07 Jan 1880
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1880
Page
1
The Glermont Courier lists weekly publication terms with annual pricing 1.530 per year in advance and 62 to be paid within the year. The notice appears in a local periodical header dated Wednesday and signed by I AS. W. Pegg.
Fragmentary verse describes night longing and farewell. Imagery includes stars pale above, sea whispers of love, and sleep until morning with gentle, rhythmic lines. It suggests a romantic lullaby or farewell in a twilight setting.
A farm boy Jeremy leaves the Smythe farm to seek work in the city. He encounters a grease extractor scam, shelter refusals, and a rough night at the Montrose House before a courtroom arrest and a bold escape. He finally returns home, engaged to Hep talina, and plans to live with Farmer Smythe again while awaiting marriage.
Historical notes recount sun dimming events in 536 567 626 and later years with possible meteoric impact. It cites Aug 19 733 total solar darkness and a 1191 eclipse across Europe. The piece then shifts to Palestine’s strategic role linking Africa Asia and Europe and its influence on world history and religious thought.
In a playful chat, Smith addresses a girl with a murky age and quips that brushing away time would reveal a label tied to a prior nickname B. O. The remark hints at age uncertainty between the two speakers.
A Illinois rail accident near Glassford involved a cow crossing a fast moving train. The engine rose from the track and uncoupled from the tender but remained on its wheels. The train stopped after passengers noticed the unusual event. no injuries were reported.
A playful column explores quirky questions about language and common sayings. It questions whether phrases like curls of smoke or caws and effect fit idioms and ponders mishaps from misnamed christenings to a 77 year old beauty and a banker with a slipping balance.
A lecture by Prof. Church discusses dietetics noting wheat yields the best bread due to gluten, and comparing cereals with pulses. It cites Soy beans as a top pulse, notes digestion issues with pulses, and explains recommended ratios of heat-givers to flesh-farmers in foods along with moisture impact.
A Hartford gentleman carries a $100 roll to a butcher shop on Saturday. A man, who found the money, later returns it after being paid in another town. The finder returns the second roll found in his coat pocket after a prior loss is reported, avoiding arrest for theft.
Two fifty pound Bank of England notes stolen from Mr Terrett's Bristol dining room were recovered after a servant was accused. Mrs Terrett found tinder ashes bearing the notes water marks, ashes were sent to London and the bank refunded the money after examination.
The notice provides rates from Glermont Gourier for legal and all transient advertisements at 1.00 per square for first insertion and 0.50 for each additional insertion. It mentions annual reductions and business cards limited to 4.00 per year.
Fragmentary quotes show Julius pursuing a woman amid parental and social pressure. The jumble mentions Steubenville Herald Syracuse Times Buffalo Sunday Times Gate City Kokomo Tribune with lines about desire consent and conflict. Names appear as Julius and unnamed maiden, plus mother and old man figures.
A noisy collage of jokes and short anecdotes fills the page. A barber misreads a shave for a tooth extraction while a doctor proposes a horse theft as a cure for blindness. Poker tales and a donkey poem add local humor to the miscellany.
An elderly man hosted a spectral dinner for six at a Demuth restaurant in St Petersburgh. He prepaid and directed wine service, spoke to imagined relatives, and toasted with ghostly remarks declaring future visits a year hence.
Mr Murdoch recounts the Sleeping Sentinel poem by Janvier about Lincoln pardoning a young Vermont volunteer at his post. The first public reading at the White House drew the President and others in tears as Murdoch notes a forgivable omission about Lincoln’s travel by coach versus on horseback.
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