15 Jul 1885
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1885
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment references venue collections and reserves at Se eenpanati. The readable portion points to event listings and venue names linked to a regional gathering with unspecified dates or organizers.
Newport is portrayed as an incorporated city with grand villas and private grounds, where driving is the main pastime. The piece notes English fashions, resident notables, and a society of fashionable cottagers, while also detailing hotels, theaters, and public spaces along Beil Cevas Avenue and the ocean drive.
The reminiscent observer sketches Newport's two tiers, the old town and newly built sections, noting strict social borders between classes. It highlights Ida Lewis's home on Bellevue Avenue, the 1726 Holy Trinity church, the Can ning Memorial Church, the Old Ruin near Touro Park, and the Casino as city center attractions, plus attitudes of residents toward change and leisure.
The text describes a dubious summer resort experience with warnings about access and pleasures, then shifts to a detailed, technical depiction of a balloon apparatus. It explains platforms, spikes, gas receptacles, ballast, propulsion, navigation, and the aerodynamic controls, attributing the description to Carniomia E. Myless.
A New York Times style feature surveys Rev Becher of Plymough Brookyn and other leading clergy. It covers Becher's evolution sermons, Thomas De Witt Talmage, and Rev. Newton, plus notes on Lady Randolph Churchill in English politics and Leonard Jerome's American ties.
The text references transient advertisements priced at $1.00 per square for first insertions and 30 cents for subsequent insertions, with yearly reductions and business card rates. It also contains a fragmented obituary passage noting a person who cared for 100,000 soldiers, lived quietly in Camden, New Jersey, and had a notable body of work.
The article profiles John G Whittier the Massachusetts poet and abolitionist near 78 living in Amesbury. It covers his Quaker roots his public roles in abolition and his poems Snow Bound and School Days. It also sketches Walt Whitman born 1819 on Long Island with a career in printing journalism and Leaves of Grass.
Mrs. Smith, longtime contributor to the press and author of Soay School Poetry, lived in New York City in recent years after a life split between the west and Wyoming Territory. Born in Brighton near Rochester, N.Y., she traveled with her ten year old son and was a member of Sorosis, famed for her rare accomplishments and numerous poems in Union school books.
The late Mr. Rutter’s successor as president of the New York Canal Hudson and Harlem railroads is Chauncey M. Depew. A long-time railroad lawyer and former U S Senate appointee, Depew’s career spans law, politics, and railroad administration. Born in 1834, he became a sealing merchant before turning to law, was admitted to practice, and served in New York politics including secretary of state and later minister to Japan. His influence in railroad circles and national politics is noted as he contemplates further leadership and expansion plans.
Observes advantages of keeping sheep with cattle by padding pastures separately to prevent grazing damage. Notes sheep provide wool income first and fattening profits later, and their grazing can enrich soil fertility via portable movable sheds guiding flock to poorer soils.
The report notes first premiums awarded with Wisconsin and Vermont among top recipients. Wisconsin takes a carry butter award while remaining divisions split honors among New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.
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