26 Dec 1877
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1877
Page
1
A widow recalls saving for her two sons Jack and Ben, funding their college educations and their service to country. She narrates loss as both sons die and she and the father fade, finding comfort only in memories and the distant echo of happy days.
In a village romance, Daisy Lee loves Lawrence Deane while Isabel Marsh secretly inspires his passion. Daisy discovers the betrayal, contemplates suicide, but breaks the engagement and allows Lawrence to marry Isabel. Daisy endures loneliness, choosing a hard path that she believes leads to heavenly reward.
A New York Sun report describes a public display at the New York Aquarium featuring a dozen young mice sought to feed eight snakes including four large anacondas. The piece covers the snakes shedding skin, feeding habits, and a blast of local rumor about Bergh and Barnum. It also includes a side note from Cincinnati about a domestic quarrel over a barber shop perfumery incident.
A Springfield Massachusetts family heard a door bell ring oddly and found a man with the bell-pull in his mouth ringing to be let in from the cold. He initially appeared to be an unruly boy but was identified as the intruder.
Reports say Amelia, Brigham Young's wife, has returned to Peoria Illinois and plans to stay there. The text claims she was not a Mormon and that their marriage was a contract for a furnished home carriage horses and wide liberty to furnish the home.
A New York Dispatch item notes a chicken hatchery on the Palisades where steam hatches the chicks and a passing man with a stove prompts a fond quip from a chorus of the title orphans, joking about a vague old woman.
A collage of short items, jokes, and snippets from a late 19th century page. The column mixes light aphorisms, literary asides, notes on theater and gadgets, a few travel quips, and brief society items. It references names, places, and odd facts in a terse, miscellany style.
In this city page editorial the writer questions why many families become estranged and why parents plead with courts over incorrigible children. It argues civilization and education should strengthen bonds, yet many homes remain shadowed by grief as youths drift.
An explorer named Algernon B. Grant recounts a decades long trek to the Walker River mountains where he and a native guide discovered a cave rich with gold and silver. The cavern measures about a mile long with alabaster pillars and walls encrusted in ingots, glowing with a mysterious light. Grant plans to move to Louisville with hundreds of pounds of treasure to reconnect with old friends.
Mr. Vanderbilt praised Small Hopes for pulling the load on Fleetwood in 2 23 and predicted a 2 20 time with a quicker mate. He has purchased Little Fred for 10 000, a trotter with a 2 20 Buffalo record, seen by western turf men as the ideal partner to beat the pole time.
The Clermont Courier lists legal and transient advertisements at 1.00 per square for the first insertion and 0.50 for each additional insertion. Annual reductions apply. Business cards up to six lines cost 6.00 per year.
Poetic exhortation urges choosing kindness and silence about others faults. It promotes a higher mood and earnest search for good. The speaker asks to speak only the best of people, as life is brief and words carry weight.
The United States Treasurer states the old copper cent is not legal tender for any amount. Postmasters are not required to receive it for postal dues. Copper cents were discontinued in 1857 and may be redeemed at face value only in sums of twenty dollars or more.
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