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18 Dec 1878
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The Clermont Courier in Batavia, Ohio
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1878
Page
1
Morning Press Reflections and City Life Observations
A reflective piece on newspapers and daily life contrasts morning and night editions. It mentions journals, ledgers, editors, and readers, noting how prints shape town routines, the role of reporters and couriers, and the mood of a community returning to daily tasks after night work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ieee
Tribune
Rome
Journal News
Jack's Christmas Hope Lifts a Struggling Family
Ten year old Jack, his mother overworked, quietly funds a Christmas for his sisters by trapping quails. The gift money prompts a compassionate turn from neighbor Mr. Boyd, who purchases stockings and toys for the children. The Boyd family learns enduring joy from a single season's generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janey
Mary
Jack
Mr. Boyd
Rigby Houses
Mrs. Boyd
Boyd
Edison’s New Electric Light Subdivision Plans Revealed
In an interview, Edison explains an automatic engine driven lamp system with an eighty horse power source. He claims to subdivide light without waste, expanding from fifteen to twenty candle power per lamp and achieving cost efficiency around two dollars per year per lamp versus fifteen for gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison
Hes
Baginnin
Color Change Of The Garter Ribbon In Hanover Era
The color of the blue Garter ribbon shifted from pale blue to dark blue after the Hanover accession to distinguish true from spurious knights. Lord Poulett, gartered by Queen Anne, kept a pale blue ribbon, provoking George I as he refused to change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of the Garter
House of Hanover
England
iBarefex
Lord Poulett
George I
Reading good papers and books sustains youth and old age
Pleasant relaxations vary by time and place but reading quality papers and books provides mental nourishment for youth and enduring joy in later life.
Summum Bonum Blowhard and the Patent Anti-Church Device
A Newark Advertiser column venting frustration with church desecration and bad behavior. The writer imagines absurd patent devices to eject disruptive youths, steal from collectors, and humiliate offenders, including a neck-grip alarm, a sewer slide for tobacco spittle, a pulpit balloon escape, and other comic punishments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark Advertiser
Edison
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Miraculous Well Rescue on Ferbush Farm
Last Saturday on the Ferbush brothers farm near the northeast Savannah roads a worker named Val Heenan was lowered into a 45 foot well when the shaft caved in. After six hours of digging Heenan was found buried but alive and revived with only severe leg bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferbush Brothers
Savannah
Val Heenan
Heenan
Land of the Living
Lager exports push US trade into German market
The text notes America began last week to export lager to Germany, continuing a trend of expanding U S exports. It mentions England already receiving roast beef and ready-made plum pudding, highlighting a growing American role in international trade beyond traditional expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
America
Germany
England
Why Barus Got His Name A Kicked-Back Look at Trotter Etymology
An excerpt from Spirit of the Times explains how trotting horses received their names. It cites Barus from a joking Latin label, Goldsmith Maid from her dam, and Smuggler for a gait, with other tales including Occident and Flora Temple. It notes Sooner and Wolford Z as naming stories tied to fame and speed, including a 2.21 mile by the latter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barus
Rarus
Conkling
Goldsmith
Alden Goldsmith
Flora Temple
Madame Temple
Lucille
Fleety Golddust
Chicago Times
Times
Jacob Wolford
Wolford
From Intelligent Action to Mechanical Instinct
The text argues instincts originate as intelligent actions that become automatic through repeated use. Experiments by Dr. Allen Thomson with chicks on carpet show a learned scraping response when gravel is added, illustrating how behavior can shift from conscious choice to instinctive habit across generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Thomson
Thomson
Music cultivation and singing in Britain
Von Bulow argues music thrives only where sun and grapes prosper while Sir George Bowyer asserts that at most two percent of Britons can learn to sing. The remarks contrast climate influenced arts with limited vocal teachability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Bulow
Sir George Bowyer
Great Britain
Entertaining Fragments From A Varied Era
A potpourri of anecdotes and sketches includes Moorish women nose rings, Shere Ali’s unreadability aided by clerks, a Chicago burglar fearing newspapers, ex Confederate Hoop’s New Orleans plans, Joaquin Miller on Tennyson, Spurgeon health fears, and a jerky travelogue through battles, duels, and odd legal curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shere Ali
Chicago
Nee
Hoop
Texas
New Orleans
Joaquin Miller
Tennyson
Spurgeon
C. Spurgeon
Australia
China
United States
Count Rantzan
Bismarck
Germany
Hartford
Durig
Roumania
Turkey
Odessa
Bulgaria
Newfoundland
Worcester
Josson Buckey
Pawtucket
R. I
Central Falls
Harley G. Brown
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore
Brown
Frest
Oregon
Blackstone
Speedy British trains and a bold garden thief
The London Week notes fast British rail travel with several trains averaging near fifty to fifty three miles per hour from Euston to Rugby Dover and London-Gantham Swindon. It also recounts a Shincliffe village incident where a timid gardener farmer fainted after a constable surprised him in his own garden while he stole vegetables on a Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North-western Railroad
Euston
Rugby
South-eastern Mail
Dover
Great Northern
Gantham
London
Great Western
Swindon
New Castle Chronicle
Shincliffe
Fascination with the fifth nerve in Brunton’s analysis
In the Contemporary Review, Dr. Brunton details the fifth pair of nerves supplying the head and mucous membranes and links their stimulation to mental alertness and heart activity. He notes alcohol’s progressive effects on the nervous system, first stimulating thought and circulation, then impairing judgment and coordination, with dramatic declines in later stages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunton
Ainting
Lord Derby
Keridan
A Mutual Complaint Over a Cruel Neighbour
Two women argue on a streetcar about a woman’s character. One accuses her of being heartless while the other defends her, claiming she saved a rat by sheltering it to prevent suffering. The exchange reveals rumor and moral judgments in a domestic social quarrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Advertising rates for Clermont Courier noted
The Clermont Courier lists advertising costs: legal and transient ads at $1.00 for the first insertion covering ten lines, $0.50 for each additional insertion. Annual liberal reductions apply. Business cards up to six lines cost $8.00 per year.
Tiny Christmas Stocking for a Newborn Baby
A child’s stocking scene unfolds with a baby’s first Christmas. The speaker urges Santa to fill the tiny stocking, noting the newborn’s blue eyes and dimpled charm, and imagines a letter attached to the toe asking Santa to bring gifts for the smallest family member.
Asemic Snippets and Satirical Jests From Evening Pages
Fragments parade a collage of quips on travel, science, and daily life. Jests on Afghanistan, dentists chairs with concealed springs, home life humor, and a mock sermon close the column as light satire across diverse topics.
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