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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1849
Page
4
Poem praising a robin’s song and virtues. The speaker imagines the bird as a patient saint guiding love constancy and hope, then bids good night as twilight darkens the page and wishes peaceful dreams free from pain. The verse reflects gentle nature imagery and moral musings.
In a reflective study from the Home Journal, a writer explains twilight as a natural prolongation of day. The piece discusses atmospheric refraction, zodiacal light, and how twilight varies by climate and season, noting benefits for vision and moral reflections.
The article argues astronomy points to planets as worlds with Earthlike functions. It highlights Mars as best studied, noting Baer and Mendler mapped its geography, and describes a striking white polar illumination seen on Mars near the pole.
The article argues that Mars shows seasonal changes with polar snow, melting by the sun, and luminous polar caps that dissolve in summer. It contends Mars is a world with rains snows and clouds, structured for organic life, closely resembling Earth's seasons.
The piece lists early presidents in order from Washington to Tyler with Adams and Jefferson noted. It mentions a Boston Post claim that Massachusetts General Hospital would admit no cholera cases. A Locofoco meeting prompts a quip about democratic institutions and a riddle about losing what one would not wish to have.
A humorous column discusses why delicate young ladies can dance all night. It notes they are enigmatic, sometimes ill in the morning yet lively at parties, and ridicules the notion of fixed rules for feminine behavior. Other items mock gendered notions with brief quips and anecdotes.
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A 1849 Batavia notice by S J Alexander markets a compound tincture to prevent and treat cholera. It urges prompt medical aid and outlines dosing for adults and children, with steps to induce surface perspiration and a proposed calomel morphine mixture if needed. The tincture is said to contain brandy laudanum cayenne and other ingredients and is sold at T H C Howells in Batavia with full bottle directions.
The notice promotes a Cincinnati to West Union stage line via Newtown Batavia Williamsburg Bethel and Georgetown. Departs Cincinnati for Batavia at 5 00 AM daily except Sundays with return arrivals listed daily at 4 00 PM. The line runs to West Union every other day. Published July 20 1848.
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