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10 Feb 1887
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The Dalton Gazette in Dalton, Ohio
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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1887
Page
1
Valentine customs through ages told by mother
Grace and Dura explore St Valentine curiosities with their mother Mrs Wilcox. She narrates old English and Roman practices, ancient billets, lottery valentine exchanges, and the shift to modern customs while stressing kindness over cruelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Wilcox
Dura
Grace
Dora
Mrs. Wilcox
Charles II of
England
Valentine
Pierce
Hera
Rome
Value of Salt in Household Uses Across the Home
A Good Housekeeping guide lists numerous salt applications from whitening brass and cleaning willow furniture to teeth care and sore throat gargles. It also suggests salt baths for sore feet, salt water emetics, and carpet brightening, noting practical proportions and safety cautions.
Lack of Confidence and a Child’s Christmas Wish
A Texas Siftings quip recalls Colonel Yerger dancing his son who asks for another mamma next Christmas. The boy explains the current mother never leaves the pantry door key and hopes a new one would trust him more, revealing humorous family dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Siftings
Leghorn bonnet critique sparks chick timing joke
In dialect banter, Dinah mocks Silas over a Leghorn hen with a poor egg sample. The line suggests the hen failed to hatch as expected and implies she is not earnest about the task.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas
Dinah
Ernest
The King of Beasts Retiring Across Africa and Europe
A historical note argues the lion is losing power as it is crowded out by European expansion. It traces the animal from Europe to Africa, noting its diminishing presence in Palestine and Greek lands, and contrasts its restraint with the tiger. The piece compares human influence and land limits to the lion’s retreat in a colonial context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axala
Africa
Creation
Europe
Herodotus
Moses
Xerxes
Hothem
Phessitontéas
Palestine
New Zealand
Fiji
America
Asia
Durban
Graham's Town
Cape Town
Greece
Afric
Bleached Diamonds Attract Police Inquiry
The Marylebone police court heard testimony on diamond frauds involving bleached or chemically altered yellow stones designed to mimic white diamonds. Details included a French case two years earlier where £1000 of such stones entered the London market, prompting public concern over gem authenticity and dealer vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marylebone
Streeter
Loudettyarket
St.James
Arctic Admiral Inglefield Describes Polar Travel and Ice
Admiral Sir Edward Inglefield discusses Arctic exploration lore and perils from his Smith Sound voyages and later expeditions. He recalls ice conditions, floe behavior, and the challenges of supplying northern journeys while reflecting on Greely and historical aims for a Northwest Passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Inglefield
Alabama
Washington
Smith Sound
Dr. Kane
Pali
Pole
Franklin
Arctic
Lady Franklin
Cape Horn
Beechy
de Belcher
Greely
WN. Y. Mail and Express
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