07 Apr 1880
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1880
Page
1
The Clermont Gourier, published every Wednesday, announces subscription terms of 31.50 per year with advance payment options. Proprieter Chas. W. E. advertises a low rate structure and ongoing publication cadence.
A crumbling OCR fragment hints at a dated tale where a wit contrasts an old town’s faded wealth with a decayed family lineage. Travelers and a guide drift through a halted scene, suggesting lost estate value and quiet social decline.
A boy Paul betrays a lie to hide a missing letter and forged signature. His father Mr Harrison and friend Mr Carter uncover the ruse revealing lessons on honesty and openness for father and son. The tale ends with guidance to trust and tell the truth.
The author of Curfew Must Not Ring To-night is Miss Rose Hartwick Thorpe born July 18 1850 in Mishawaka Indiana. She wrote the ballad in April 1867 at seventeen and later married Edmund C Thorpe in 1871 living in Litchfield Michigan. It first appeared in the Detroit Commercial Advertiser in 1870.
A local man claims his dog emits a notably high bark described as the C Howl in Oil City Derrick. The remark is cited as an unusual canine trait observed by the owner and recorded by the newspaper.
The article recounts D F Marquand who came from New York in 1852, built wealth in liquor and real estate, shot an officer in 1853, and died by suicide yesterday. It also describes a separate wolf-hunting expedition by Richard Davidson and Porter Smith, their perilous night on a platform, and the bounty earned, followed by a discussion on highway fencing laws and land use.
The writer extols Salt Lake City for its stunning basin set among high rugged mountains. He notes a valley about twenty by thirty-five miles with the Great Salt Lake to the southwest, Ogden thirty miles away, and a Mormon population around 25,000.
Swiss experiments test if carrier pigeons released from 8609 and 13750 feet can navigate back to their cots. Two birds from Bergli flew toward the Eiger and returned, one completing the journey in seven days. A second test near Jungfrau sent two birds to Thun by next day, one reaching its cot, the other missing. Observations contrast with balloons releasing pigeons that fail to sustain flight.
The article recounts Edison's electro monograph and a prior Paige patent tied to Morse telegraphy. It notes Western Union paid $160,000 for Edison’s device, Paige’s system being litigated after kin won a patent via Congress, and Blatchford ruling the patent valid. Edison later developed an independent telegraph using electro motograph principles.
A playful verse lampoons advertisers and a Kaiser while weaving a tale of a miser near a geyser who marries Elizer and tries to persuade her to wake early. The speaker notes the panel remains lively and unexhausted as wordplay continues to unfold.
Farmers tease with a lighthearted riddle about hens and their constant laying. The playful line prompts amused comments from neighbors and kids at the village barnyard.
A Little Rock lawyer, repeatedly targeted by a St. Louis patent medicine scheme, receives taunting letters urging fat loss and even private threats. He responds with a stiff rebuke after a minister’s confusing note, prompting the doctor to cease correspondence.
A recent visitor describes Andersonville graveyard as largely unvisited aside from Northern travelers and former prisoners. It contains 13,715 graves with about 1,009 unmarked. A brick wall surrounds the site, overseen by a government-paid superintendent. parts of the stockade remain, though the prison itself is gone and the area is overgrown. No trace of the brook or wells dug by prisoners remains.
A roundup of Ohio incidents includes Barbara Inman found murdered near a Washington County spring. ex detective Isaac Frank’s suicide. Robert Rupert in limbo for stabbing Joseph Deerwester. multiple local deaths and accidents across Akron Lima Findlay and more. It notes political nominations and legislative actions including railroad shop plans and local bond measures.
Senate narrowly passes the $1 Haffaran Bounce Bi and reconfirms or alters several measures. House approves a Children’s Home in Licking County and the General Appropriation Bill proceeds. Bills introduced cover road taxes railroads and witness competency. Debates include Vallandigham Master Commissioner amendments and a call for timber growth inquiry.
In Kentucky on March 13 1880 Nasby reports a Corners meeting where Democrats debated a presidential nominee. Vehement support coalesces around Tilden while Voorhees and Indiana’s Voorhees attract money and favors, with delegates needing funding to secure votes.
Legal notices and transient ads priced at 1.00 per square ten lines for first insertion plus 0.50 for each additional. business cards up to six lines 34.00 per year. Rates reflect standard newspaper advertising terms in Clermont Courier.
A heated meeting at the Corners sees votes shift toward Ti'den replacing Voorhees and Nasby as delegate. Josef Bigler moves caucus debts committee to accompany Parson to Cincinnati to recover money, while Parson laments debt and possible ruin as the group contemplates repayment and influence.
In a Philadelphia Times letter Joe Howard mocks reporters chasing 8S. J. Tilden while praising his stubborn independence. He notes Tilden’s physical frailty yet unshaken mind and cites daily rides in the park with Andrew H. Green, joking about Green as a future Treasury Secretary and lampooning local politics.
The writer urges the Democratic majority in Congress to enact fair measures for counting electoral votes without delay to preserve national peace. Warns hesitation risks archy and bloodshed and calls for plain, just methods so all can understand and avoid conflict.
The card of opinion shows Tilden's mortgage on the Democratic party and foreclosures debated in Cincinnati. Democratic delegates in multiple states lean against Tilden while some Western leaders advocate his nomination. Reports note Tilden strength in Allegheny and Ohio, with Republican factions wary of Sherman and Grant.
A pair of side-lace kid shoes were made in the city for Mrs Gates of Brown County aged twenty three, weighing 547 pounds and standing seven feet two inches tall. Shoes are number fifteen, one foot long and about four to five inches wide.
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