09 Feb 1876
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1876
Page
1
A California inventor introduces a clockwork driven sewing machine with springs and a lever to control needle speed, claiming about an hour and a quarter of runtime per winding.
The article describes Chinese pearl making at Ning Po using irritants to produce artificial pearls of good value. It reports the discovery of Swede Peter Nelson murdered near Gilchrist & Co. coal mines in Illinois, allegedly by his wife who is jailed at Reck Island after a testimony of infidelity and ax blows. It mentions a Chicago firm winning a Hudson River bridge contract at Poughkeepsie with five spans and a price between four and five million dollars.
Since January 1, 1870 New York reports 281 homicides with most murders. Only seven executed and twenty four sentenced to life. One fourth escaped trial. 51 homicides in 1875 see a third at large. Scannel acquitted for insanity and released, now at liberty.
A newspaper is described as a window and an enfolding encyclopedia that keeps a sensible man in sympathy with current history. It records world events and is a never finished, unbound book.
A composite tale moves from a Bible scene of Jesus and Peter to Captain Graves of the whaleship Junior and his perilous Arctic voyage. Mutinous crew, island warriors, and a seventeen year old Esquimaux girl intervene as Graves fights fire, captivity, and a daring escape before returning home.
Saip Bloggs states he can offer only five lending tens while applying for a ten dollar loan. The note mentions all tens are currently out, signaling a cash shortage.
The piece extols the army as a trusted national backbone and warns against reducing the military establishment. It argues for relying on trained officers, the citizen-soldier, and the need to preserve knowledge of war to protect frontier citizens and Southern rights, citing General Sherman and Washington.
Miss Couzins, a leading female lawyer of the West, notes only minor opponents remain and declares the foremost attorneys have wished her well as she advances in her career.
The piece argues refused amnesty for Jefferson Davis citing moral responsibility for Andersonville and other prison camps. It cites Gen Wirtz and Confederate leaders, stressing brutal treatment of Federal prisoners and the need to hold leaders accountable.
A London firm, renowned for catering on railway lines across England, plans to operate a genuine London bar at the Centennial. The venue will feature a bevy of pretty blonde bar maids in attendance.
General Gordon Granger a New York native and West Point graduate who died recently in Santa Fe from apoplexy. He served from the Mexican War through the Civil War era earning brevet promotions from captain to major general and held commands in the Western states and districts of Texas and Kentucky.
GW P Curtis recounts a surprising grooming method for Washington’s white horses. The night before riding, the horses were smeared with a paste led by whiting, wrapped in body clothes, and placed on clean straw. In the morning the paste hardened, was rubbed in, and the coats gained a glossy satin finish, with hoofs blackened and mouth cleaned before mounting.
At Philadelphia an exhibit features two unusual Michigan products a hickory section with two roots joining above the trunk and a water beech section where a branch grows several feet before rejoining the main trunk, creating striking natural twins among displays.
Professor F W Putnam reports on blind crayfish from Mammoth Cave. He kept specimens for months, noted feeding behavior, rapid jumps toward food, and gradual regrowth of lost limbs across molts, showing partial regeneration improving after successive molts.
A report describes converting wood fiber into a bread like loaf by extracting soluble matter, removing resins, and grinding the remaining fiber into flour. When mixed with water and yeast and baked, the result crusts well and tastes better than bran bread.
Legal and transient ads priced at 1.00 per square for first insertion plus .50 for each additional insertion. Ten lines equals one square. Yearly reductions offered. Business cards up to six lines priced at 6.00 per year.
The verses warn that earthly glories fade including roses wreaths brides and jewels. It urges turning affections to eternal things above where enduring love awaits. The piece contrasts decay of empire and art with spiritual promise and immortal peace.
A lively miscellany notes Edgar Fawcett's upcoming novel Pencil and Scissors Asses Ears and jokes on debt Paris morals a Texas shooting death and a centennial fraud protection Pope Cardinal opinions and bequests from Boston London to Missouri plus quirky local color about a Swedish School House construction and Des Moines city history project.
The article explains protective resemblance, where animals mimic inanimate objects to avoid predators. Examples include Sumatra’s leaf butterfly resembling a leaf, New Zealand’s walking stick resembling a twig, and a South American heron that perches perpendicularly to resemble reeds.
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