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The Clermont Courier in Batavia, Ohio
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1843
Page
1
Fixed stars and Halley’s comet reveal vast space beyond
The discourse argues the solar system sits in a limitless void, using Halley’s comet and Clairault’s decay as proof of an empty abyss beyond Saturn. It explains a geometric method to estimate stellar distances and illustrates measurement limits with a grain of sand observer to show why distant chandeliers resist precise distance.
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Halley
Solar System
Jupiter
Herschell
Clairault
Saturn
Vast distances and star sizes shown by simple bearings
The author explains that earthly parallax is tiny compared to stellar distances. Using a two second bearing difference, the nearest star would lie far beyond our solar system. Photometry by Wollaston suggests Sirius is immense, possibly equal to fourteen suns, opening vast cosmic vistas.
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Earth
Solar System
Wollaston
Sirius
Orion
D&c
Stanzas of Love and a Sleepless Child
A poetic longing poem contemplates dreaming of a beloved at dusk with memories and distant stars. The piece contrasts quiet romance with a mother and friend arguing over a sleepless, dirty faced child who cannot sleep.
The Dreams of Life and the Path to Happiness
A reflective meditation on three human dreams youth fame and wealth. The youth trusts in false friendships and security until awakening shocks reveal hollow rewards. Fame brings praise but not true love or happiness. Wealth grows, yet joy remains elusive. A higher divine dream offers guidance toward lasting peace.
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Earth
Heaven
Curious decision on books of accounts in Stewart County GA
The Superior Court of Stewart County Georgia under Judge Sturffis ruled that the law allowing books of account as evidence applies only to merchants books. Physicians lawyers mechanics and farmers must prove each item sold and delivered by a disinterested witness.
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Superior Court
Steward County
Sturffis
Romance in the Rocky Mountains from an expedition letter
A Savannah reader is shown a letter from a Rocky Mountains expedition under Sir William Stuart. The camp sits amid blooming crab-apple trees near Missouri with tents and fires, while a nearby Methodist mission educates indigenous children and moral instruction is emphasized. The writer notes a hopeful view of a new period for the local aboriginal peoples.
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Rocky Mountains
Savannah
The
Sir William Stuart
Missouri
Prairie
Downing
Sir William’s
Tartar
Missouri State
Remarxaste Woman Fought Across Napoleonic Wars
Theresa Figneur, widowed Sutter, served as a soldier in multiple regiments from Toulon to Berlin. She endured sabre wounds, gunfire, and four horses killed under her in eight years of campaigns. A pension and a life story compiled by Mr. St German Ludoc accompany her remarkable record.
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France
Theresa Figneur
Sutter
Allobroge Legion
Seige
Toulon
15Th Dragoons
Catalonia
Pyrenees
Italy
Novi
9Th Dragoons
Piedmont
5Th Dragoons
Austerlitz
Jena
Berlin
Spain
Gugos
Merince
England
Waterloo
Imperial Guard
Nonguez
Canal Uniting Rhine and Danube Nears Completion
The New York Express reports a canal binding the Rhine and Danube is nearly finished and will soon open for navigation to Nuremberg and then the full route to the Mayne. The Albany Journal recalls Charlemagne’s 1793 plan to connect Europe’s great rivers with a waterway, halted by sickness and wars, then revived after more than a millennium.
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Rhine
Danube
Europe
Nuremburgh
Mayne
New York Express
Charlemagne
Albany Journal
Measures Not Men From the Richmond Whig
A citizen of Carolina recalls General Washington voting for measures, not men, at Alexandria in spring 1799. He describes Washington’s approach to the polls near Gadsby’s tavern, his vote, and the crowd’s reaction, asserting the principle that he has long voted for measures.
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Richmond Whig
Bprror
Washington
Alexandria
Court House
Fairfax County
Gadsby’s Tavern
Gadsby
Col. Deneale
jMne
Carolina
The Pines of Oregon and Immense Douglas Fir Specimen
The text extols Oregon pine forests as extraordinarily beautiful and notes enormous trees. It cites a Douglas fir measured with Gardiner reporting a two hundred plus foot height and forty five foot circumference, and adds a much larger Umptqua river specimen near three hundred feet tall with fifty six foot girth and cones twelve to fifteen inches long.
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Oregon
Gardiner
Douglassi
Umptqua
David Douglass
Shenstone on Newspaper Readers Seven Classes
Shenstone describes seven reader types in newspapers from ill natured to Gretna Green gossip. He notes editors cannot please all groups and must content themselves by pleasing themselves.
Marriages and Lunatic Asylum Celebration Reported
The Lewistown Delaware Republican notes Ira Tallmadge wed Caroline Link with comments from the Clearfield Banner about Tallmadge. The New York Chronicle reports New York State Lunatic Asylum inmates held a decorated fourth with speeches and a dinner.
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Lewistown
Delaware
Henry Eis‘enbise
Ira Tallmadge
Caroline Link
Clearfield
Pennsylvania
Tallmadge
The
New York Chronicle
New York State Lunatic Asylum
Revolutionary veteran recalls Bunker Hill with bullet pierced hat
A veteran at the Bunker Hill Celebration pointed to a hat corner pierced by a bullet and, with a trembling voice, claimed the shot was fired near the spot where Warren fell. The scene prompts reflections on memory and imitation, as a companion notes that man is an imitative animal.
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Bunker Hill
Warren
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