08 Dec 1880
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1880
Page
1
A fragmentary note speaks of luck tied to a horseshoe and herd. It mentions cattle going astray and a belief in placing a horseshoe for good fortune, reflecting rustic folk wisdom and practices in an old local context.
A man loses a fortune at a casino only to be saved by a child’s gift. He contemplates suicide before a coin seals a threefold win and he must seek repayment to a mysterious beauty who inspires his art. The tale follows his awakening in love and fame.
Harold Clayton, a young painter, falls for Margaret Reyburn, whose illness awakens his love. He paints her portrait with a statue like ideal, while a past gambler’s tale and a hidden sitting reveal shared secrets and a pledge never to gamble again, sealing a fragile romance.
Harold proclaims loyalty to Pearl and Little Pearl as he saves the child. Mrs Somers bursts in and withdraws, and Harold, moved, thanks God for awakening the life with a kiss. The scene centers on devotion, rescue, and rekindled affection in a tense moment.
The Bystander comments on Professor Barker’s address The Problem of Life arguing that rapid organic synthesis may eventually produce life from inorganic matter He warns that even if protoplasmic life is created one day it would not define the essence of life or destiny He notes evolution is an observed progression and science cannot yet name its ultimate cause.
The text reviews brick strength, noting soft bricks crush around 450 to 600 psi and best materials reach various high loads. It cites experiments with small cubes, piers, and towers, showing cracking often begins at about one eighth to one tenth of crushing load, and warns strength diminishes as height to thickness grows.
A Janesville Recorder item recalls hunters taking lunch with them on a wild goose outing. Their limburger cheese aroused a child who cried that the cheese should be ashamed of itself, prompting a lighthearted family moment.
In historic minutes of Sovurn Carnonma Baptist Church a woman was expelled for “doing too much talking in the neighborhood” a practice not seen in recent years, leading to the belief that such talkative women are extinct.
In Bean's Corners Franklin County Maine Mary L Weaver and Edward Tuttle spark a neighborhood feud over a budding romance. Mr Weaver punishes Tuttle by locking Mary in her room dressing as her to confront him and the burying ground and tombstone incidents fuel lawsuits by all parties in a comic public opinion clash.
A Detroit Free Press editorial argues for using daily newspapers in public schools to teach reading. It lauds a monthly current-events leaflet but says daily news would better engage students, expanding their knowledge of world events and improving reading expression with papers like the Free Press and New York Evening Post.
A Rome based lady artist recalls meeting a traveler from Missouri who asked if she stood before the Apollo Belvidere. The visitor declared Raggle’s identity, then insisted on Raggle’s. The tale shifts to a Chicago Tribune quip about fashioning new seasons and a Norris town Herald remark on Bernhardt as a theatrical comet versus a fixed star.
A Cornhill Magazine excerpt argues that excessive study harms the body more than the mind. It warns sedentary scholars risk indigestion, sleeplessness, and diminished vitality, citing Aristotle Anacreon Newton and dietary cautions while urging balanced habits and moderation.
A boy recalls life among enslaved Black Missourians told by a local reverend. Daniel, a colored man, forces the boy to chew tobacco and spit like a man, then the tobacco overwhelms him and he never chews again. The memory closes with warmth around the cabin fire and ghost stories.
A Toronto Globe Manitoba letter criticizes Winnipeg Indians as sober when calm but degraded by alcohol. It blames liquor sellers and calls for investigation into repeated street disturbances, noting the city jail overflows and racial stereotypes while praising sobriety and condemning debauched behavior.
A collection of etymologies and historical notes traces the origin of terms such as poet laureate and Sick Man of Europe, describes Bedlam's lineage, thimble derivation, and Lincoln era proclamations, then explains the Dalles river formations including the St Louis, St Croix, and Columbia rapids with geological notes.
A Saint Paul Pioneer Press excerpt discusses whether great orators and leaders wore beards or shaved. It cites Mira Beau, Danton, Vergniaud, Thiers and others as shaved, notes military mustaches in Napoleon era, and contrasts with poets Dante Petrarch and Swift who shaved, while many eighteenth century savants also kept clean faces. It ends by stating in the present generation nine-tenths of men wear beards.
Archibald Forbes recounts his entry into journalism from barracks life as a Royal Dragoon. He describes early reporting during the Franco German War, his Paris withdrawal joke, stints with the Times Telegraph and World, and personal losses and later success with Edmund Yates.
A Vermont correspondent credits eight months without meat for curing dyspepsia and long illness. Diet of vegetables cereals with fish eggs keeps her healthy. An Iowa farmer complains about insects destroying four hundred bushels of potatoes per acre, noting the challenge of pests.
A dignified citizen on Jefferson Avenue sought help after a sash fell and trapped him. A streetwise boy, lounging in the alley, mocked the man and hurled lemons and oranges, almost striking him, before the back door clanged and the boy fled. The tale ends with the boy avoiding arrest and the man recovering.
The A-Lime-Kiln Club ponders whether a Ree with a police whistle offers more security than a man who can jump fences. The old man argues the jumper risks better or worse outcomes, while a whistle allows restraint until officers arrive, possibly leaving the jumper with insufficient cause for legal action. The Rev Penstock and others weigh linguistic slips and practical justice in a humorous Detroit Free Press excerpt.
The New York Tribune lists minister and actor salaries to provoke debate on overpayment. Beecher at 20000, Edwin Booth at 100000 yearly, Dr Hall and Dr Dix at 15000, Sothern over 150000 as Lord Dundr, Owens 90000, Davenport 1000 weekly, and others like Storrs 10000 and Tiffany 10000 are noted along with Boucicault 3000 weekly and Chapin 10000.
The passage critiques farewell dining in Central America for ill travelers. It notes the practice of grand dinners before sending a sick guest to sea, with hopeful yet hollow wishes of restoration and return to duties, while acknowledging many do not survive the digestion of such dinners.
A man who ingested ipecac instead of quinine reported feeling nauseated afterward. The incident highlights confusion in medication handling and the resulting distress.
The Clermont Gourier lists advertising rates: legal and transient ads at 1.60 per square (ten lines) for first insertion, 0.50 for each additional insertion. Yearly reductions apply. Business cards over six lines cost 64.00 per year.
A chaotic Ohio page reports suicides and assaults across Jefferson and Summit counties. Notes include arsenic poisoning, fatal throat cuts, a mareof sheep killed, New Philadelphia murder trial result not guilty, a man fatally injuring a woman in Sidney, and a lake shore accident. Court actions involve Manchesters and Bellegro, with multiple homicides and a pair of weddings ultimately in doubt.
Postmaster Adkinson of Virginia City Nevada and cre Daggett ride in a crowded stage a humorous scene unfolds with a mother and child. The child tires and a beneath seat valise is found to provide foot support causing a misunderstanding as the mother mistakes the postmaster for a pack. The anecdote highlights the postmasters oversized feet and the comical misperception aboard.
A Louisville Courier Journal note reports leprosy existing in Lafourche Island Louisiana with physicians warning the disease is gaining ground. An official attempt was resisted with weapons by locals and supporters who believed the island lay in the ocean.
The traveler Miss Brn remarks on a beautiful day and asks her Japanese factotum whether saying a beautiful day is better English than the common foreigner phrase a devilish fine day, noting language nuance in travel.
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