03 Jul 1878
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1878
Page
1
Fragmentary verse describes a private brookside school for Salmo Fontinalis and forty speckled fry. A narrator and pupils observe danger nearby and vow to hide rather than confront it, as a shadowy threat approaches.
Paul Smith a poor lodger in Soho shelters Camilla a hungry waif who earns a piano teacher’s support and a guardian’s care. Richard Clavering discovers her talent, brings education and wealth, and Camilla rises to fame on stage while Paul finds joy in her success before his death.
A Rochester correspondence describes a large rock in Bellona Glen covered with clear human and animal footprints. The writer notes plaster casts, a limestone layer two feet thick, and warns that many fine specimens have been removed for building.
Washington’s noted female lawyer Belva A. Lockwood has two major motions before the Supreme Court blocked by her sex. One concerns a Cherokee Indian claim valued at 3 million dollars. Now five years into practice, she began with a few feet of cemetery real estate and has grown to an estimated worth of 20 thousand dollars with a yearly income several times a Treasury clerk’s salary. She is a widow about fifty, described as very attractive.
In a tangled array of lawsuits McGlue and Rollins clash over a cow trespass on McGlue’s garden and a series of counterclaims. After a violent altercation they withdraw all suits, McGlue and Hopkins exit with fees, Rollins loses the cow but buys it back later, and both men brace for another cow case in the future. A separate Brooklyn report notes juvenile thieves, a gang of boys aged 12 to 18, arrested for a lockpicking ring amid a broader call to curb juvenile crime and inherited vice.
The St. Benoit twins Rose and Marie, seven months old, arrived at the New York Aquarium. French, from a village near Montreal, they share one abdomen and legs with each girl using a different leg. Their mother nurses them as usual while doctors observe their crying episode at 2 15 PM.
Four boys aged up to eleven appeared at Tombs Police Court charged with attempting to wreck an elevated train. They admitted the act as sport, claiming older boys did it, and were caught after placing cobble stones and a Belgian block on the track. The court rejected dismissal due to youth.
A sentimental plot unfolds as Young Coville aids a store clerk in courting Minnie while the clerk’s corny attempts spark jealousy. The piece then shifts to Mrs. Tilton’s excommunication amid ongoing Beecher scandal notes, hoping the affair ends with public interest fading.
A patchwork of light quips and short items from a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper page. Snippets reference theatres in London, weather, editors and lawyers jokes, a Paris water warning, garbled OCR-like phrases, and anecdotal vignettes including a line about a serenade and a newly collected joke set.
Legal and transient ads priced at 1.00 per square for the first insertion and 0.50 for each additional insertion. Yearly advertisers receive a liberal reduction. Business cards over six lines cost 86.00 per year.
Fragment from a poem about choosing a wedding day in May and postponing until June. The speaker pleads for a May date while the beloved urges to wait, with imagery of roses and rosebuds tied to timing. The piece reflects romantic courtship and seasonal symbols.
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