seaboard before widespread Native American settlement.
The article argues against large fortunes for children after death. It says parents owe only education and a profession to offspring, and that wealth often ruins families by attracting fortune-hunters and riotous living. It calls for Americans to value education and self-sufficiency for both sons and daughters.
A compilation of home and farm tips: coffee brewing, feeding straw to animals with grain, using caustic solutions to remove old putty and paint, salt feeding for cattle, a rice cake recipe, fish balls from potatoes and fish, and comments on sheep grazing and oil cake as pasture supplement.
Practical notes on chamois leather use for embroidery and dusting friendly fabrics, imitation paper curtains, lace curtain novelty, carved cedar box carving, domed mirror tables, and new table lamp style. Crystal and iridescent materials described for centerpieces, bouquet holders, and brooches with emphasis on light, shade, and raised embroidery effects.
The Chicago Herald reports Eskischek in Anatolia as the main meerschaum source. It notes 100 boxes take about two months to prepare by 15 workers at roughly £120, with box prices from £6 to £10 and refuse ware at about one eighth. Exports rose from 8,000 boxes in 1855 to 11,100 in 1881, with Vienna trade dominated by about fifteen firms from several nations.
On the Hartford steamboat dock a short man and a German sister meet after 30 years apart. The patrolman helped match the pair when the sister emerged from the crowd. Joy erupts as they exchange embraces and tears, confirming their kinship in a touching reunion.
The Government provides the Barro fish commission with the swift cruiser Albatross at an ex pene of 200000 to pursue fish propagation along the sea coasts. The professor and staff will display the U S fish exhibit at the London exhibition next summer aboard a well equipped vessel. The Albatross is described as fast and luxuriously outfitted for sea travel.
A collage of quotes and claims touts St. Jacobs Oil curing rheumatism, a Boston Globe remark on suspicion, a Buffalo NY physician’s Favorite Prescription for female complaints, CocoanoorT shells predicting a mild season, and Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic. It cites testimonials from Captain F M Howes, Mrs Emmy Racaps, and prompts mailing for medical pamphlets.
A 1879 Baltimore letter from Dr J M Porter describes severe kidney disease with Bright's diagnosis and dropsy. After failing with physicians and remedies, he credits Warner's Kidney and Liver Cure for recovery, urging caution to readers about insidious kidney disease.
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