25 Feb 1848
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1848
Page
1
Printed notice states subscription price one dollar seventy five cents if paid within sixty days and two dollars if delayed beyond that. paper will not be discontinued until arrears are paid. Advertisements to be inserted at usual rates.
A condensed summary of a poem about life as a shared voyage. Two lovers or companions travel through changing weather and times, facing storms with resilience. They find solace in each other and in hopeful moments, accepting life’s fade as part of the voyage together.
A physician recounts attending Mr H after a collapse that resembled apoplexy. Despite bleeding and various drastic remedies, the patient remained unconsciously ill until a barber shaved his head for a blister. The cure proved controversial but effective as Mr H recovered and abstained from alcohol.
A harsh moralizing account defines a Mexican lepero as a man or woman degraded by sun and dirt. It insists on extreme neglect of grooming and clothing, imagining roving beggars with sunburned skin, vermin, torn garments, dirt, and, for women, multiple infants strapped to their backs.
A Boston Atlas sketch portrays Alexandre Dumas as a mulatto with sharp lips and frizzy hair noting his fear of insult in America. The Zanesville Courier reports the first steamboat on the Muskingum, the Hope, built in 1830 at Zanesville, 60 ft keel, 14 ft beam, 26 in cylinders, with a one-way engine and tow pony, operating between Zanesville and Dresden.
An editor praising a soap boiler who had just died ended with the line peace to his shes causing offense. A family member threatened the editor. A separate telegraphic note from New York to St. Louis promised arrival on the Mississippi banks at ten minutes before noon.
A late 19th century census estimates the ancient division of the world at about five million inhabitants.
In a written manifesto dated February 14 1848 Ohio Whigs announce they will resign from the Senate chamber to block an unconstitutional apportionment bill. They accuse the majority of breaking pledges oppressing labor and justify their exit as a defense of the constitution and democratic rights. They warn they may return if the bill is amended to a fair apportionment.
A group including Andrew H. Byers and James H. Ewing state that resisting what they call a violated constitution is necessary to defend liberty. They pledge to continue serving as legislators or return home, claiming submission would make them slaves. February 15, 1848.
The Cleveland Herald notes that transplanting trees in dormancy minimizes shock. Removal now allows roots to heal with spring warmth, aiding new root growth when the plant resumes active growth.
The Patriot's Ro tomac visited the Supreme Court Room in Washington and met a host of dignitaries including Henry Clay Thomas H. Benton Daniel Stern John J. Crittenden Thomas Ewing John Sergeant Walter Jones Henry D. Gilpin George M. Bibb and Judge Woodbury who appeared sourer than sourkraut except for Woodbury.
A report from Washington describes a nine year old boy who underwent surgical removal of a decayed leg bone using chloroforime anesthesia. The record notes the boy felt no pain and recovered from the anesthesia without injury.
Three men in Bookton Morris County New Jersey froze to death during winter another succumbed to delirium tremens a young man Marion Taylor died after a drunken frolic when he fell from a canal bridge on the night of the 22nd en route home
The Niagara Falls crossing for the International Bridge was built by first sending a twine across the gorge attached to a kite. Subsequent cords of greater strength were drawn over the gap, making the final installation straightforward.
Citizens of Reading Pennsylvania project a monument with a statue to Wo Peny. The effort involves Berks County and local stone suppliers.
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