18 Feb 1880
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1880
Page
1
A garbled text excerpt presents a teetering rhymed exchange with references to Venus Homer and a Bond motif. The fractured lines suggest a lyric or dramatic passage, with partial quotes and unclear speakers, lacking a clear narrative or context.
In a Wasatch frontier mining camp Nellie Stacy captivates the narrator as he watches her with her father Stacy and the Ajax mine partners. Amid camp life and mining talk, Philadelphia Bob hints at Nellie’s potential departure with Stacy to the East and a chance to buy the Ajax, prompting the narrator to consider a new venture and his growing attachment.
In Mineral City Charley plans a risky stake involving Stacy and Bob to secure the Ajax mine. He loans, mortgages, and indorses notes in a web of deals, hoping Nellie will become his wife, only to face betrayal as the Ajax assets vanish and letters reveal fraud and a soured alliance.
A blunt remark targets a son and mocks education while comparing a modest home to a palace. The exchange raises questions about values, ambition, and the role of higher learning in future success.
A Paris portrait of the house of de Lesseps detailing a cosmopolitan, joyful family life with seven children, grand receptions, and elegant interiors. Mme de Lesseps’s Creole beauty, the famed portrait by Bonnat, and anecdotes of roses of Jericho blend with descriptions of Ismailia visits, a country house in Mendon, and the couple’s tireless social life.
A Detroit News anecdote recounts Rev. George Mueller imagining a hot air draft from a church pulpit vent and carving the Bible over the opening. The tale notes a deaf parishioner using a speaking tube and ends with a quip about American preaching methods.
A rat raised by a cat and her kittens in Brattleboro Vermont is described as fearless and playful. The rat was moved to another house on June 1 and returned months later, where the cat and grown kittens greeted it calmly. The creature enjoys people and even children’s fingers, never biting.
The article explains that wheat raw forms are deficient for human development due to low fat content and limited heat production. It notes only about 2 percent fat in wheat and describes how adding fats through butter, lard, or meat fats improves energy needs, especially in cooler climates.
A two games prize in London offered for the best Christmas plum pudding recipe. Five hundred entries were received and the winner earned a prize consisting of one pound raisins one pound currants one pound suet finely chopped three quarters of a pound stale bread crumbs one quarter pound flour one quarter pound brown sugar rind of one lemon grated one half nutmeg grated five eggs one half pound mixed candied peel one half pint brandy. Dry ingredients are mixed then the eggs and brandy beaten, combine thoroughly, and boil the basin or mold for six hours and a further six hours when serving.
A weekly Ohio roundup reports deaths by dog bite and suicide, robberies and murders, bank embezzlement arrests, train accidents, a cemetery grave robbery, a bronze statue pledge for Leonard Case, and state statistics. It notes a boiler explosion, a missing body found, indictments, abductions, and a range of local calamities and legal actions.
Ohio Senate and House met briefly after a recess with limited business. Bills discussed include tax equalization for unlisted property, county board timing changes, and bonds for townships and counties. Several measures passed or advanced, such as road fees, school office reforms, and health board proposals.
A German invention named SponGE cloth is claimed to offer excellent hygienic properties. The early description highlights its novelty and potential health benefits.
A Cincinnati Gazette reprints argument by Cottons Chase and Chicago Tribune editor asserting that civil war era bonds and paper money were nationally beneficial. It claims legal tender and debt policy preserved industrial interests and protected government finance from Wall Street manipulation.
The Clermont Courier lists legal and transient ads at 1.00 per square for first insertion and 0.50 for each subsequent insertion. A yearly liberal reduction is offered for advertisers. Business cards up to six lines cost 4.00 per year.
A fragmentary line shows workers and a political insult about democracy, noting long effort and public tolerance as stereotypes of political fatigue.
A Cincinnati Gazette summary notes large numbers of African American refugees in Kansas needing food fuel and medicine. Gov St John leads the Freedmen Relief Association supported by Friends societies, but resources are stretched. A Chicago Inter Ocean correspondent describes hardship in Topeka and Manhattan, Kansas as exodists seek work and fair treatment.
A caustic 1880 political piece argues Maine Democrats reject the Democratic policy, blames Gov. Garcelon for failed statewide control, and laments Republican gains. It contrasts Maine with New York and Mississippi plots and references the Supreme Court and gun‑vote rhetoric.
The Providence Journal assesses the rift between Tilden and Kelly factions with Tilden seen as the natural nominee but opposed by Kelly supporters. It argues Tilden may run or withdraw, while Kelly would resist his nomination, predicting a hard struggle at the convention and in state politics. The piece notes a bleak outlook for harmony in Democratic ranks and hints at confrontations ahead.
A scathing political broadside targets Maine Democrats and Senator Bayard while lampooning early conventions and national finance. A Kansas girl who survived a pistol wound extracts a flattened bullet, described with sharp humor, ending with a rude quip about a Maine Fusionist.
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