This view of Browne and Gradidge Ltd was taken in 1907. The shop was at 19 High Street, two shops down from the Globe Hotel and was a partnership or business agreement between bookseller and printer Frederick J J Browne, and chemist William Ivimey Gradidge. A generation earlier, Gradidge’s mother Ann had been a chemist and stationer on the opposite side of the street, next to the George Inn. Ann’s chemist husband had died young and once he was old enough, William took on his mother’s shop. He married Emily Browne in 1877 and they employed two members of staff.
Cincinnati Magazine
February 9, 2021
Mrs. Cecil Cramer of Cincinnati was having an unhappy Valentineâs Day on February 14, 1908. She was newly divorced from her husband on grounds of failure to provide for her and their child. The postman arrived that day spouting effusive apologies. Because the address and postage were correct, he was obliged to deliver to her an offensive âvalentineâ from her ex-husband in the form of a plump, juicy, sarcastic lemon.
Fresh citrus was an uncommon medium for correspondence back then, but sarcasm was abundant. In 1908, every woman dreaded the prospect of receiving a âcomicâ valentine.
Even little boys dreaded the arrival of a sarcastic âcomicâ valentine. Young women refused to admit they ever received a âcomic.â
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