15 Jan 1879
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1879
Page
1
The notice lists a terms clause stating a year end deadline for the annual assessment or advertisement fee payments. It indicates that charges not paid within the year may incur penalties or accruals as defined by the agreement.
A fragmented poem like a child’s christening scene describes a girl bringing a doll to church. The minister bows as the mother blushes and Cosette is named, with soft reverie about a doll and the sermon, amid tender domestic imagery.
In a brutal winter trek from Leadville to Alma on November 28 1857 Neil Garvey William Pensfield and John McDonald face a deadly blizzard The trio falters as McDonald dies from exposure Garvey and Pensfield survive with frostbite aided by Matt Baker and a rescue party reaching Alma that night The next day a search party recovers McDonald’s frozen body showing the dangers of high mountain travel in severe cold
A block of ice was transported to Alma after a considerable delay and given a Christian burial. The report notes the unusual preservation before burial and the community's response to the event.
A New York physician defends Miss Fancher against naysayers noting cases of extreme suspended animation. He recalls a 1849 cholera patient whose body spoke to life after four days underground during dissection, challenging limits of death and life.
Mr. Miner traveling with his wife and three children near the Joselyn School house was attacked by five large timber wolves. His dog fought the pack, was killed, and the family escaped as the wolves were driven off by Joselyn and his household. The incident is noted as rare in the region and attributed to hunger.
A Burlington youth engages in agricultural talk with an old granger on the train. The young man boasts about farmers’ sowing and ground readiness but fears frost may ruin the next corn crop, ending with a long stretch of silent miles.
The article notes ancient canal work in China as an early civilization marker. The Great Canal allegedly took 120 years to build, employed 30 000 workers across the fourteenth century, and spans about 1000 tiles length. It uses earth and straw dykes, stone casings, embankments up to twenty feet high, and deep cuttings up to 100 feet.
A jumble of short notes covers garlic as a gout remedy and liquor as nourishment, burial plans for Bayarrodtaylor, Morpay’s New Orleans eviction bid, Afghan outlawry in Cabul, a Paris embassy student’sBachelor of Letters, a Washington man’s suicide, Vermont diphtheria deaths in Plainfield, Plymouth honeymoon chaos, a Bavarian chateau plan, Prince Leopold’s musical leanings, Mary Beaver’s earache trance in Beaver County, Jules Verne rival voyage, and two Lakeport youths found dead after cider drinking.
The article recalls Victor Hugo’s fictional devil fish from the Toilets of the Sea and quotes Hugo's vivid, terror filled portrayal. It notes scientific skeptics and Mr. Damon’s caveat that only details are incorrect. It also mentions a supposed northern waters version with two thousand air pumps and a steel beak, but adds no verified victims.
Governor Ishop presents fiscal year 1878 finances with a 462 417 64 balance, 51 943 629 70 state debt, and notes on penitentiary profits, public works management, and labor arbitration. He warns of forest loss, calls for economy, and urges support for university and education reforms.
January 7 to 9 sessions show the Senate and House organizing for business. The Soldiers and Sailors Orphans’ Home reorganization bill advances through committees as new members are seated. Additional acts touch dissection rules, improper proximity to female pupils, and public-education provisions while memorials are observed.
A woman used blasting powder to start a fire causing an explosion that fatally injures her and two children. The piece notes prior warnings about oil and powder dangers and contrasts old army practice with civilian risk. It stresses never add powder or oil to a flame and keep all explosive substances away from stoves.
In a Chicago interview August Wilhelmj criticizes the flood of autograph requests he receives. He notes about sixty to seventy daily inquiries, many including multiple cards or verses, and says only sentiment or a keepsake could add value while bare names prove nothing. He laments the time spent replying and mocks the practice.
A Texarkana barber wears diamonds valued at $3,000 during daily work. The note adds that he is probably deaf and mute, reflecting era attitudes about disability.
Legal and transient ads offered at 1.00 per square for the first insertion and 0.50 for each additional line. Yearly ads receive liberal reductions. Business cards up to six lines priced at 6.00 per year.
A poetic sketch by A. B. Japp titled The Sabbath of all Nature. The passage paints a tranquil winter landscape with snow, a cottage, a blue sky, and a sun like a veiled maiden. Birds wing through the air and trees glow with a fairy-like stillness, inviting awe and mystery.
Fragmentary depiction shows fog thickening over roofs. Water seen from capes, signs faintly heard. A lone skater struggles in a vaporous, somber world as light fails and truth is veiled.
A collage of quips, verse and vignettes from a bygone paper. Outsized aphorisms, jokes on auctioneers, and a poem titled The Frost King reflect light verse and rural humor, with quick sketches of daily life and social foibles.
In San Francisco and major California towns, many midaged married women reportedly married two to five different men due to lenient divorce norms. Adventuress women migrated to El Dorado seeking financial settlements before marriage, with tales of wives switching husbands for profit and firms in San Francisco allegedly sharing the same wife within short spans. Some lives would read like sensational novels if chronicled.
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