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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1906
Page
2
A fragmented tale follows entomologist Hapley in Kent haunted by his feud with Prof Pawkins over microlepidoptera. Hapley encounters a mysterious moth in a lamplight room, its appearances aligning with patterned wallpaper, then vanishes as he moves to capture it. The piece ends mid-scene with a pounding interruption.
Hapley imagines a moth tormenting him amid mental strain and paranoia. He battles echoing visions of Pawkins, collapses after a chalk-pits accident, and ends in an asylum cell. The doctor calls it hallucination while Hapley insists the ghost of Pawkins haunts him.
A tall, businesslike woman enters a London crepe shop and, after declining help, asks for mourning crepe. The shopman touts new French goods for half mourning and queries for whom she mourns. She reveals she buried her fourth husband yesterday and ends the exchange with a witty retort.
Dr Ostwald of the University of Leipzig spoke at Columbia University arguing life length hinges on internal psychic energy. He compared brain work to energy drain and said longevity depends on ongoing external supply via food and impressions, with vitality maintained while vital organs assimilate properly.
Instructions from Country Gentleman on washing blankets with hot suds using soap ammonia and torax, pinning and rinsing in three waters, plus sun drying tips. It also outlines storing woolens using pillow cases, folded hems, and a chain stitch method to prevent moth damage.
Scald milk with water and blend salt sugar and butter. When lukewarm add yeast dissolved in warm water and mix in flour to form a thin batter. Let rise by ten, then add flour to form soft dough and knead well. Rise overnight, stir down, bake in a greased pan for an hour in a moderate oven.
To renew a mirror use a clean sponge and cloth with silk to avoid scratching the glass. Wipe with spirits of wine or gin and water to remove grime, dust with blue and red powder, rub lightly with the cloth, then finish with the silk handkerchief. Avoid rubbing the frame edges.
If moths have taken hold in a carpet, lift it, shake it well, and press with a hot flatiron without scorching. Sprinkle the floor with spirits of turpentine and pour into cracks between boards to deter further moth activity.
Instructions advise dissolving ammonia in two quarts of water with one ounce of rock ammonia, dip brush bristles nightly, move backward and forward, rinse in cold water, then whip and dry in the sun.
Recipes describe Graham twists using graham flour and cream, with substitutions, kneading until stiff, rolling thin, and baking at a low heat until crisp. Graham crackers mix graham flour with cream or butter, milk, and baking powder, rolled thin and baked quickly then dried near the stove.
A collection of domestic tips including washing dirty white paint with milk, lime to prevent mold on jams, altering tablecloth folds by trimming, safely pouring boiling liquid into glass with a spoon, rolling veils with a toy rolling pin, drying leather away from heat with oats, and cleaning dusty oil paintings with raw potato and white potash to avoid damage.
A historical recipe describes making peanut candy using New Orleans molasses sugar butter and vanilla. Mix molasses sugar and butter with salt then form a soft cold water ball, boil ten minutes, reheat, then stir in peanuts and pour into buttered pans for setting.
A traditional hotch potch dish is described as a thick puree like soup made with fresh vegetables and meat. It uses three or four pounds of loin chops simmered in three quarts of boiling water with peas haricot beans carrots a turnip parsley cabbage and green onions for about an hour and a quarter seasoned with pepper and salt.
The piece extols artists as elusive figures who retreat from civilization into remote fishing villages near the fjord of the Netherlands. It compares their hiding to a primeval instinct and notes two ways to discover them: follow by stealth or marry. Wives are portrayed with care and caution within artists colonies.
Every body's Magazine notes Swiss public schools are nearly compulsory with private options restricted. cantons like Solothurn ban private schooling. others require permits or fund contributions. Public education aims to democratic national unity and patriotism, with enforcement including jail for noncompliance as in the Seventh Day Adventist case.
Alkali Ike It resulted in a draw. Sure it did but what I want to know is which drawed first.
London shows one telephone per 60 families while New York has one per 12, Boston one per six, and San Francisco one per four, reflecting wide regional gaps in access.
Miss Barrows of Nelsonville Ohio recounts how Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier improved her nervous headaches back pain and irregular periods She urges working girls to write to Mrs Pinkham Lynn Mass for free advice and treatment guidance in womanly health matters.
A New York Sun humor line contrasts a stern parent asking about a young man’s departure with a sequence of evening returns by the family, including a lodge trip, a bridge party, and a night out by Bridget.
A jumbled clipping notes lines from Detroit Free Press and Success Magazine. It includes a quip about youth and character building and a proverb on waiting for gains. Garfield Tea is pitched as a remedy for complexion and liver concerns.
A.H. Stotts of Columbus Ohio recounts kidney troubles for fifteen years with backaches dizziness and urinary disorders. After a collapse he used Deans Kidney Pills, regained health, and weighs 188 pounds after twelve boxes with two years of good health. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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