19 Apr 1876
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1876
Page
1
A brief notice showing subscription terms from Brown-Ng Brothers. The rate is 1.50 dollars per year in advance, with the date or further details not fully legible in the fragment. The item reads like a newspaper subscription offer common to small-town papers of the era.
Charles O Conor denies a libel about a $7 000 alimony fee and vows action if retractions. James Parton mocks marriage licenses. The first Atlantic cable era is outlined from 1858 to 1866 with Field repairing and reconciling cables. Junes H Stone Mississippi governor biography noted. Chinese emigration inquiry shows guilds influence and contracts with Pacific Mail Company. Senate panel to contact the U S minister in China over emigration agencies.
A verse on prudence urges thrift and saving for a rainy day and a life of modest living. An 1834 Tyrone New York tale follows cooper Britton defending himself in a biased justice court against a wealthy merchant, with witty exchanges and a nonsuit anticipated.
The article details London gas production costs and outputs, coal needs, gas rental totals, street lighting, and lamp counts. It also includes diverse items from a New York marble palace exhibit to a sewer imprisonment tale, public notices, and social commentary on color lines and political alignments.
The Clermont Courier lists advertising charges: legal and transient ads at one dollar per square ten lines for first insertion, fifty cents per additional insertion. Yearly discounts apply to advertisers. Business cards up to six lines cost six dollars per year.
A Washington church preacher used the tale of the Sisters of Lazarus, praising Mary’s virtues at length before checking his watch and admitting Martha still deserved attention. He then promptly adjusted the schedule and continued with Martha’s portion.
In Dore England a farm laborer's infant was to be buried. The vicar refused interment without a baptism, leading to a dispute with a dissenting minister. After much grief the parents chose the churchyard burial, with the service read by the Church of England clergyman in attendance. The piece ends with two quotes reflecting on life and sentiment.
Poem fragment exploring longing for Madeline through a flurry of M words. The speaker asks Madeline to meet by moonlight and marriage, weaving melodious imagery with themes of love and social motives.
An equestrian statue of the Prince of Wales will be erected in Bombay, India, to mark his visit. The project costs about $26,000 and is scheduled as a public tribute in the city.
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