19 Jan 1876
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1876
Page
1
The article weighs American and British losses from Lexington to Yorktown, notes Vermont prison chaplain gains, an Englishman burying world history in Arctic bottles, a divorce and breach of promise case in Brooklyn, and trends in antique lace reproductions, plus a strange Springfield woman with alternating health and morphine use.
A San Francisco firm buys thousands of dogs killed by the poundmaster or otherwise, pays forty cents each, and transports them to a South San Francisco factory. Skins go to tanneries, hair to plasterers, hides are tanned into gloves, carcasses Boiled for bones sold to sugar refineries, oil made into cod liver oil, with leftovers used to fatten hogs.
An unseen angel slips from the ledger lid on New Year’s Day delivering fifty thousand dollars to John Worthy, prompting a quiet blessing and a shift from worry to rest for both Worthy and Goldwin as the two celebrate a brighter year ahead.
George and John, visiting Hollythorn for vacation, sneak into their sister Eva Stanley’s room to prank her by taking her from bed. A scream reveals they have seized Eva instead of Sam, dropping her in a snow drift. Mrs. Carpenter and others rush in as they explain the mistaken victim.
A narrative on dietary habits criticizes American overuse of eggs butter and sugar and advocates oatmeal as a principal breakfast food citing Scottish students. It includes a side note about wheat tea dishes and a colonial era anecdote on Empress Josephine's musk lingering at Malmaison despite cleaning.
West Stockbridge hosted a sensational elopement involving Froderick Adolphus Von Rupprecht who used the alias Carl Schurz. He married Miss Ida Cone, left for New York then Albany, and sailed to Bremen after stashing his wife’s belongings, leaving her stranded. Authorities traced trunks marked Baroness Von Rupprecht.
A farmer in Cambria County Pennsylvania left his deed in his vest pocket as he worked in the field. A cow trotted by, lifting the vest so the deed remained with the garment. The issue debated is whether the cow can be considered a freeholder since the land title was vested in her.
A pensive Q&A ponders who recovers umbrellas misplaced by all. The riddle notes that every man loses the umbrella he buys while the finder remains unknown, inviting answers before the next rain.
A Berlin correspondent details the Thomas dynamite case with a Dresden villa, secret chests, and a fatal explosion killing many. The article also reports a London backed project to build a narrow gauge 2 feet 6 inches railway between Shanghai and Woosung, with shipments to Shanghai and an expected July start.
A collage of opinions and curiosities from mid century sources touches on broom corn, American rifle teams, elephants shot by the Prince of Wales, card games, early morning wood chopping, a clothing store overcoat, and a French sugar production claim using cheap materials. It also notes earthquakes in India and Algeria and Boston January dividends totaling around ten million dollars.
Frederick E Luke, once unable to speak for two decades, suddenly regains speech. He communicated by signs with his mother and brother while tending a garden and assisting at home. Doctors will study the remarkable case, as experts anticipate further improvement.
The Clermont Courier announces advertising prices for legal notices and transient ads at 1.00 per square for first insertions and 0.50 for each additional insertion. A yearly reduction applies. Business cards up to six lines cost 6.00 per year.
A woman recalls a past romance as she reads a former lover's marriage notice. She questions her lingering sadness and accepts that his new life with another brings quiet healing, yet a sigh reveals a lasting memory of love once shared.
A collage of wry anecdotes and literary quips spans courtship, philosophy, and everyday humor. It rails at love’s first move, jokes about concerts and collars, and tarries on memory, books, and Wordsworth with pithy asides and dated quips.
A Danish geologist argues that the earth’s interior contains heat currents that mix and form temperature gradients. He says convection could alter the mass’s volume, but leading geologists believe cooling has been too slow in recent periods for notable volume changes to occur.
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