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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1892
Page
7
A poetic meditation on late summer flora, urging readers to mark the golden and yellowing goldenrod along roads and fences. The verse images bright, abundant green forests turning to gold as the season peaks, capturing the linger of summer and the harvest mood.
A man recalls a westward trek for gypsum and timber then hides from a cyclone in a rocky cave. Flooding water traps him as he fights fear and exhaustion, finally escaping by a skylight limb and surviving with lingering brain fever and baldness.
The Sunway tram system in London has operated for twenty years without city collapse or air and traffic obstruction. It offers first to third class carriages, with humorous notes about a hen as a last passenger and sparse straw for its nest. The piece praises smooth pavements, cheap fares, and easy travel on omnibuses, yet contrasts New York’s noise with London’s quiet streets. It also notes Leonardo da Vinci died in 1519, born in 1432, famed for The Last Supper and wide scientific knowledge.
Dr. Marchisi promotes Terine Catholicon and Gleaning Wash as cures for female complaints and uterine diseases. He offers two free trial bottles by mail to prove merits, with address in Utica New York.
In the Fourth ward a man awoke at a hot night and wandered to a nearby saloon in his night shirt. He drank two bottles of ginger ale while asleep and left without a word. The next morning he recalled the events as a dream until noticing his feet scratched on the sidewalk, confirming the nocturnal spree. The saloon keeper and the man later discussed the odd incident.
An old physician markets a German French or English remedy claiming to cure consumption bronchitis asthma and nervous debility. He offers free plans for preparation by mail to readers of this paper from W A Noyes Power's Block Roche. The text also includes an extended travelogue about the Olympic Peninsula describing its geography climate and future railroad prospects.
A Kansas man gives a lecture titled The Fun of Being Blind. He argues the blind gain keen hearing and music appreciation, note the inability to see ugliness, and contrasts inquiries about blindness with hair loss. He also reflects on childhood perceptions and martial fantasies.
At Ridgewood New Jersey the Christ church rector told fresh air children that sin spoils goodness using blossom and fruit blight as a parable. He asked what is sin, and the boys replied Worms, reflecting the tale’s moral lesson.
A brief vignette from New York Weekly shows a young lady asking a tuner why her piano remains silent. The tuner reveals someone has lowered and nailed down the soft pedal, preventing sound.
Dialogue shows a rider accusing a horse seller of false representations about a horse with a bad record. The seller admits truth but notes the buyer did not ask about the type of record. The excerpt ends with banter about prizes and consequences for non-winners, reflecting light humor.
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