23 Apr 1879
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1879
Page
1
An old Clermont newspaper segment notes the weekly publication schedule and a proprietor named Chas. W. The notice lists subscription terms and rates, with promotions for advance paid annual pricing. The garbled OCR suggests a periodical serving the Clermont area with annual and weekly pricing references.
Fragmentary verse fragment describing a chaotic street scene and a woman soothing a bird, with lines about love, happiness, and the divine. The text mixes imagery of war, struggle, and tender acts, ending with a reflection on love as happiness and disdain for hate.
Sidney Coster, once the wealthiest member of a refined circle, loses his uncle’s fortune and rejects idle luxury. He resolves to earn his bread, confronts mockery from peers, and begins a grueling search for work despite having no practical skills or experience.
A ruined, ill young man wanders from the city to the country. He finds shelter with Farmer Royston and falls in love with shy Hattie Royston. After a year of work and growing strength, he reveals love, they marry, and an uncle’s letter promises wealth to secure their future. He discovers the money only after the wedding, while old friends return empty.
The Arizona Legislature is criticized for exercising authority to grant divorces. There is demand on the Pacific coast for Congressional intervention. State constitutions prohibit divorces except via court, and it is argued Territories should follow the same rule.
The column offers home remedies and health guidance including walking to stave off colds, proper visiting etiquette for the sick, and child outdoor care. It recounts a Dublin diphtheria remedy with sulfur gargling and inhalation, notes on dyspepsia cures by chewing leaves, and a long item about circus proprietors and performers trends.
A Hartford Post writer recalls a winter 1866 journey from Cairo to Thebes. He describes thousandfold forced labor for a Cairo Thebes railroad, using only baskets, with unpaid work, overseer lashes, and deaths from exhaustion. Villages depopulated and a steamer crew coerced to coal, marking widespread distress in the Nile valley.
An illustrated portrait of Henry Bergh outlines thirteen years of devoted work and public sympathy shaping his dignified, benevolent persona. The piece details his commanding six foot frame, silk hat, cane, and keen observation of street life, framing him as a Quaker French nobleman by nature and intellect.
Her Britannic Majesty observed a head waiter steal a chicken at a large dinner. The mirror across the room showed the act, six chickens carved, five counted, and the missing bird later recovered. The thief was dismissed after confession and investigation by the staff.
A eclectic newspaper update notes the Empress of Austria enjoying Ireland as the Irish welcome her, with Sommerhill mansion taken for next year’s hunting season. It also mentions Pepe Leo XIII urging Vatican cabal to modernize costumes, and various short items about society, politics, and culture.
The Rockland Courier notes a church festival supper where a young man invites two new ladies, discovers only a trade-dollar and two suspender buttons to cover a two dollar and a quarter bill, while his companions’ exuberance is described as extraordinary.
April sessions show petitions from Ashland County ladies and voters for local option, committee referrals, and many appropriations. Bills for the Soldiers Orphans Home, Lincoln monument, asylum funds, and county officer compensation pass or are debated as House and Senate tackle road, rail, and municipal code measures with multiple committees and reversions.
A Steubenville Herald fragment depicts a daughter and her father discussing ethics as night wanes. The irl asks what the father seeks and he replies to see the sun rise, then the son Adolphus vanishes as the clock strikes, leaving the old man to return to bed.
A vivid narration portrays an approaching hurricane with oppressive heat and a charged atmosphere, followed by ragged clouds, a rapidly falling barometer, and a still, fearful sea. Ships strike topmasts, streets close, and vessels lash together as gusts and rain sweep inland, causing destruction and panic.
Earhart, a West Osage Street resident, suffered a head wound from a fall on a stone or ice. He began seeing double and performing odd tasks at the blackboard, then lost much of his ability to walk. Despite sharp intellect, doctors fear he may not live long as treatment continues.
In a Petaluma Peavine office a fierce female customer confronted a male editor over a cooking column. She cited a recipe for currant cake using soda flour corn meal oil eggs molasses gum arabic and coal heat. She struck him with a blow described as half-baked and appalling.
A Kentucky postmaster refused delivery of a newspaper under Polk era postage rules, was sued and won. The suit appealed repeatedly to the Supreme Court, which again ruled for the plaintiff against the federal law. Details on final costs and delivery status remain unclear in the Syracuse Courier account.
Advertising and transient notices priced at $1.00 per square for first insertion and fifty cents for each additional insertion. Yearly liberal reductions apply. Business cards capped at six per year at $34.00.
The verse urges lightening life’s heavy burdens through cheerful deeds and kind words. It extols brotherhood over creeds and insists that every small act of virtue fulfills humanity’s duty, bringing peace when one rests.
A collage of quips and brief humorous notices from various papers. Nods to etiquette, misheard phrases, and playful jests about manners, social scenes, and daily life. Includes lines on eggs aging, church choirs, a Toledo girl, and a York New humor column style with scattered anecdotes.
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