27 Aug 1879
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1879
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR notes show The Glermont Courier publication cadence and incomplete terms and pricing. The readable lines indicate weekly Wednesday issues, with possible missing data on wear, advance, and rates.
A poem narrates a twilight farewell under birch trees and a night of crying. The speaker recalls a tale of choosing independence over a friend or lover while stars and a crescent moon glow above.
A dramatic verse fragment asks if midnight sea and black world surround a reader facing a raging storm. The text features intense imagery of waves, winds, rain, and lightning with a hopeful line that the storm will pass.
In a winter tale from Penistone three boys discuss a village burglary then hear a noise at the hall window. Pat the doctor’s servant is caught with a bottle. Fred and Al confront a masked intruder, who turns out to be Pat. The doctor holds court and finds the boys not guilty. Fred ends his boast of bravery.
The Clermont Courier lists legal and transient advertisements at 0.00 per square for ten lines first insertion and 0.50 for each additional insertion. Annual liberal reductions apply to regular advertising. Business cards up to six lines cost 86.00 per year.
John Watts, a famed gambler once active on the Mississippi, used manipulation to target wealthy card players aboard boats. The piece also shares a moral health column advising sleep, cleanliness, fresh air, diet, and moderate exercise, ending with a chortling chimney sweep tale and bishop’s payment.
From Terre Haute and Pekin papers comes report of Charles Gibbs and brothers Ed Gibbs and George Rouse. Charles rescued Ed and George but drowned after exhaustion. Separately a Hollis shaft blast near miss saved by Thomas Crandall who tore a fuse and prevented an explosion. Harland injured.
In Austin, Col. Bob Taylor staged a playful mock using an artificial spider to entertain the House of Representatives. Col. Ashbel Smith got involved, but Col. Taylor dodged a punch and faced a shoe strike, provoking a flood of laughter as the members watched the spoof unfold. The incident was captioned as illustrating paying as you go.
The London Times says the public credit of the United States is about the same as France. Both nations can borrow in the open market at just under 4 percent. Miss Owens of Wilcox county Georgia sheared thirty or in thirty nine minutes by the watch recently.
Dr Jones of the New York Board of Health warns sunstroke stems from heat and muggy weather. He cautions on fatigue, poor ventilation, and sun exposure between 11 am and 4 pm. Advice includes light clothing, cooling sleeping rooms, hats with wet cloths, hydration, shade, and seeking prompt medical care if symptoms occur.
German ads sell paper collars under famous English and American names. The practice is common as trademarks though the Goehe hat or Lessigg tie are not heard in the United States. Editors note that American and English history are better known in Germany than German history is in America.
The article traces bridal customs from Anglo Saxon veils to marriage rings of heathen origin. It cites orange blossoms from the East as fecundity symbols and notes widow customs. It references royal weddings at church doors and Chaucer’s Wife of Bath, and corrects public proclamations to “Oyez Hear ye.”
The article describes regional superstitions used to locate future partners. In Lancashire a pippin squeeze ritual points toward the lover, with a rhyme naming locations like Pilling Brig or Cockermouth. Shropshire uses a lamb blade-bone ceremony at midnight, Derbyshire a church circling chant to lure the intended husband.
A Natchez Massachusetts boy asks his uncle if delaying a court case could help him avoid punishment. The uncle’s humorous advice leads to the boy claiming he could get off with a continuance. Also noted are a Lewiston donut tournament and a beleaguered eater who collapsed after 67 turnovers in a 100-turnover attempt at John Hibbert’s restaurant.
Ex-Gov Dennison outlines views on Tilden Grant Sherman Blaine and the Fourteenth Amendment in a detailed interview. He predicts Republican success, discusses Southern aims to repeal civil rights protections, and describes political violence and wartime memory shaping the 1880 race.
A letter from Mrs. Chisolm to Hon. R. G. Corwin discusses violence in the South. She argues mobs include former landowners, educated reformers, lawyers, and the poor, all united against Republican authority. The piece reflects on the mingling of age, youth, and crime in mob actions surrounding political events.
A government survey party of sixteen, led by Minis Medary, fails to find water while crossing sterile plains east of Trinidad Colorado. Winchester and Johnson, both Baltimoreans, perish after days of thirst. a note is found in a rock crevice dated the 7th. Canteen and bodies are later recovered. two months hence a Baltimore fortune is noted.
James Mars a 89 year old resident of Norfolk visited Winsted and met Elizur D. Munger of Dundee Michigan. Mars believes he is the last living person born into slavery in Connecticut, noting slavery ended when he was about ten. The Hartford Courant records this recollection.
Josu Billines is reported to suffer ill health this summer. The article notes the condition and references the season as the timeframe for the concern.
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