Clermont Courier Publication Details
The Clermont Courier notes weekly Wednesday publication. Rates show $1.50 per year, 32 advance or similar terms. Browning brand appears in the masthead.
17 Jul 1878
Page 1
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1878
Page
1
The Clermont Courier notes weekly Wednesday publication. Rates show $1.50 per year, 32 advance or similar terms. Browning brand appears in the masthead.
Fragmentary verse addressed to a woman, invoking Father Time to soften aging. References to snow brow, turning hair to white, auburn still, rosy cheeks, sparkling eyes, and youthful mirth. Some garbled lines obscure full meaning but maintain themes of aging and tenderness.
A narrator recounts a harrowing night crossing an unfinished railway bridge at Abermaw, aided by a boat, then a perilous climb along timbers in a gale. A dog alerts rescuers. the chief engineer leads a dramatic rescue as the narrator survives the ordeal and reaches Dolbadarn for dinner.
A young woman with a pretty face, once timid, takes a room in a Springfield hotel. Three men, including her former husband and former lover, plus another suitor, come calling in a week. The sequence ends with all four parties expelled after a chaotic, harmonious convergence.
A historical account describes Siberian convict transport, detailing brutal conditions. Convicts travel in spring convoys on foot led by armed Cossacks, with chained riders and brutal discipline. Men wear gray kaftans and iron collars, women escorted in carts, while letters are checked by lanterns along the route. The piece ends with a stark aphorism about fate and punishment.
A Marysville foundry injury left a boy with his arm amputated. After burial of the limb in a box the boy felt less pain when dressed by a doctor, prompting questions about limb sensation. A correspondent cites his own leg loss and reports enduring phantom-like comfort when the amputated part is handled.
Edison declares a two year study yields a revolving disk device using a paper matrix and a magnet per groove. The setup with an electric motor and a moving arm can transmit a message simultaneously to multiple locations. Edison expects rapid deployment once tested.
A Norristown Herald report mocks a proposed women only hotel with bizarre rules. It cites jokes from the Detroit Free Press and Cincinnati Commercial about the concept and its reception, noting the piece as a satire on gender roles and modern lodging schemes.
A collage of quips and gags from U.S. newspapers. Bits joke about loafs and housekeepers, church theft, fleas, banks, yellow fever, and politics. Humorous snippets mention Chicago, St. Louis, New York, and Philadelphia with light social satire and cartoonish captions.
Legal and advertising rates appear for Clermont Courier with ad size pricing, followed by a poem fragment lamenting a past amour. The text shifts from business notices to a lyrical reminiscence of summer suitors and a fleeting romantic memory. Includes stray phrases and broken lines.
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