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Newspaper

The Clermont Courier

Location

Batavia, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 12, 1879

Page

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Be John R Woodlief Or And Proprietor Merchandise Terms

Be John R Woodlief the proprietor lists terms of sale with wear in advance and payment within a year at a price of two dollars.

John R.woodlief

Regret and Readings of a Marriage Notice

A narrator reflects on love and loss as she rereads a marriage notice. She recalls a past romance with Simee, contrasts it with current happiness of another, and admits lingering sadness at the faded memory as she contemplates the revealed union.

Nobody's Story and the Legion of the Unnamed

A poor laborer, unnamed and poor, lives beside a great river and endures a pestilence among workers. The Bigwig family, loud and controlling, fails to aid him or his children through education and dignity. He learns that neglect and unequal power cause suffering. the tale ends with Nobody becoming Legion, forgotten in the mass.

Bigwig Poerere Heaven Alluman Pera Legion Waterloo

Tramp Seeks Work At Danbury Home

A tramp at a Danbury back door offered to do any weeding, earnestly declaring he was the man for the job. He received a snow shovel from the resident, reported by the Danbury News on Thursday.

Danbury Danbury News

Ohio Legislature Records Busy Week of February Bills

The February session notes daily actions from February 3 to 8. House activity includes temperance petitions, tax and road funding bills, constitutional amendment proposals, and local option measures. Senate action covers anatomy study debates, criminal bailiff bill progress, and land sale conveyance reforms. Several amendments and votes shape governance and public works.

Neal Norton Keaton Township Seneca County Sextro Senate House Bohr Foster Dempsey Includin Grover Board of Public Works Lord Steedman Howland Wright J. Wales Virginia Armstrong Hamilton County Bard of Public Works Virginia Military Lands Mansfield United States State of Ohio Achauer Hendrick Green

World trade notes and production trends of 1878

A survey of global commerce and agriculture reports California wine at 60 million dollars, Cuba sugar output at 700 thousand tons, apples to England at record levels, Minneapolis mills exporting flour to Europe, and Otumwa porkPacking to Liverpool. It notes Florida orange crop value rising, 186 whaleships totaling 40,608 tons, and New Bedford owning 132. California wool deficit in 1878, Brazilian coffee exports refined to the United States, and oilfield pipe line plans in Peru. It also cites coal, oil, iron exports, Detroit lumber and building stocks, oleomargarine company failures, and global wool clips for 1877 and 1878 with Australia and River Plate figures.

California Cuba England Minneapolis London Liverpool Glasgow Ottumwa Iowa Florida New Bedford Mass Brazil United States Europe West of Scotland City of Glasgow Wamsutta Mills Henry Meiggs Peru South America The Coal Trade Journal Oil City Philadelphia New York Detroit L. S. Arnold Australia Buenos Ayres River Platte

Grandfather’s Influence Shifts Court Resolve In Tale

Detroit Free Press recounts Edward Henderson who, while being arrested, tries to borrow a quarter to bury his dead father and then claims his dying grandfather Bozer asked the judge to send him to prison for thirty days. The judge humorously upholds the leniency, noting the grandfather’s death and sentiment, and Henderson admits the trick, recognizing the old man’s influence counts little in court.

Edward Henderson Bijah Bozer Albany BurpettTs Iowa Toledo Lorristown Boston Advertiser Africa Buffalo Express Norristown Norristown Herald Puck Philadelphia Chronicle Albany Argus Rochester Democrat Michigan State New Haven Register Schoharie County N. Y Blaintiff Boston Post Kate Claxton Syracuse Cincinnati New York Binghamton Republican

A Murdered Student’s Funeral in Warzburg Bavaria

A student shot by a City Guard officer in Warzburg Germany sparked mass protests and a demand for punishment. Nearly a thousand students and faculty attended a state of mourning with torches and flags as the funeral procession moved through the city. The event ended with Gaudeamus sung and torches discarded in darkness. The tale notes dueling challenges directed at the garrison commander amid public dismay. All Parisian theaters now offer Sunday morning performances.

Warzburg Bavaria

The most forgetful of men can al ways remember those who have injured them

Hartford Journal notes a provocative maxim on memory and grievance, reflecting a moral stance that injury lingers longer than faults forgiven. The piece underscores a cautioned view of personal balance and moral accountability.

Hartford Journal

Fourteenth Century Plague Spread and Planetary Hints

The article reviews the Black Death as a global scourge in the mid fourteenth century, detailing European and Asian mortality, associated omens, and theories linking celestial events and atmospheric change. It compares past plagues to recent planetary approaches, then shifts to France adopting a laurel crest replacing the eagle in heraldry and laments the departure from historic symbols.

Constantinople Europe Athens Greece Pericles Asia China India Russia Pyrenean Scandinavia Iceland America Asia Minor Cyprus Italy Carnthen Austria Papal Palace Avignon Germany Basle Strasburg Erfurt Osnabruck

Five Silver Donkeys Parable Delivered at Court

A Hebrew wealthy man near death gifts his five sons silver donkeys and a tale from Bashra to Bagdad. The tale shows a silk merchant swapping stones for silk to ease burden, a wayfarer’s counsel, and a Caliph’s palace delay. The lesson: never heed advice from an unfortunate man.

St. James Bashra Bagdad

Violinist Wilhelmj at Private Vienna Party

Circulation says Wilhelmj was hired by a Jewish banker in Vienna for a private evening from seven to ten. He played Mendelssohn an andante while the host, unfamiliar with classical music, whispered to guests that he paid by the hour and heard the musician play slowly.

Wilhelmj Vienna Mendelssohn

Carpet beetle control and flea defense tips from Dr Hagen

Dr Hagen addressed the Boston Society of Natural History on carpet beetles and fleas. He traced early cases to a large carpet store with imported stock and noted broad international damage to wool furs and hides. Remedies vary. kerosene or benzine are risky and costly, candle tallow works, airing sun beating carpet helps, and fleas may be corralled by a lit basin of water at night.

Hagen Boston Society of Natural History New England Poland

How Easy it is to Keep House Now adays

A modern household can be run with few utensils and little knowledge of cookery. Gas stoves replace ranges. ready to use foods and canned goods abound. Self rising flour, pre ground coffee, prepared spices, and pre cooked meats let the novice dispense with a cook book.

Boston

Early California Incidents From The Pioneer Days Of Weaverville

In Weaverville and Trinity County mining camps early settlers trusted gold stored in secret places. A few fledgling fortunes led to mislaid dust, mistaken theft accusations, a lynch law fear, and later a surprising recovery of funds. A plains migrant lost a purse and faced a staged trial, then a hanging, until the true thief confessed. A crowd raised about 1800 dollars for the wronged teamster to return East.

Weaverville Trinity County Atlantic States States Jush Megs

Satan in History and Modern Thought Lecture by Prof. Fisher

Professor A P Fisher discusses belief in demonic agency from early Church times through the eighteenth century, noting how diseases storms and misfortunes were ascribed to Satan. He contrasts ancient demonology with modern views where Satan is seen mainly as a tempter aligning with human propensities.

Satan Luther Whitefield Christian le

Disadvantages in Life and Small Daily Struggles

A humorous catalog from the New York Express humor column lists everyday hardships. It covers beard cultivation, crowded ferries with a baby, colds without handkerchiefs, clock confusion with an uncle, coal duties, a loud carpet complaint, a timid dating moment, and clumsy shoe noises in a stairway.

Henry New York Express

Clermont Courier Ad Rates Listing

The Clermont Courier outlines advertising prices for legal and transient notices at $1.00 per square (ten lines) for the first insertion and $0.50 for each additional insertion. Yearly reductions apply. Business cards up to six lines cost $84.00 per year.

Dear Heart Grave Verve of a Lost Summer Love

A lyric poem by Eben E Rexford reflects on enduring love beyond death. The speaker recalls past summer happiness, vows love survives grief, and imagines a future reunion as violets, pansies, and longing color the memory of a departed beloved.

Amusing Fragments and Beecher Address Echo

A collage of quips and brief items from various papers, including jokes about pairs and sleighs, a remark on a ship carrying rum and a missionary, a Norristown sleigh tale, and a Beecher lecturing note. The column blends light humor with social observations and a short verse.

Plague Fears Prompt New York Health Alert

The New York Commercial urges strict quarantine as plague spreads in Brazil and Russia, citing the Czar’s stance on harsh Hippocratic remedies and the burning of plague villages. Ships from certain Brazilian ports raise concern while five doctors are sent to Ceara as Rio Janeiro dispatches report the outbreak.

New York Board of Health Brazil Russia Czar Hippocrates Athens Pericles Committee of Ministers Rio Janeiro Ceara

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