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The Clermont Courier in Batavia, Ohio
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1879
Page
1
Storms and Hearts Unite in a Secret Love Note
A fragmentary love poem from Comé Patrick invokes storms and weather as a metaphor for enduring affection. The speaker recalls shared hardship and pleads for unity to weather dark days together, hoping brighter times will come.
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Patrick
Cousins Fight for a Wedding That Ends in a Change of Heart
Lillie and Harry pretend engagement to secure a timely wedding outfit. parental approval wavers as Lillie desires fashion and freedom. Harry confronts deception, reveals love, and they decide to marry, breaking the prank and choosing happiness over deceit.
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Harry
Lillie
Liltie
Elizabeth
Mrs. Jones
Prudence
Insects as Analogy to Industrial Desires and Health Strictures
The Cleveland Leader compares insect behavior to human industry with examples like water goats forming buoyant egg boats and water boatmen rowing on their backs. It notes Boston health scientists banning mouth kisses as anti hygienic and predicts a future citizen backlash, ending with a warning that silent forbearance has limits.
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Boston
Cleveland
How Coins are Imitated The Skill of Counterfeiters No General Rules for Detecting Spurious Coins
A detailed overview of counterfeit methods in gold and silver coins, outlining weight standards, common frauds such as sweating and splitting, edge holes and substitutions, and the dangers of detection. It notes that many imitations pass through due to subtle weight changes, alloy tricks, and polished appearances, with limited general rules for detection.
Sleigh Ride Disaster Near Bridgeport Endangers Thirteen Women
Twenty six people aboard a brightly decorated sleigh on an icy Bridgeport hillside lost control as the sled toppled over. Horses struggled against the momentum, tumbling the sleigh to the hill’s foot while thirteen women screamed in the chaotic scene reported by the Danbury News.
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Bridgeport
Danbury News
Ohio Senate and House proceed on pension, local option bills
The Ohio Senate and House daily business covers pension increases for veterans with lost limbs, local option temperance measures, and various county and state bills. Proceedings note quorum shortages, committee referrals, and multiple readings through February 15.
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Senate
Clough
Steedman
Congress
Committee On Judiciary
Summit
Williams
Preble
Delaware
Ohio National Guard
Sabine
House
Bohl
Reed
Ross
Sheritts
Marsh
Owen
Seitz
Johnson
Lord
Sherman
Ohio
Washington
Mt. Vernon
Quinby
Committee On Penitentiary
Norton
State University
General Assembly
Ellis
Ashtalula County
Railroad Committee
Gross & Dietrich
Miami Canal
Statehouse
Poitentiary
State House
Board of Public Works
Cincinnati
Board of Control
Deacon shoots dog after confusing it with wild cat
An aged Mamakating, New York, deacon tired of his neighbor’s dog visiting his sheep, tied the animal to a tree and shot it. He claimed he mistook the dog for a wild cat, saying he feared it, a reply the owner found incredulous.
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Mamakating
N. Y
Troy Times
Death of Richard H. Dana Ends An Honored Life
The New York Commercial notes the 93 year old poet and essayist Richard H. Dana has died, following his close friend William Cullen Bryant. Dana was a polished essayist and a wise political writer whose passing closes an honored life.
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Richard H. Dana
Mr. Dana
William Cullen Bryant
New York Commercial
Elmira Gazette
Sally
Princess Louise
Niagara
Lorne
New Haven Register
Europe
Oes
Paris
Norristown
Baba Kensing Bymanji Jamasi Mounten
Panion
Order of the Indian Empire
Bob
Noristown Herald
Minnesota
Minio
Arizona
Idaho
Ee Ther
Aayther
Aythor
Kingston Freeman
Minh
Bildad
Lazarus
Norristown Herald
Tohi
Salem
Philadelphia Bulletin
Weston
Dan- News
America
Ohio
Grimald
Charles Lamb
Thackeray
John Pheonix
Mark Twain
New York
Cial
Steamships to Europe Carry About Thirty Thousand Letters
A historical note states steamships bound for Europe typically handle around thirty thousand letters per voyage highlighting mail traffic volumes and transatlantic correspondence patterns.
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Europe
Ireland and Derry landscapes contrast with historic scars
The piece reflects on Ireland's troubled history under English rule while praising its prosperous present. It highlights Derry as a growing commercial center on the Foyle, with navigable rivers and lights for heavy ships, then shifts to Moville and Lough Foyle offering a softened, verdant rural scene of manor houses, farms, and green demesnes.
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Ireland
Derry
Foyle
Ines
Lough Foyle
Donegal
County
Lough Feyle
Moville
Gehenna of Death in Desolate Desert Basin
In a remote basin straddling San Bernardino Inyo and Nevada borders a desert region is described as an instinct with death. The narration portrays extreme heat barren sands alkali dust and a wrecked landscape where emigrants perished in 1849 with only a few survivors reaching the mountains.
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San Bernadino County
Inyo County
Nevada
Gehenna
Gentlemen's Sons and Chicago's Citizens League Fight Liquor Influence
The Chicago Citizens League, formed three years ago, fights youth alcohol abuse by closing saloons that lure minors. It has revoked licenses, aided reform for a widowed mother, and seen juvenile arrests fall by about two thousand from 1877 to 1878, all for roughly one thousand dollars.
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Chicago
Citizens’ League
House of Correction
Pblie
Keenete
League
Moral resolve urged to tell events as they happened
A call encourages courage and honesty in reporting, urging to relate facts exactly as they occurred with no variation. It stresses that moderation and careful restraint should not hide truth or weaken purpose.
New Story Of John Phenix And Jeff Davis
A New York correspondent recounts a humorous episode about Lieutenant Derby of the U S Army who suggested a ring and pole system to restrain soldiers and a rotary mule howitzer design. Secretary of War Jeff Davis considers court martial but Secretary of State Marcy advises suppression to avoid ridicule.
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New York
Indianapolis Journal
John Phenix
Derby
United States Army
Frank Pierce
Jeff. Davis
Army
War Department
Bristol-Board
Jefferson Davis
Wm. L. Marcy
General Davis
Rotary
Clermont Courier Ad Rates
Advertisement rates for legal and transient ads set at 1.00 per square for first insertion and 0.50 for each subsequent insertion. Yearly reductions apply. Business cards up to six lines priced at 86.00 per year.
Secret Door of Echoes in a Quiet Attic Room
A poetic scene describes a sacred past in a dusty attic. Ghostly garments hang along rotting rafters while old letters and faded phrases linger in mildew. A visitor contemplates whether to reopen memories or leave the door shut forever.
Congressional Deadheadism in a Brooklyn Union-Argus Letter
Senator Lamar denounces paid perks for Congress members arguing deadheading is improper. He notes newspapers, railroad passes, telegraph, and express services he refuses to exploit and urges each senator to have a private secretary funded from their salary. He cites crowded cars after adjournment as proof of the culture.
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Senator Lamar
United States
Congress
N. Y
Elk Point
T. Courier
America
Fragments of Humor and Wit from Old Newspapers
A collage of quoted quips and brief anecdotes from various papers. Jokes on bread prices, sailors, and editors mix with light social satire and notices about names, travel, and a stray tale of a cat anecdote.
Contempt for Women Mocked by Crusty Bachelor
A Salem Standard amused reader reprints a muttered aside on marriage. The crusty bachelor’s altered couplet mocks those who disdain womankind and the matrimonial state, ending with the warning that folly will be mourned too late.
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Salem Stoendard
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