14 Jan 1880
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1880
Page
1
The Glermont Gourier weekly publication appears with pricing notes and editor credits. It lists Char. W. Pegg as president and R. Zrms with a 94.50 per year rate, plus terms for within-geo advertising.
Fragmentary poem fragment reads like a love piece with a narrator addressing a mysterious Lady. The speaker laments doubt and longing as a stranger arrives and departs, leaving the Lady in dreamless sleep.
Readers recall a lakeside picnic and a moonlit drive gone perilous as a guardian angel saves a pair of riders. The narrative follows a funeral, church memories of Nettie Lyle and Willard Carrol, and a vivid courtroom comparison between Daniel Webster, Rufus Choate, and Charles Sumner.
Advertising rates listed for legal and all transient notices at one dollar per square for initial insertion and fifty cents for each additional insertion, covering ten lines per square.
A discussion from the Journal of Chemistry on M. Javel’s view of type legibility. The fixation line tends to run along the upper third of letters, reflecting more variation above than below. Modern uniformity risks confounding letters. older scripts had distinct upper shapes aiding recognition.
A Cleveland Press tale recalls a rich man in the city who plays a prank on his nephew Lockwood, a Canada Southern employee near Toledo. He summons him by telegram to Cleveland, hands him a deed as a joke, and bursts into laughter as the nephew trembles. The prank allegedly costs ten thousand.
The piece debates whether cockroaches are pure pests or useful scavengers that prevent decay. It argues cockroaches eat decaying matter and may indicate filth, yet can suppress other bugs and even be tolerated only in certain spaces. A historical quote notes roaches on ships sometimes reduce bedbug problems.
Edmund C. Stedman discusses the pressures on writers in New York and European capitals, noting that daily journalism tests a writer’s ability to produce polished editorials. He argues journalism offers steady pay but dilutes authorship and risks conflict with peers, a phenomenon seen in England and France too. A humorous exchange between Lady New Style and Colonel reflects social bluster.
This brief notes that large herds across the plains leave ranchers guessing totals amid uncertain inventories. It highlights the challenge of tracking cattle numbers for management and sale decisions.
J Burney Yeo argues in Fortnightly Review that ideal winter climates avoid dampness cold and variability and favor dryness warmth and sun. He notes sunless skies harm mood, rain can aid cleansing, and price should not bar treatment, quoting Dr Johnson on health and cost.
An Italian army surgeon reports cross country suicide rates among European forces. German one in 1839, French 1884, Belgian 2222, English 2634, Italian 8342 per year. He notes methods by nationality and higher crisis reports in veterans.
A quotation from Dr J G Holland criticizes public schools for failing to educate. teachers blamed for pupils lack of effort, while advocates call for reform. The passage recalls a moment when Douglass Jerrold’s circle discussed a song and Jerrold asked for a volunteer singer.
A Clay county man’s tale recounts Jesse James sparing a would be killer after a dramatic public kneeling prayer. The man pleaded for mercy saying six hours to flee, and James relented citing his wife’s plea and the prayer’s touching words. Chancellor, a witness, believes the prayer saved the life and altered the man’s fate.
Governor Brwisor presents a broad message to the Sixty-Fourth General Assembly outlining finances for 1879–80, calls for public works, militia consolidation, prison and asylum improvements, railroads' recovery, revision of statutes, and a new Executive Mansion, stressing economy and humane reforms.
The Ohio Senate and House begin the Sixty-Fourth General Assembly with nearly full attendance. Officers are sworn in by Justice J. W. Okey and Auditor Williams. Speaker Cowgill is chosen, with Williamson named Speaker pro tem and D. J. Edwards Clerk. Bills introduced cover apportionment, city governance, and various local reforms. Governor Foster inauguration plans are set, and committees are formed to canvass October election results. Governor Foster’s inauguration prep and adjournment schedules are noted.
The account recalls 331 B C when M Curtius leapt the chasm in the forum to save Rome, a scene later likened to a Christian departing this life with the rider the spirit and the horse the body. The tale contrasts fear and calm, body and spirit, and ends with a spiritualized image of heroic sacrifice.
A nervous mother over a neighborhood whooping cough scare causes her child to cling for safety. One night a donkey passes, its he haw prompts the boy to shriek that the whooping cough is coming, alarming all.
A seven year old girl in Philadelphia gave $4 from a savings bank to fund a church for the poor. The clergyman placed the bank on the pulpit and the offerings grew from neighbors and children. A Milwaukee case followed where a widow’s dollar funded an infirmary, inspiring lasting charity.
Fragmentary OCR text from a 1874 local item shows garbled words and stray letters making core facts unreadable. No clear entities or event details are extractable beyond a general reference to a person and an umbrella tip.
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