Clermont Courier Publication Fragment
Fragmentary newspaper notice from Clermont Courier referencing publication and broadcasting terms. Readable bits show intrapage notes about wear and publication timing without clear entities or dates.
21 Feb 1877
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1877
Page
1
Fragmentary newspaper notice from Clermont Courier referencing publication and broadcasting terms. Readable bits show intrapage notes about wear and publication timing without clear entities or dates.
A lyrical poem with sea imagery and an unnamed male speaker praising his beloved. The narrator compares the lover to sunlight and a guiding smile, weaving thoughts like the wind and dreams into a tender refrain about love and devotion.
In winter 1842 a lame American father and his daughter Carrie seek shelter at a Canadian tavern. Carrie plans escape as a guard of eyes watches, rides a horse to safety with a hidden belt of money, and returns with the sheriff to expose a landlord gang. The wrecked bust and hidden ladder conceal a murder, leading to trials and justice.
The Church Journal of New York notes Episcopal churches in and around the city are indebted by about two million dollars. It says church edifices are heavily mired in debts, making consecrations a rare ceremony due to financial strain.
The article notes a sharp silk price surge since June affecting China’s weavers and silk manufacturers. Raw materials like ran silk are exhausted as bales go to export from Shanghai, forcing closures in Nanking and other cities and leaving many weavers unemployed and in distress.
Oswego Palladium reports Robert Dore moved a child’s body in St Pauls cemetery from one lot to another. Buried February 1857, the iron coffin case kept body nearly intact with little decomposition besides one sunken eye. Other siblings’ remains, in newer metallic caskets, crumbled to dust. Companions in arms twins.
A collection of reminiscences on gospel hymn writer P. P. Bliss and his era with notes on Methodist Freedmen’s Aid Society actions. brief religious quotes and reflections from various denominations plus theater gossip about a Nathan murder mystery play scene and a staged controversy involving the Nathan heirs.
Senators heard a Cincinnati memorial calling for a legislative committee to inspect the Miami and Erie Canal in ruinous condition. The House adjourned after a brief morning session with no quorum. The next day the education bill progressed in the Senate and other measures were debated or defeated.
Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes died in Washington D C on February 8 at about seventy six. Born in New York in 1801 he served on Mediterranean and Pacific stations, led the United States Exploring Expedition, and held commands in the Civil War before retirement in 1866.
Captain Willard Glazier rode from Boston on May 9 to cross the continent and returned to the Hub after 200 days, 144 saddle days covering four thousand miles. He lectured for the Grand Army and Custer funds, visited 648 towns, tested 336 lodgings, and visited 100 institutions. He killed buffaloes, antelope, and prairie wolves, was captured by Sioux, killed two, escaped, and ended the journey by rail, noting steam’s value and civilized living.
George Baxcroft is depicted with a fleecy thick crown a milk white beard small square head spectacles and a small cane resembling an old Druid priest in this period description.
A Paris arm-chair once owned by Maria Theresa, then Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI, the Duke of Cumberland, and the Prince of Wales ended up in Berlin repair shops. Hidden within its stuffing were a diamond pin, a boy portrait, and French manuscripts claiming Louis XVII’s lineage, later sold through Nauendorf’s dubious claim, with the chair finally passing to a poor alms-house widow in Paris.
A Frenchman with rheumatic gout credits glass insulators placed under bed posts for curing him after fifteen years of ailment. He notes immediate improvement and recalls a similar patent from over a decade ago claiming remarkable cures using glass cups under bed posts.
A London Times correspondent notes a driver who failed to distinguish a red signal after an accident and reveals a gradual loss of color power. He suggests periodic testing for those responsible for color signals to prevent similar incidents.
A historical note describes variations in foot shapes by nationality. It claims English feet are short and fleshy, French feet long and slim, Scotch feet large and thick, Irish feet flat and oe, Italian feet small and plump, highlighting perceived ethnic differences.
The Clermont Courier lists legal and transient advertisements priced at £1.00 per square for the first insertion and fifty cents for each additional insertion. A yearly liberal reduction is offered for advertisers. Business cards up to six lines cost £0.60 per year.
Fragmentary verse depicts winter gloom and fading summer memory. The speaker notes ice bound trees glittering and snow birds, while winter nights continue with cheerless scenes and distant fond memories.
A kaleidoscope of brief anecdotes and wry sayings from an illustrated weekly. It notes a New Jersey boy rejecting heaven for sore fingers, a Hartford mail joke, and mixed tidbits on priests, duels, sports, and social foibles. Strong figures include Beecher, Bartholdi, Bennett, and Harvard’s base ball club.
The passage reflects peaceful joyous emotion linking past present and future as part of God's eternity. It asserts life will be beautiful when conscious of God's nearness and presence, guiding believers to feel Christ and become true children of God.
A Boston woman is awarded a three thousand dollar legacy from a Western farmer she refused to marry years earlier, a settlement noted as a significant yet quiet gesture of recompense amid regional social chatter.
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