29 Jan 1879
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1879
Page
1
A brief classified notice outlines payment terms of 1 year and annual rates. It mentions paid within the lay, with a partial line reading in advance and a dollar amount of 2. The fragment suggests a finance or loan term snippet commonly found in old ads.
Poem fragment explores longing for time with a loved one and the desire for moments to linger. The speaker pleads to delay parting as shadows fall and questions what the future could restore without the beloved. The verse questions whether anything else can replace what is held in the beloved’s presence.
A first-person narrator declares his bravery while recounting a comic misadventure at a Margate home. He fears burglars after Betty the housekeeper and her brother plan a theft, only to discover the brother is not a thief but a visitor, while the tale ends with his stubborn pride and unresolved courage.
The article warns that fashionable poisoning using opium, laudanum, morphine, and chloral is rising, with deaths linked to heart disease, especially among gifted individuals. It cites Chauncey K. Williams of Rutland as a victims and calls for a crusade against these narcotic poisons.
The piece recalls S S Foote a former governor and senator famed for vanity and grit. It notes two duels including one with Prentiss just before a bombardment, where Prentiss warned boys foreshadowing a confrontation. Foot was reportedly wounded in a later clash.
A cremation furnace once used by Dr LeMoYne was redirected for a popcorn conversion project. The item’s fate is unclear, with local officials noting the unusual reuse sparks debate about disposal and historical artifact handling.
The Courier Journal report recounts Caleb Cushing's courtship of Virginia Timberlake, who rejects his ambitions with witty remarks about gloves and budgets. Timberlake later marries Saupayo, a wealthy French attaché, while Daniel Webster calls her the most beautiful woman he ever saw. She resides in Paris, famed for hauteur and beauty.
The article traces early gas lighting origins from Phillippa le Bon a French engineer who in 1799-1801 sought to perfect gas illumination from wood distillates, his 1800 patent and 1801 memorial, his Havre lamps, and how English figures Winsor and Murdock advanced the method by 1805. It notes Watt early adoption and later spread to London 1816 and France 1818.
The article contrasts cases of women like Mrs. Mack in Wisconsin and Mrs. Cobb in Connecticut, each convicted for murder to wed a lover aided by their partner's testimony. It cites Dowd and Mrs. Ward in New Brunswick where both were convicted without favoring a woman, Dowd insisting his guilt, and his stance sparing Ward from the gallows.
The record covers January 21 to 25 legislative actions in the Ohio Senate and House, including repeals, bill passages, and discussions on school supervision, temperance, boundary surveys, pension arrears, and public works. It notes appointments, proposed payouts, and a Newport editor’s tomato lore inquiry.
John Wren of Cleveland Ohio narrates his drunken Atlantic crossing after visiting a son in London. He vanished following a wine party and was later found at a Cleveland depot intoxicated with two large whisky bottles. He recovered in hospital, complained of English friends deserting him, and begged for money to return home.
The article explains the term meerschaum meaning seafoam and describes the mineral as a hydrous silicate of magnesia with water. It notes natural sources in Moravia Spain and Asia Minor and mentions that many pipes are carved from artificial material made from genuine waste plus linseed oil and alum.
Bayard Taylor died while only beginning his Life of Goethe planned as three volumes. He intended the set to include Goethe biography and a literary history of eighteenth century Germany. He left copious notes that may not be intelligible to others.
In Sancta Christiana Eleanor E Orlebar portrays Nero as a prospering tyrant on the judgment seat while Paul of Tarsus stands chained and undaunted, facing a ruler whose brutal acts and godlike pretensions shape a stark, unsettling confrontation.
A Toronto correspondent in the Cleveland Herald riffs on the crowded marriage notices in recent weeks. He mocks abbreviations after husbands and fathers hard to decipher, guessing P L S means Provincial Land Surveyor while amusingly proposing B M like Bologna Sausage Maker and other playful titles.
Lieut A W Vogels notes in the Naturalist January issue on Fort Brook mound discoveries in Tampa Florida. Fire places animal remains human bones charred and split bones of dog and deer oyster shells crab shells pottery and tools indicate a primitive culture with cannibal practices. The author likens burial customs to ancient Danes and Troglodytes of Belgium.
A jocular exchange from Puck debates sausage prices with a shopkeeper, noting Schmidt’s higher rate. The comic quip hinges on supply and pricing persistence, reflecting everyday street banter about value and availability.
A Legitimist servant carried about $2,200 in a basket to the Count de Chambord as a dead man's inheritance plan. After her death, heirs found over £3,000 in banknotes in a basket, with a will naming the Count de Paris. The Count may authorize the elderly sister to claim the funds.
Builders carved stonework mounds on Sheridan drive west of Fort Leavenworth. A Boston scholar found bark records tied with bark strips, matching Montezuma era script. The ten bark pages recount a three day battle with captives to be offered to a war god. artifacts sent to Boston's State Historical Museum.
In Naples the elder Dumas is mobbed by would be duelists after a provocative Italian article. He proposes to shoot at thirty or sixty principled opponents gathered into a group, then fires at the crowd, a plan that is not accepted.
A damaged OCR note from Schuylerville records a playful letter to Bill from Kate, mentioning a laugh and a bile on her face, with affectionate language and a pledge of love until death. The piece is presented in a casual post office setting and reflects regional colloquial spelling.
Advertised bout between an Eastern fighting bulldog Turk and a 42 pound wildcat for $100 a side collapses as the cat escapes into the crowd. The ensuing stage olio becomes a free-form spectacle with a piano, contrabass, and audience participation, delivering a chaotic but entertaining performance. Time noted as 1.69 in the record. The cat later reappears in a box waiting for the audience.
Advertising rates for legal notices and transient ads set at 1.00 per square for ten lines with 0.50 for each additional insertion. Annual reductions offered. Business cards up to six lines priced at 56.00 per year.
A Tribune correspondent warns of widespread adulteration in sugar and syrups as most syrups are glucose from starch. Pure amber cane syrup from amber cane could be produced cheaply and sold at fifty cents per gallon, with higher grower profits. Minnesota has seen 25 000 barrels of amber cane syrup produced, and Western states are adopting the culture. A St Louis convention next month will discuss true facts about the business.
A fragment from Midwinter Sortbner presents R. W. G. praising a maiden as divine and pure. The speaker questions whether such perfection can be tainted by life’s feuds and moods while affirming the gods will not abandon her.
A collage of jokes and anecdotes from various papers recount sly quips about banks, divorces, manners, and city life. Highlights include a bankruptcy joke, a Bower pun, a butter jam quip, and a tale of a hotel misstep, finishing with a note of humorous Congressional Records nostalgia.
A reliable authority notes twenty million acres settled in the West and Southwest last year, with at least one hundred thousand families occupying them. Many are Eastern factory migrants seeking better wages, some already farmers, others willing to adopt farming life. railroads report heavy emigration with special inducements to settle the West.
A Boston young man inheriting 25000 rapidly dissipated most of the funds. His father, seeking safety for the balance, hidden 10950 in his shirt. The son, repentant, later spent 50 in a barroom frolic, and woke to find all money gone.
Statisticians affirm that counties raising the most money show the lowest marriage rates. Researchers link tax or bond-raise measures to social outcomes, noting demographic factors and economic conditions may influence nuptial trends.
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