21 Feb 1883
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1883
Page
1
The Clermont Courier announces advertising policy with legal and transient ads priced at one dollar per square for the first insertion and fifty cents for each additional insertion. It notes a liberal annual reduction and mentions February 21 1883 as a publication date.
Government eyes pay $150000 for Arlington property of General Lee heirs. Western Union to lease Mutual Union lines with 1 percent annual dividends guarantee. A national anti monopoly convention called for July 3 1883 in Chicago. Snowball party shooting in York follows. Mint halts five cent coinage after secret service concerns. Rostkfon Co placed on post office blacklist. Cincinnati Custom House seeking $2100000 funding, $400000 still unspent. Steamship Alaska shatters time record. Read across temperance and crime notes from New York to New Jersey and Illinois. Fire and explosion losses cited in multiple states.
London authorities plan for possible disturbances at Parliament opening as Bradlaugh aims to seat himself. London City opposed to extending municipality to cover the modern city while a Court of Inquiry in Hamburg probes Cimbria wreck. Famine looms in Donegal Sligo Clare Mayo regions and insurrection fears in the Sudan near Khartoum.
The report notes General Diaz has been elected President of the National Supreme Court of Mexico. It also mentions that Captain Currting of the steamer Sultan was released at Hamburg on the 4th after giving testimony in the Cimbria case. The piece references ongoing events from the current month into late April with Parnell and Sexton expected to be present.
The report covers Senate and House actions from February 10 to 14 including credentials for Plumb and Kenna, tariff amendments, pension measures, and inquiries on internal revenue,with notices of local relief efforts for flood victims in Cincinnati and surrounding towns, plus donations from Jay Gould and Kansas legislators.
The Senate conference report on the Japanese indemnity bill was agreed to. Tariff amendments set the charcoal iron duty at three dollars a ton and the fish glue or isinglass and glue duties at twenty five percent ad valorem. Internal revenue reductions on spirits were defeated. House actions include a joint resolution for free articles for the Franklin Institute Exhibition and a Legislative Appropriation bill with work hours changes. Flood relief measures seek 500000 and 100000 dollars. Dakota Supreme Court adds an Associate Judge. Fourth of July Claims passes.
The Treasury department has decided that bologna sausages, when not enclosed in intestine skins, may be admitted to the country free of duty. The Sun notes this will ease imports and benefits American dogs with easier access to goods.
The Senate and House approved numerous measures over several days. Bills covered school finance reports, borrowing for Thompson Township, Hanover bonds for a town hall, and higher pay for Franklin County judges. Other acts set juror fees, allow substitution in attachments, require post of financial tables, and fund monuments and bridges. Adjournments followed as debates continued on constitutional amendments and conference on joint resolutions.
In East Lewistown on the 13th Thomas Campbell was set upon by a drunk Byron Hendricks. Campbell stabbed Hendricks to defend himself. The Lake County Grand Jury returned ten indictments including Carter the infirmary superintendent for assault and battery on paupers and others for liquor selling and burglary. A Shiloh area child died after falling into hot water. Mt Vernon hosted a successful Ohio Young Men's Christian Association convention with seventy delegates from college groups and a debt-free, cash-positive report.
Miles from the coast in a Texas prairie, the remains of a once gallant ship lie high and dry. Supposed to be of Spanish build, the vessel is believed driven inland by a tidal wave, with no surviving traditions about it after so long.
The piece traces the origin of the title lady from Saxon words meaning bread and service and notes historical duties of ladies in serving food. It also mentions a small ledger in the Washington Post Office Department where Franklin kept accounts as Postmaster General for two years.
A Vermont debating society tackles a quirky prompt asking which is more entertaining to watch a man thread a needle or a woman drive a nail. The exchange centers on humor and social observation rather than a formal policy debate.
Essay discusses judgment as the basis of taste and fitness in daily life. It compares decor, conduct, and social tact to show how lacking judgment leads to misfit choices and awkward exchanges in homes, finance, and manners. It cites examples from literature and society to illustrate prudent discernment.
A detailed portrait recalls Dr. Evans a rich Philadelphia dentist who became intimate with the French imperial circle. He treated Napoleon III and Eugenie at the Tuileries, received gifts and honors, and advised the Empress during crises while maintaining U S citizenship and American independence. He aided the Empress during flight from the Tuilleries and warned the Emperor about war with Germany.
A passage on farm improvement urges steady, honest effort from a good husband and wife. It emphasizes concentrating on one main product, improving quality each cycle, and avoiding spread too thin to impress buyers and markets.
A hot spring was found in Richmond Virginia, and French scientists report a new fish species named Eurypharynx pelecanoides. The text covers industrial innovations, disinfectants, wood interactions, and notes on Manitoba trees including poplar, oak, ash-leaf maple, and basswood near Red River.
A collage of witty quips and brief vignettes from various papers including Detroit Free Press and Norristown Herald. Jests touch on manners, marriage, and daily life with brief anecdotes about a deaf man on railroad tracks, a nervous wife, and a party scene in Texas Siftings.
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