12 Apr 1849
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1849
Page
1
Printed and published by Andrew M. Gest. Terms include seventy five cents if paid within sixty days and two dollars beyond that time. Subscriptions not discontinued. Arrangements inserted at usual rates.
Charles Harwood abandons his wife for Alice Carlisle the famed author. A note leads to an interview with a Quakeress who turns out to be his wife in disguise. The secret voyage ends with Harwood discovering his wife in the city hotel and returning home wiser.
A Providence Journal correspondent tells of a longtime ice trader who, after 25 years in the business, faced debts of 210000. He offered time to pay and labored 13 years to settle the principal and about 70000 in interest, expanding into other ventures and building stores and ponds. Calcutta residents rewarded him with a fireproof storehouse in thanks.
A young woman visiting her brother in Gale na Illinois met a widower twenty nine miles from Cleveland. He proposed marriage during a lake trip. She refused in confusion but later decided to pursue him to marry him.
A desolate interior reveals a drunkard's ruin as a wife pleads for change and a Bible gift becomes a symbol of hope amid poverty. The scene contrasts past prosperity with current misery and ends with a sensational note about a rumored wild woman in the Naviad bottoms and a county-wide reward.
An intoxicated husband rejects his marriage vows to keep a bargain with the Squire, abandoning his wife and infant. The scene ends with the wife’s despair and the infant's mournful cries, portraying a grim portrait of household ruin.
The Serpent, ninety feet long and seven feet wide across its back, was spotted again by Capt. Adams near Florida's coast. The creature blocked a vessel's path, causing it to sheer off. The article recalls a childhood toast about the sea serpent.
A New York lawyer drafted a separation paper for a dissatisfied husband for five dollars. The husband promised to secure payment with the wife as security, then left to raise funds. The attorney remains in possession of the security with no redemption in sight.
A Philadelphia editor notes a Dead Sea expedition diary describing the Pillar of Salt associated with Lot's Wife. The account records a sixty foot column of solid rock salt, Arab testimony, specimens collected, and observations of the surrounding heat and terrain near Mesarah as the party camps for the night.
A garbled OCR passage presents a tense night exchange between a mother and child. The child recounts being searched intensively, having their shirt turned wrong side out, and mentions a lengthy ordeal with officials. The text is fragmented and styled as period speech.
Mr Godden notes the annual expenditure of Great Britain reached one hundred million dollars. He emphasizes the scale of government spending and its implications for finance and policy.
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