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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1879
Page
1
A fragmented description shows a gray stone basin by a busy street where thirsty horses reach for water. The text hints at the vigilant labor of women and girls, their social roles, and the uncertain fates before a period of harsh daily life.
A peddler and companion were slain during a night at the Traveller's Rest near Doncaster. Blacksmith Steele and his son were later convicted of robbery and murder, with a hammer and valise tied to the crime, then hanged at York in December 1837.
James Bayard Taylor born January 11 1825 in Kennett Square Pa rose from poet to prolific writer and minister to Germany. He traveled widely including California Europe and the Middle East and published works from those journeys. He died in Berlin after a sudden dropsical illness while attending to American Legation business.
A dilapidated and unwashed man was found in a downtown kitchen yesterday on a chair reaching upper shelves. He claimed to be a New York detective seeking Stewart's body, but his story failed to impress authorities.
Three Wheeling youths entered a damp coal mine and fled a loaded coal car chased by a broom‑tailed mule. The pursuit roared through the narrow tunnel as they raced for exit, shouting Stop the mule while the scene echoed with clatter and dust.
A man on Woodward avenue stops a smoking chimney without a smoke jack by pouring water into the stove. He agrees to five dollars if the fix works and then bolts away with a pie while escaping down the ladder as the citizen and others remain unaware.
The New York Commercial Advertiser notes US contributions to Britain's food supply. Cable reports praise the steamship Lan’s Boston to England voyage carrying livestock with no losses. In a single November week New York port shipments included 825 cattle 4275 sheep 4292 quarters of beef 1035 mutton carcasses and 94 pigs.
Kalimazoo Michigan resident Abel Curran is named for a crime against his two sisters and their mother. The epitaph on Bel's tomb in the city graveyard is described.
A collection of short notes includes Buff Aloft’s $135000 earnings and cattle holdings, a Philadelphia minister’s mourning ban, Berlin linking plots against monarchs, a diminutive Cincinnati girl’s measurements, Newton man sued over a gravestone, Chaffee’s rich silver mine, and various opinion pieces on crime, fashion, and fly biology observations.
Professor Smythe of the University of Vermont tells how he answered a prank by students who set off a small cannon in a hall. He later demonstrates an electric decomposition of water and releases gases to create a controlled explosion, provoking the boys’ nervousness and his quiet, grim smile.
The item recounts a Kentucky mine accident where a mule triggered a nitro can explosion after amusing itself with a dinner pail illusion. It describes the mule’s fate, a damaged car wheel, and jokes about drawing morals from the incident amid a broader note on charity groups like the Howard Association and the sixteenth century Misericordia in Florence.
A brief note on a man who begins the year with a vow to abstain, followed by a few simple drunken episodes and headaches, concluding with the diary closing. The snippet from the Picayune reflects a wary, ironic take on resolve and relapse.
The passage sketches a lively scene aboard peasant carts with straw sacks and horses as they travel past vast horizons and draw-wells. It includes glimpses of oxen, shepherds, and wild wildlife, alongside scattered quips from various period newspapers and jokes reflecting daily life and humorous anecdotes.
The Clermont Courier lists legal and transient ads at 1.00 per ten lines for first insertion with 0.50 for each subsequent insertion. Business cards over six lines are 6.00 per year, with liberal annual reductions for advertisers.
In a humorous mock ode the author scolds the night bird for not whistling at proper times while critiquing human routines. The piece playfully contrasts nocturnal sounds with daytime duties and ends with a jab about the whistler’s feathered appearance and musical role.
An inquest into the death at San Jose of Ab Lin from heart disease heard from his physician Dr Cog Fy that the patient had been fed for his lungs and an invention allegedly discussed. Seven questions were noted with five believed to be involved in the odd account.
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