13 Feb 1878
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1878
Page
1
A bearded fisherman sits by a yellow stream on a summer day near St. Louis Bay. He eyes shy fish as water runs fast and sun nears the shore. The scene blends pride in skill with reflections on love, pain, and peace.
Narrator recalls grandmother recounting a 18th century Irish home scene during Lord Dunmore’s oppression. A mob hunted the family’s agent father, while mother acts bravely to shield children. Bridget outside engineers a clever distraction, citing smallpox to waver the assailants and sparing the household.
A list outlines various gems with claimed powers such as Garnet fidelity, Amethyst protection, Bloodstone courage, Sapphire repentance, Emerald happiness, Agate strength and longevity, Ruby poisons cure, Sardonyx conjugal happiness, Chrysolite freedom from passion, Opal hope and calm, Turquoise love prosperity, Moonstone protective amulet and good luck.
A narrative describes a tense scene in a railroad depot where a man leaps and threatens, a woman grows pale and anxious, and a bystander senses unspoken thoughts. The vivid, humorous tone highlights social quirks and crude superstition as readers glimpse a crowded, uneasy moment.
A Kentucky man known for sociable habits explained he wore a Murphy ribbon hoping someone would offer him a drink and that he would then refuse.
A dense record of February proceedings from Ohio's Senate and House details bills on municipal bonds, militia expenses, tax law revisions, canal and game regulations, and the penitentiary code. It notes votes, resolutions, and committee actions, including requests to repeal the Resumption Act and remonetize silver, plus local bills on schools and public works.
A description states one hundred parts of wood chemically consist of 50.65 parts carbon 7.03 hydrogen 17.71 nitrogen and 24.61 parts oxygen and sulphur.
A department advertises comments from leading American and European journals on questions of public interest. The editor states the opinions are not universally endorsed by the journal but are presented as topics worthy of general attention.
A New York Sun summary notes two amateur detectives studied tramps with Massachusetts chief detective. They found most tramps theft subsisted and few would work. The piece argues for more officers, use of state prison, and rehabilitative trade training to deter crime and protect the public.
The article lauds explorers like Livingstone and Stanley for their courage and service to humanity. It imagines future feats reclaiming Africa and uncovering polar, tropical, and southern hemisphere frontiers. It praises geographic science, notes undiscovered mountain corridors, and predicts ordinary men earning renown through first ascents and global exploration.
The Cincinnati Gazette notes Shillito's new building purchases show American plate glass beating England France and Belgium on price and quality. US bids were cheaper by about seven dollars and the sand quality yielded clearer glass free of foreign tints, with a St. Louis firm winning the contract.
A fragment notes a bidding dispute over a glass eye design with American bidders submitting competing proposals. The readable text focuses on the variation from a foreign standard and the response from the reviewing panel.
The article compares penny saving and thrift in the United States with England noting Vivien’s critique of U S savings provisions. It discusses savings banks private organizations like Masonic orders and Oddfellows as aiding low earners, while warning U S banks have shown wrecks and lost public confidence.
The article weighs war versus neutrality for Britain as dependent on foreign food. Liberals cite Russia’s wheat exports and risk of war extending supply, while Conservatives point to the United States as the main bread supplier with 1877 wheat shipments plus flour exports totaling about fifteen million pounds sterling.
A public notice condemns cheap sensational fiction and its impact on youth. It urges parents to ban "the literature of crime" from homes, arguing such reading dulls judgment, harms ambition, and erodes intellectual growth, risking future study and character.
A Norway area farmer faced multiple scaled mortgages on grass hay and grain. Cattle mortgaged and moved by friends were recovered in parts of Salisbury and nearby towns. The incident, tied to court action and police, signals forthcoming litigation and charges.
A collection of wry observations on language manners and society. Notes on dogs boys g rocers telegraphs and tariffs, with playful jabs at fashion lack of wisdom and the mass of everyday curiosities. A New Hampshire inventor canned hash and a quip about Lycurgus coinage closes the fragment.
Cooley O'Leary recalls a boastful liar who spun tall tales from a volcanic watermelon venture to ice ship fantasies. The dead man's fables included a Pacific island, a storm of yarns about lions, whales, and guns, ending with a grim joke that his lies will catch up with him.
The Philadelphia Record comments on illustrated portraits of Princess Mercedes, wife of King Alfonso of Spain, noting her beauty and a five million dollar dowry. The piece interjects with a brief quip from a passenger and Judge Biddle’s remark calling a brewery a rectifying establishment.
English writers print a vast year 3049 of books as biographies and memoirs loom. New editions and volumes publish on Longfellow, Bryant, Twain, Thiers, and Parke Godwin with notes and supplements.
The article surveys spring fashion trends including fringe Tom Thumb styles, Paris finger care as a trade, and skirts and furs. It notes Carrick capes replacing boas, Spanish influences, long dangling jewelry, and the Roman origin of wedding rings. It warns about pearls changing color, new waistlines, and princesse-cut wedding dresses, plus new coiffure and ball attire. Also mentions satin trimming, carnations of roses, tea kettles, and cigarette smoking as a fashionable yet harmful habit for young women.
A stern uncle chaptered tale shows Mrs Margery B and kin thwarting suitors to keep a thousand pounds within kin. Each season they use gowns petticoats tippet hood and ribbon tricks to prevent marriage and preserve the estate while praising plain dress over display.
A compact note highlights how medieval society largely excluded women from public life, tracing social norms and gender roles across the Middle Ages and signaling shifting perspectives in later centuries.
Legal and transient advertisements cost 1.00 per ten lines for first insertion and 0.50 for each additional insertion. A yearly reduction applies for advertising. Business cards not exceeding eighty six lines cost 86.00 per year.
Fragmentary poem lines ponder fate and the Lord’s plan as small birds perch on telegraph wires and daily acts are seen as part of a larger design. The text contrasts fleeting nature with divine order, noting how thoughts and deeds align with a higher purpose.
A fragment from Atlantic Monthly presents a tender meditation on war and intimate affection. The speaker recalls a beloved figure, describing protective tenderness and serene peace, and glimpses of longing amid the memory of conflict.
A collage of quotations from papers like Fulton Times West Jersey Press and New York Sun includes sly barbs about wood engravers marine painters and the Darwin debate. Jests about a glee club under a window, a Boston teacher mistaking Mr Emerson for the minstrel, and jokes about serpents and scales frame a playful look at public taste and media reporting.
The Agricultural Department sends circulars to hotel keepers asking what provisions they provide, aiming to gauge the maximum capacity of a human stomach. The remark suggests a mock shortcut by suggesting a government visit to a provision store with a helper to invoice.
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