28 Jan 1880
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1880
Page
1
Public notice advertising a weekly publication by Che Giermont Guarier with subscription terms 91.50 per year or yearly advance. The notice specifies Wednesday publication and references CHAS. W. PROPESE THERMS 91.50 Per Year and I: EGG, Advance, Year.
Poetic fragment by Lizzie Hull describes a stormy coast and a roaring train as it battles a shiftful night. Vague imagery suggests danger to a traveler and a bridge swaying under dark weather. The piece evokes mood over explicit events or dates.
A clerk named Moran, urged by friends to publicize a joke about an inheritance, travels to Paris after rumors of wealth. He discovers a chain of mistaken fortune based on stock tips and bank promises, ending with genuine gains and a cautionary moral about luck and dependence on others.
Franz von Suppe wanders Vienna suburbs and visits a cafe. A waiter refuses payment, saying nothing is owed. Suppe doubts if his fame prompts kindness, but is told the whole house is paid for by Deputy Holzman’s benevolence to gain votes. He exits in disgust.
The Burnet House in Cincinnati reported a runaway marriage from Kentucky. N. W. Hamrick, seventeen, wed Pattie Bradshaw, nineteen, with minister Rev. David Walk and guardians present. The couple’s attendants were Mr Triplett and Miss Darnley, and the ceremony occurred near Covington's court house.
The Norristown Herald satirically notes how the Sunday Reading to Pottstown train draws three to four hundred young men at the station. When a mock accident occurred near PottsTown, locals joked by seeking to move the borough six miles from the railroad to spite the company.
The late Leo nard Case left a trust two years ago, gifting property valued at about 1.5 million dollars for an endowment to create the Case School of Applied Science. Income from the estate totals 100000 annually and includes City Hall property. Henry E. Abbey becomes sole trustee. the school would be the state’s only exclusively scientific institution, likely modeled after Yale’s Sheffield Science School. The corporation may use the property without reserve.
A Cincinnati manager notes that stars and leading ladies often arrive at night by escorted car, while lesser performers may travel in closed carriages. External display replaces inner worth, a principle that applies beyond the theatre to other people as well.
A dense musing on virtue truth and gentleness cites Cowper Byron and Byron era thoughts. It extols courage patience and the quiet power of kindness and courtesy shaping character, friendship and social harmony.
Indianapolis Herald reports a boy, Jimmy Connelly, jailed for quilt theft at Gilmore's livery in Wet End, claimed innocence and named others before dying of home sickness after Reform School confinement. His father had kept him until recent weeks, believing in his son's innocence.
Phillips contrasts European and American manners noting Europeans display status openly while Americans lack visible class markers. He cites kissing customs and church reverence in grand cathedrals where nobles kneel beside beggars, illustrating social equality before God.
The Early Rose potato, raised by Albert Bresee of Hubbardton Vermont, began commerce in 1868. Bresee, after years of seedling work with Garnet Chili, found a pea sized ball on a stalk and from it developed his named varieties Early Rose Bresee's Prolific Peerless and King of the Earlies.
A Chicago Tribune authored critique charges Democratic leaders with rampant fraud across the nation. It traces the first great U S electoral theft to 1868 New York and Tilden Tweed, compares it to 1878 South Carolina frauds, and argues Maine’s 1880 theft fits a broader Democratic pattern to seize state and national power. It calls for a united Republican response to ensure free elections nationwide.
Springfield visit by Parnell spurs attention while Bellefontaine and surrounding areas face disease outbreaks and strikes. Major items include a mill strike settlement near Steubenville, mine accidents and fatalities, a bank of notable arrests and legal actions, railroad incorporation plans Columbus Findlay Northwestern, and political battles over representation and local option bills.
A petition from Stanley Matthews and 133 others asks reform to allow widows to settle estates and guardianship, while actions in both chambers advance railroad and education bills. Crisply debated topics include school books for indigent children, penalties for selling to minors, canal debates, local options, and harboring a variety of local petitions across Ohio.
Legal and all transient advertisements priced at $1.00 per ten lines for the first insertion and $0.50 for each additional insertion. A liberal reduction offered for yearly advertisers. Business cards include ten lines at $66.00 per year.
An Englishman writes to the Boston transcript about New York’s intense noise. He notes constant street clamor from carts, bells, ragmen, milk and ice wagons, and elevated railroads. He says the noise penetrates homes and minds, praising relief when leaving the city.
An analysis argues that self made men achieve success through disciplined will and settled purpose. They start at the bottom, learn independently, and develop robust judgment and concentration. The public trusts them for durable character and reliability in great undertakings.
Clovet and Ritter report each finding trace arsenic in commercial grape sugar. Ritter's measurements range from 0.0025 to 0.1004 parts per kilogram. Likely source is sulfuric acid used in production.
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