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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1899
Page
4
A short notice reports an Illinois editor died of starvation following a forty day fast, noting the editor joked about editors dying this way. The piece then digresses into political commentary on Roberts, Boers, and editorials, with various local and national opinions and a note about the upcoming political and religious discourse.
Readers urged to seek the post of elector but must resign all offices including notary or bank roles. The piece lists Ohio and Sixth District electors from early history, notes party debates on patriotism, cites Democratic criticisms and a humorous anecdote, and ends with local social notes and church activity.
Missouris Congressmen clash over remarks about a dead President and DeArmond accusing McKinley of winning by bought votes. Bryan opposes the House currency bill, praising it as medicine for the nation. Rev Dr Swallow notes McKinley drinks wine at dinner, likely offending Kentucky readers.
Godfrey Henke offers a fresh cow and calf for sale at Olive Braves. Contact details not provided.
Report describes emery quarrying on Naxos in the eastern Mediterranean. Workers, all married, mine lenticular blocks from limestone layers near Paros marble. Blocks are heated to crack, pried apart, and shipped in coal-like masses. Estimated 20,000,000 tons remain. last year exports 38,950 tons.
A Berlin Maryland Herald letter quotes a bird fancier who condemns hanging canaries in window drafts. He notes summer street activity and winter drafts endanger delicate birds, urging readers to stop placing birds near open windows.
This old tip explains pouring water over a teaspoon of chlorinated lime to cover the stain. Moisten linen and rub lightly with the mixture. If the stain is not old it may vanish after one or more applications, with drying between attempts to avoid damaging the paper texture.
A shortsighted Eton master loses his hat when a black hen darts from a gateway. He pursues it through the street as the school looks on in amusement. The scene leaves Eton electrified by the sight of a hatless, breathless reverend chasing a hen.
Local residents and visitors from Pittsburg to Cincinnati are listed at weddings, anniversaries, cake walks, and holiday events. Notables include Mrs. Lettie Anne Altman’s funeral transfer, Mr. and Mrs. Chatterton’s anniversary, and multiple relatives visiting in Springfield Danville and Connersville. Beck's Pharmacy endorses One Minute Cough Cure for coughs colds and throat troubles.
The wedding of Miss Clara Peacock to Joseph Day highlighted Christmas events. A merchant bought three tons of candy for holiday trade. I. E. Dillon, longtime railway postal clerk, died after collapse. Dr. William Scott plans a modern building. The B and O railroad installs a water pumping engine. The Waldo Hotel, run by James Hill, is complete with a Masonic opening supper. Several residents visit relatives. a loyalty club party is canceled after a member’s brother’s death. Lectures continue with Fred E. Brooks. Rev. W S Acomb departs for Biuffion, a farewell follows. Absent minded elders are noted, including a government official who forgot his horse and boggy, and another who left a lantern burning in a store.
An advertisement touts Caldwells Syrup Pepsin as a cure for colic and diarrhoea restoring natural stomach and bowel action. It claims superiority to mere symptomatic remedies and lists endorsers John Boon Batavia and Jas. R. Hicke Amelia.
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