04 Jul 1877
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1877
Page
1
The brief item notes a BBC terms dispute or interpretation affecting wear, with unclear context in the OCR snippet. It mentions Brow Ving in connection to a decision or policy but lacks full details for precise summary.
A Kayes Courier editor notes a July feature on the last Indian on the Geneva in Scribner. The poem laments vanished summers, fading voices, and a valley’s quiet memory, mourning the simple folk once named and loved in bygone days.
In Grabtown a supposedly dead man named Choker thrives as a ghost joining the town’s life. A mysterious former actor confesses to posing as Choker after burial to secure a living, revealing the ghost was a hoax and that he and the real Choker bore similarities. The doctor learns the truth as Choker nears death.
An elderly Berlin born man named Hans Fried died at eighty in Paris after living in seclusion. Once Berlin’s royal executioner from 1840, he used an ax rather than a guillotine and wore gloves to handle it. He lived quietly, wrote memoirs, and kept his past hidden until death revealed his identity.
The article details a giant water supply tunnel in Baltimore County, Maryland, eight miles plus, with a 12 foot diameter circle spanning from Gunpowder River to Lake Montebello and a Clifton tunnel conduit feeding six four inch mains to the city. It notes shaft depths, worker crews, and the hand dug method. It also mentions Dom Pedro of Brazil as a curious contrast in a separate paragraph.
A collection of quirky one liners and anecdotes ranging from U S and European curiosities to odd facts about animals, marching toward a humorous snapshot of social chatter. Notable mentions include Corkscrew’s baby Gimlet, a mule felling a deer, and reactions to law for women in Minnesota Illinois and Wisconsin.
The piece profiles General Skobeleff, praised as the youngest Russian general and famed for a daring Khokand raid. He led 150 Cossacks in a nocturnal assault, broke through Khokandian lines, and emerged without a single casualty among his men while the foe left thousands of dead and spoils behind.
The New York Herald’s Moscow report dated the 29th says Russian moves on the Danube were a concession to the Czar’s irritability and impatience. In St Petersburg the Emperor’s telegraph anxieties grew daily, prompting Doctor Botkin to urge a headquarters visit. At headquarters the Czar’s impatience worsened as delays hindered his view of events.
Washington correspondence notes an ordinary barouche outing by Mr and Mrs Hayes and Mr and Mrs Joe Medill, ex mayor of Chicago and Tribune editor. The sighting hints at political discussions likely to appear in the Tribune and suggests the administration’s restraint in public appearances.
The Bodman gun cast in Boston weighs about 45 tons with a 232 inch bore and 55 inch widest diameter. It fires a 700 pound projectile with a 100 pound powder charge and features a brass expansion ring to protect the bore. Other huge ordnance include the Fraser gun at 81 tons, Krupp breach loaders around 80 tons, the Italian navy Armstrong gun at 100 tons, and a Krupp piece 56 tons.
A collection of aphoristic lines on emotion, judgment, charity, love, and friendship. The speaker muses on gravity as a mind’s mask, inward justice, jealousy, and the interplay between virtue and friendship as the core of merit.
In Paris a niche tradesman polishes and perfects ladies nails with pedantic care, using wooden thimbles for deformed tips, while in New York Miss May Murphy collapses after church, dying from heart disease worsened by tight lacing. General Wheeler, a Confederate raider, plans to practice law in Huntsville Alabama.
A massive blaze roared through St John destroying 200 acres, igniting a barrage of warehouses and wooden blocks from the harbor to Market Square. Two conflagrations raged, one consuming business districts along Dock and King Streets, the other devouring homes up the hillside as townsfolk fled to higher ground.
A hotel kitchen and storage area were infested by rats. A hogshead of swill lured them, a mammoth trap captured hundreds, and by midnight the carcasses totaled one hundred six. The event ended after the rats were killed.
Legal and transient advertisements priced at 1.00 per square for the first insertion and 0.50 for each additional insertion as 10 lines. Annual reductions offered. Business cards limited to six lines priced at 6.00 per year.
A mosaic of quotable snippets on virtue, folly, smart talk, and wit from varied sources. Jokes and provincial banter mingle with reflections on wisdom, marriage custom notes, and anecdotal bits about poets, travelers, and historical figures.
An illiterate private at Lord Morpeth's castle chapel in Ireland shows literal attention during Archbishop Whately's sermons. When teased, he explains he cannot catch the words of the archbishop but can follow the message, showing deep listening despite reading limits.
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