17 Jan 1877
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1877
Page
1
An excerpt portrays Ben Hazzard a poor, half blind cobbler in a cold town who shares his scarce provisions with a hungry dog and a kitten. A weary visitor asks for aid and the old man, moved by charity, frees his marrow bone for the animal. A sunrise reveals a divine mercy as Ben speaks of Christ's sake in giving.
Jasper Garfield, junior partner at a furnace company, woos Margaret Hope after a prior heartbreak. Jack Erskine plans a mansion while Aunt Polly observes, and Maggie finds happiness with Jasper, despite old tensions and social doubts. The scene blends village life, inheritance, and romantic pursuit.
Margaret hides jealousy as Jasper Garfield is believed dead after the ship Adelaide sinks in a typhoon. Andrew Garfield, his brother, returns with his wife and two children, revealing the voyage's end and a possible future, while Margaret confronts heartbreak and family tensions before a festive reunion.
The 1866 census shows rising deaths by self harm, with 491 in 1850 and 993 in 1860, higher in the South than the North. Drowning and poisoning common among women, while men more often use guns, hanging, stabbing, or strangulation. Age breakdowns show varied male female totals across groups. Also notes English and Hamburg comparisons and Indian Territory figures.
Items recount Madame DY BolsTEL's hundredth birthday party in Boston Highlands, a bear encounter near Santa Cruz, a Boston creditor issue for Ezra Winslow, and royal salaries in Europe. Also included are church interruptions in New York, Tower of London remains, and brief Ohio legislative motions on railroads and public reports with parliamentary rulings.
A swarthy man in semi-Indian dress arrived in Omaha claiming to be the son of C. G. Gaskill who left Iowa for California in 1851. He says he lived with Cochise and the Apache and later with the Comanches before wandering west to the Pacific coast in search of family, carrying gold dust as wealth.
A novel security system uses two simultaneous knob turns to open bank doors. If a thief grabs one knob, no effect occurs. with both knobs in use, strong electric currents cause violent muscle contractions, making withdrawal painful and serving as a loud alarm against robbers.
The Standard of Chicago (Baptist) denies five thousand converts in Chicago led by Mr. Moody, calling the figure a great mistake and noting estimates around one thousand are optimistic. It also questions the northwest evangelistic impact beyond new church memberships.
A Evansville shoemaker Thomas Feast dies after a string of family deaths marked by midnight knocks described as the Banshee warning. The Isle of Ely native and his English wife had five deaths in the household since arriving twenty three years ago. The final knock preceded Feast’s death at four o clock Sunday afternoon leaving son George to tend a quiet room for the day.
A reflective piece notes the value of kindness and self control in daily life. It cites Mr. Vanderbilt’s tenacious hold on life and praises temperance in diet as beneficial. The Michigan University president asserts women students rival men in scholarship without harming health.
The piece reports on Professor Proctor claiming burnt suns can ignite Earth and warns audiences of celestial dangers. It mixes his sensational lecture with unrelated humorous scraps about poems, editors, and small town curiosities.
The Glermont Courier lists legal and transient ads at 1.00 per square for first insertion ten lines and 0.50 for each additional insertion. A yearly discount is offered. Business cards up to six lines cost 6.00 per year.
A dramatic monologue argues for workers power and discipline through reason and strength. It contends that man surpasses machinery, holds noble birthright, and must resist drunkenness and oppression, urging steadfastness within a Christian union.
Poem recalls a mother's guiding ritual at day’s end. Family gathers in quiet, asking forgiveness and sharing a cheery home, charity, and duty. The verse links daily kindness to a memory of a mother and a promise to live by her example.
A New England Conference preacher at a MerHope station earned sixty dollars so far this year for himself and family, with a future two hundred dollar salary later. The note underscores the strains and penalties faced by clergy under financial pressure.
The city of Indianapolis claims a new fine-tooth comb that also serves as a stove-handle and a tack-hammer, showcasing inventive versatility from a single tool.
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