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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1892
Page
7
A reflective verse fragment recalls childhood hours along a familiar road beside a broad placid stream. It speaks of a shaded grove, apple boughs, and grapevines where blossoms grew in simple, nearly hidden sight.
A leading stage dressmaker outlines practical styling rules for stout women. Emphasize vertical lines, avoid tight fronts, and use wide skirts to create a gradual profile. Shoulder emphasis with yokes and high collars, plain vertical fabrics, and restrained waist detailing help conceal the abdomen while preserving elegance.
The article explains sitting upright with back braced against the chair to align the spine and shoulders, support chest and abdomen, promote good blood circulation, and avoid strain. It notes feet flat on the floor and hands resting, while advising against arm elevation and stressing relaxed, efficient posture.
A Virginia man in a tale of disenchantment slices away at a hoped for gift after gazing on the beloved, ending the chapter with a grim moral about Cupid’s blindfold and the risk of missed cues before the curtain falls.
On a back platform a man forces a seat by countering a reader beside a valise. The valise is grabbed and smashed, sparking a brawl as another passenger joins the fight, and the culprit slips away to a cooler car.
The New York Sun notes Josephine was thirty three at marriage to Napoleon and suggests she inspired intense love and jealousy in him. Cleopatra was near forty when Antony fell under her spell, and Helen of Troy was past thirty when Trojan heroes fought for her.
A collection of home care tips covers cleaning mirrors with water and spirits of wine, dusting methods, and silk cloth finishes. It includes social notes on women preachers, famous female authors, and household goods, followed by medicinal reminders and light advertising.
A historical account traces how nitrous oxide known as laughing gas was first used as a dental anesthetic. Dr Horace Wells of Hartford derives the idea after an 1844 exhibition and, with Dr Riggs, performs the first painless tooth extraction under its influence. The piece notes Wells’s life, death in 1848, and the gas’s later adoption despite early controversy.
A New York Journal item describes a rubber doorstop rosette and a rubber acorn knob fixed to baseboard to stop doors from slamming and marring walls. The mechanism lets the knob catch the ring when the door is moved, holding it steady. The piece references mice caring for kin in Atlantic Monthly context.
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