04 Apr 1877
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1877
Page
1
In Atlantic Monthly, a verse recounts the 1746 French fleet under Admiral D Anville nearing Boston. A tempest strikes as the poet-prayer pleads for divine aid, the ships devastate and sink, and the storm halts the invasion, sparing the town.
A narrative of a duel in Grenada Mississippi during the 1837 yellow fever period. A man pursues the lady’s favored suitor and hires a navigator of danger to arrange pistols at four miles on the Robinson trace. After three exchanges the rival is slain and the survivor narrowly escapes.
The British public fears trains reaching seventy miles per hour on lines between London and Liverpool and London and Edinburgh. Accidents there are often fatal, with the Iron rail paper calling the system flawed. Meanwhile travelers complain trains move too slowly, leaving railway managers pressed. A Niagara visit example shows a guide hired for best views, noted as record of sorts.
Athens dispatch describes private viewing of Mykenaean artifacts at the national bank, noting gold fragments, silver vessels, swords with marble bosses, and varied spear designs. The upcoming Monday exhibition will surpass today’s show, while Carnival crowds, royal visits, and stormy Cyclades weather shape a vivid scene in the city.
The excerpt notes that the Lowell Offering, the first magazine sustained by working women, was largely written by factory girls. It recalls 19th century claims of women’s prominence in journalism, printing, and education, including Mrs. Franklin and Mrs. Draper, and cites Dr. Warren on women students elevating scholarship at Boston University where 144 of 627 students were women.
Dr Mary Walker testified that Baker the Treasury Department doorkeeper forcibly ejected her from the Treasury Building on March 22 after she refused to leave an ante room while she was there for business with the Secretary The Police Court judge said Walker should be treated with respect and ordered Baker to appear for judgment on personal recognizance.
Charlie Ross has been located again and is reportedly living with a woman in a village near Montreal. The latest sighting places him in a small community outside the city, with authorities continuing inquiries into his whereabouts.
March sessions show no senate quorum, several bills advancing. Actions include dower law changes, railroad and canal measures, and contested election decisions. debates on municipal governance, tax reporting, and German newspaper notices influenced by public works and judicial amendments.
The Jefferson Republican reports a remarkable creature killed by Dr. Collins in Little River County. It resembled a red deer with a baboon head and brown shaggy beard. The doctor described the creature as having pitying eyes and a heart wrenching scream before it leaped. He speculates it is a Mexican centaur species.
The San Francisco Call outlines an interview with Captain John Morse a frontiersman and trader who was near Mountain Meadows before the massacre. Morse discusses Lee Brigham Young and Mormon involvement asserting plunder fed the killings and that Indians largely did not kill. He recalls Lee’s confession and says Young knew details, though Morse did not testify. Morse now lives in San Francisco.
A French hunter from Franktown shot Mr. Hughes in Washoe Valley after mistaking his white beard and fur cap for a silver fox at a duck blind he built near an old brickworks pond. Hughes was wounded but the outlook was not yet fatal as he received surgical care in Reno.
The piece notes several local centenarians who died in New York State except William Divine who died in New Hampshire. Names include Samuel Van Elmira aged 104 Mary Dunham Glenville 105 Abner Huntley Cuba 109 Augustin Picard Rochester near 110. Figures are unverified but presented with detailed particulars.
The text argues sadness may mask hypocrisy and warns against feigned grief. It urges presenting the sacrifice of praise openly to reflect true Christian practice and self denying sympathy in any gathering.
A 19th century observant recounts Easter Monday practices in England. Traditions include clipping the church, shoe stealing in Durham, lifting women for coins, and pudding pieing in Kent. Egg decoration and egg tossing games abound, with the origin linked to Persian traditions and Christian symbolism of the Resurrection.
American Architect and Building News reports on Cleopatra’s Needle, one of three obelisks once linked to Egypt, and Mehemet Ali’s gift. A proposed Thames Embankment scheme by Mr Dixon would encase the obelisk in an iron cylinder, float it to London, lift it atop the embankment, and rotate it upright, at an estimated cost of about fifty thousand dollars.
A New York charity ball featured a San Francisco woman wearing about two hundred thousand dollars in diamonds. She accessorized with a coronet, diamond bracelets, a diamond belt, and a diamond chatelaine, rivaling a queen's splendor. The guest, though not beautiful, dazzled all with brilliant gems and poised confidence.
The Clermont Courier lists rates for legal and transient advertisements at 1.00 per square for the first insertion and 0.50 for each additional insertion ten lines. A yearly reduction is offered. Business cards up to six lines cost 86.00 per year.
A midnight poem reflects grief and memory as a narrator recalls loved ones watching from the past. Rain and darkness yield to dawn when hope returns and the soul finds light. The speaker laments absence yet feels vigil continues in spirit.
A collage of quips on fashion, medicine, and philosophy. Snippets include a Lancet claim about boots triggering hysteria, a joke about blue glass in boots, and notices on manners, poetry, and a Texas scene. The piece blends humor and reflection with period voice and social commentary.
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