Clermont Courier Publication Details
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25 Aug 1880
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1880
Page
1
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A poetry page excerpt dedicated to Oliver Wendell Holmes. It laments aging yet celebrates enduring genius and affection through vivid imagery of embers and immortality. The speaker vows a temple built from memories and a lasting flame that outlives mortal years.
In a shared railcar memory, Jim Jackson shapes a life with a loyal partner and a promised letter. A screech owl’s tardy reminder spurs him to write, while years of silence test trust, memory, and a distance bridged by devotion and letters delayed by the Dead Letter Office.
In a candid chat the writer recalls a tumultuous romance. Separated by social pressure and poverty, they debate marriage versus winding up with strangers as hardships bite. The woman waits, as months pass, while rumors and honesty mingle in village talk.
The piece urges truthfulness in all words and warns against stretching facts or using high colored language. It emphasizes earning trust by accurate, unembellished expression and advises against deceit even for a foolish joke, urging sincerity with friends.
The piece praises Mr. John Cross as a loyal, reliable friend to the Leweses and a potential guardian for Mrs. Lewes, noting his deep admiration and steady support. It contrasts his practicality with Mr. Lewes and hints at Mrs. Lewes welcoming such devotion. An aside about mosquitoes closes the excerpt.
The speech in New York recalls Alexander Hamilton and Washington, praising the Union and veterans. It extols equal rights for black citizens, the enduring truth of liberty, and the republic’s guard over its past while linking to ongoing politics and Southern Democratic strategies.
Three men at a political gathering debate voting Garfield while Democrats for years, fearing change, head toward prosperity under Republican rule. The piece argues for continuity, praising current governance and predicting Democratic policy would disrupt national success. It asserts no reason to change while economy and trade flourish.
The Detroit Tribune argues Gen Hancock’s call for a full vote free ballot and fair count masks Democratic gains through tissue ballots and intimidation in the South. It cites Alabama Arkansas Mississippi South Carolina and North Carolina voting patterns, contrasting Republican restraint with Democratic manipulation under 1876 1878 conditions.
Gen Garfield speaks at Chautauqua praising labor’s role in creating leisure and urging use of leisure for culture and national belonging. He credits the audience with shaping his view of liberty, equality before law, and the republic’s promise, ending with gratitude and farewell.
Congressman De La Matyr, a Greenback representative from Indiana's Indianapolis district, testifies in a South tour excerpt. The Tribune reports his remarks during a protracted stopover and outlines his political stance and reception.
The excerpt argues the Republican party has proven capable of governing with efficient civil service and broad benefits, while labeling the Democratic party as unfit for power and unable to administer the government, urging continuity over change.
The quoted passage compares the Democratic party to ruined guideboards and burned hotels, saying the signs of entertainment for man and beast persist while deeds fail. It recalls Paris Bastille symbolism and a fallen mill sign as evidence of Democratic decay in the United States.
The text contrasts Democratic and Republican governance from 1860 to 1880, noting bond prices, market exhaustion, and a large loan. It lists population growth, export increases across bread, manufactured goods, and agriculture, plus railway mileage, and cites trade balance shifts and political rhetoric surrounding Hancock. The author implies systemic party impacts before boarding a train.
The Clermont Gouvier ad column announces a liberal yearly reduction on advertising. Business cards may be inserted up to six lines for 64.00 per year.
A chaotic Ohio report details incidents from Batesville to Oak Harbor. A train fatality, a factory elevator disaster, and multiple wrecks injure and kill people, with storms unroofing homes and property damage across Mahoning and surrounding townships.
A Yonker Statesman snippet states a visitor to Niagara will likely leave with the impression that its drainage is thorough, inferred from the observations of local hackmen.
An Italian professor reports vegetable perfumes raise ozone in air, with cherry laurel clover lavender mint juniper lemon fennel and bergamot producing the most. Smaller amounts from anise nutmeg thyme. Other notes describe a New Mexico ride, a mule taming proverb, a Texas church chase, and a dramatic line about a prima donna bearer named Jenny.
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