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Newspaper

The Clermont Courier

Location

Batavia, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1878

Page

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Rothers Terms One Fifty Per Year In Advance

The item lists a price of 1.50 per year in advance under the heading Rothers.

In a Cloud Rift by Lucy Larcom

Fragmentary verse fragment describes silent vastness and winds over ice caves and clouds. The speaker recalls distant memories of Winnepesaukee and Merrimac as silence weighs on thoughts and a haunting mystery of mind is revealed by winds of God.

Prom Heaven

The Last Sixpence

Charles Aubrey, down on his luck, gives his last sixpence to a starving old woman and finds a path away from ruin through faith and a trusted merchant. Amos Williams mentors him, finding him work and shelter, while a hidden love from Mary, who disguised herself to test his character, is revealed as the turning point in his redemption.

Charles Charley Charles Aubrey Amos Williams Mr. Williams Arenes Jane Poe Earth Jesus of Nazareth Swan Mary Aaoer

The Cop on the Pedestal and a Two Dollar Bribe

A policeman stands high and aloof while a streetwise man flatters the force and praises courage. The man tests the officer with a request for two dollars, revealing the officer's wavering nerve and humbling moment on the beat.

Beaconsfield at the Berlin Congress and a World of Speculation

A column surveys Lord Beaconsfield as the central figure at a European Congress in Berlin. It notes British wonder at his charm and political daring, and compares his self sufficiency to earlier statesmen while questioning the true aims of England in Turkey and Russia.

Lord Beaconsfield England Randson Spain Alberoni Ripperda Cagliostros Lord Palmerston John Bull Beaconsfield Charles Martin Disraeli Vivian Grey Lord Msfield Kaiserhof America Park Lane Pitt Canning Gladstone Russia Turkey

Education, Not Farming Erosion Of Youth Potential

A rural essay argues for year round schooling stressing that children belong in class during ten months and that sporadic attendance harms future prospects. It contrasts two boys, one steadily educated and advancing, the other missing days and losing progress. The piece blames neither teachers nor the youths, but calls for broader access to schooling.

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Eccentric hermit of Norwich foretells global flood by 1882

New London area recluse Lyman Grinnel lives in a planked ironbound dwelling and proclaims a coming catastrophe. He builds a hot water flood theory, claims a moon cycle omen, and stockpiles cat meat and an improvised ice machine. He presents a water world map and a self made air generator as his plan to endure the deluge.

Norwich New London Northern Railroad Lyman Grinnel Mercury Tropics Arctic Polar Circle South Seas Tahiti Mauna Loa Peru Chile Pernambuco Cape Florida Gibraltar Great Britain Ireland Australia Great Lakes Sony New London

Controlling the Temperature Across the Globe

New York Graphic discusses humanity’s progress in controlling heat and cold with electricity and steam. It muses on how climate differences between continents arise from geography and contemplates whether altering ice and land distribution could soften summers and winters, noting such a solution may be miraculous and currently unknowable.

New York Graphic Cno American Europe Asia North America America Arctic Circle

Reade and Mathews Exchange Angry Theatre Letters

The Baltimore American recalls Charles Reade’s temper and a famous stage door wigging by Charles Mathews at Drury Lane. Reade’s letter complains of an affront and requests protection for the author of Gold, followed by Mathews’s biting reply denying knowledge of the dispute and asserting ignorance of any theater interference.

Charles Reade Charles Mathews Baltimore American Arles James Mathews Mathews Drury Lane Theater Reade Garnicx Civs Covent Garpin Drury Lane Lyceum T. R

Fire-Fighting Snake in Brazilian Tales

A Brazilian tale describes the suracuon or fire-fighting snake that supposedly dashes into fires and scatters embers with its tail, continuing until flames are out. It can force away torches by ants and extinguish fires, while a small terrier once shown fire-aversion by barking at paper on the floor. Blue Jeans Williams yields to a shift into linen pants and a duster.

St. Louis Globe- Democrat Napoleon the Great Allege Waterloo Courier-Ji Keokuk David Davis Europe Chicago Journal Puck Poe Phurff Nobel Bismarck Phurlie New York Courier-Journal Ben Butler Buffalo Express Louis Detroit Free Press Gussie Lizzie London Baltimore Albany Journal Sypher Mr. Sherman Signalure New Haven Register New Hampshire Danielsonville Bennett Chapel Hill N. C Paris Jones

Clermont Courier Advertisement Rates

Legal and transient advertisements priced at 1.00 per line for ten lines in first insertion and 0.50 for each further insertion. Yearly liberal reductions offered. Business cards limited to six lines at 6.00 per year.

Midsummer Holiday Verse Fragment Scribner 19th Century

Fragmentary verse from Scribner’s Midsummer Holiday features archaic phrasing about life death and a fleeting moment of grace. The speaker contemplates punishment and forgiveness as an otherworldly light shines, bidding patience while the hour remains distant.

Fragmentary humor and quotes from late 19th century papers

A collage of stray remarks and quips from various newspapers. Gossip on heat driving book agents from St Louis, jokes about Napoleon and Waterloo, a riddle about acorns and lard, and caricatures of public figures. Light, disjointed items reflect a humor column miscellany.

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Rothers Lucy Larcom Winnepesaukee Merrimac Achilles Devery Street Boston Commercial Bulletin Leander Hamburg Loring Berlin Harper’s Magazine Major Nepeau Madras Pennsylvania Railroad Company Dovelass E. Jerrold, JR Greenville Miss Trieste Trent Prince Bismarck William I. M. Saumon Auxerre Rumford Thomas Ecu Hurn Royal Irish Constabulary Dublin James I Duke of Portland Democritus Nicetas Pythagoras India Ptolemy Malabar Solomon Henry Oakley Hart County JT Oakley New York Mercury Charles Reade, Esq Williams The Clermont Courier E. M. Booth Sean Tran
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