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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1882
Page
1
A partial OCR fragment lists terms and prices related to wear items and advance notes. It mentions Wednesday schedules and potential merchandise terms without full details. The readable bits suggest an advertisement or catalog snippet with pricing and date references.
May internal revenue receipts stood at $16 347 273 while Philadelphia mint coinage for May reached $6 682 400. The nation’s currency outstanding totaled $362 466 953. Reports note vandalism on Lancaster Pa soldiers' monument. Westward, Hancock is rumored as a Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate. Jefferson remains to be moved to Glenwood Cemetery. Sherman rumored to retire. Sheridan eyed as successor. Garfield case seeks writ of habeas corpus. Arctic Jeannette survivors arrive in New York. Alaska expedition planned. Fish Commission places 1.5 million shad in Arkansas and Texas rivers. McPherson wins libel suit damages of $1,000. Annual tract issuance hits twelve million pages over prior year. receipts $379,221, expenses $374,997. A fatal child-killing noted in Piney Creek NC. Ohio Supreme Court invalidates Pond liquor tax as unconstitutional. Duel in Texas leaves one dead, another wounded. South Carolina seat contested. Mackey seated over Dibbie. Maine Greenbackers nominate Solon Chase for Governor. Plaisted-support split. Chief Big Bear prepares border lodges. claims restraint would invite attack. Berlin railway collision kills eight, wounds twenty.
In Missouri, George and William Matthews were killed in an ambush near Bennett's Mill while returning home. Marion Wilson and Homer Sharp were wounded amid local ill will. Reports from St Louis mention talks for a Frank James pardon, with James wishing a quiet life. Also, English and Canadian capitalists discussed buying 25 million acres via a new company to spur immigration. Secretary Teller ruled timber on public land may be cut for domestic use in Colorado and nearby territories.
Egypt May 30 reports the military faction opposes the Khedive’s reinstatement of Arab Pasha as Minister of War. They view the move as a temporary measure to preserve peace rather than a stable policy.
The item reports the June 1 wedding of F D Massey to Governor Foster’s daughter Annie in Columbus with a Garfield gift. It also notes a late night shooting, a fatal cradle murder in Lancaster Ill, a Chicago line rail accident injuring 30 plus, a Dunkard meeting house collapse burying a dozen, plus a London News line on the situation.
One hundred twenty eight Union graves at Baxter Springs Kansas were decorated without ceremony. A large gathering marked General Zarchary Taylor’s grave near Louisville to decorate the Mexican War hero’s tomb with General Ekin as orator. Robeson spoke in Washington and Ingersoll in New York.
The Amalgamated Association of Tron and Steel-workers set a strike date. On June 1 fires were put out in thirty six Pittsburg mills while eighteen thousand five hundred workers were active in Wheeling and nearby areas.
The report notes that only a few men were wounded while describing terrifying carnage among the natives, contrasting official statements with chaotic scenes on the ground.
A serious riot broke out on June 1 near Chicago after Joliet Tron and Steel Works longshoremen on a morning train carrying a group of colored men were shot at a small station. A car with the men aboard was struck in the groin and a person wounded badly.
National bank note statement of the Comptroller of the Currency shows assets and deposits figures dated 1874 1876 with amounts and transfers to foreign domestic and national holders. A news item reports Miss Kitty Alling falling seventy five feet at Hanover College picnic near West Madison Indiana landing face first in mud paralyzed briefly before help arrived.
A young woman named Miss Alling was rescued from mud with a head wound but no broken bones after a crowd gathered at the scene. Separately, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled the Pond Liquor Tax Law unconstitutional, stating it functioned as a license and violated constitutional bans on licensing intoxicating liquors.
Charles Seibard a New York cigar maker grew jealous of his 19 year old wife. At noon he shot her through a window twice then fired again as she moved to safety. He then killed her on a stair landing and fled before finishing with a third shot.
The amended bill to extend corporate existence of National Banking Associations advances after Senate committee approval. Changes include mandatory examinations, protection against attachments, new deposit requirements to redeem circulating notes, and a plan to issue Three and a half percent bonds as replacements.
French fishermen along the Brittany coast previously earned up to 15 000 francs yearly from sardines. Now the sardines have disappeared entirely and scientists attribute the decline to a shift in the Gulf Stream's direction.
Karl Freup says American women do not dress well. He notes a man recently paid 45 dollars to sew a silk dress. The remark reflects fashion sentiment in a light anecdotal item.
The Senate reports a modification to a House bonded spirits bill requiring warehousing bonds to cover tax and interest with three year extension limits. Other actions include adjournment after discussing the Japanese indemnity bill, river obstruction removal, and relief for Porter. The House handles contested Florida election Bisbee against Finley, seating Bisbee, and moves to the back river and harbor appropriation bill. Adjournment follows amid further election cases Lowe vs Wheeler and related actions.
The House debated a plan to refer alleged corrupt alterations in the Mackey Dibble election case to a special committee. Republicans opposed further consideration and adjourned to caucus to endorse a rule that would bar dilatory motions, while Democrats pressed for a full House discussion after committee findings. The debate featured accusations of forgery, disorderly scenes, and vigorous cross remarks as Dibble spoke in his own defense and Mackey supporters argued.
Ex politician DeFries recovers. Congress debates unfinished work as Hix improves. National banks resume charters. Amos Webster assumes Treasury post. Shepherd family travels from Mexico. Fish Commission seeks 50k for London 1883 expo. Porter bill grants rank without back pay. New postal card design debated. campaign fund drive underway. Arbitration bodies urge a world congress. bankruptcy reform advances. Harper's Ferry property report questions current use and offers.
The public debt statement shows four and a half percent bonds totaling 250,000,000 with matured debt 14,440,165 and total debt 1,981,304,935 excluding interest. Current liabilities include unpaid interest 1,475,531 and debt on which interest ceased 14,440,165. Available cash in the treasury stands at 242,103,768 with debt minus cash 1,701,475,157 and a May decrease of 10,375,441.
A friend meets Mr. Spiser, who jokes about a troublesome grinder being pulled. He says the organ grinder was taken by a policeman and adds no one else caused trouble. The passage notes a claim about the first use of the term Eureka linked to a rack Jes sat upon.
A compiled news brief covers the deficiency bill appropriating nearly $9,000,000, repudiation of a Greenback ticket by the Knights of Labor in Pennsylvania, and various national events from Ireland to Arizona and Rome. It notes key figures such as Garibaldi's death and Arabi Pasha's assurances amid global tensions.
Ohio briefs report an array of cases and happenings. A Lancaster murder trial ended in a not guilty verdict. Porte mouth manslaughter concluded. a Lima girl fatally burned after an outdoor fire incident. Urbana eyeing Rolling Stock Company works. Bellefontaine granted a new trial for a murder conviction. Local misfortunes include lightning damage to Millerstown Methodist Church and a hermit’s arrest.
The piece contrasts lean and fat geniuses, noting nineteenth century painters and writers like Alzac, Rossini, Dumas pere, and Hugo as examples of hearty appetites. It argues that modern minds are buried in meals and indulgence, while the lean intellectuals such as Lamartine and De Musset are praised for their seriousness and lack of merriment.
The article traces the potato's origins in the Americas, noting high altitude growth and early transport by Sir Walter Raleigh’s ships. It discusses introduction to Spain, spread to the Netherlands and Italy, and slow adoption, with Ireland adopting it as a staple after its arrival.
A runaway boy Thomas joins the British fleet off the English coast during a battle with the Dutch. Believing the flag being struck would end the engagement, he climbs aloft and momentarily fells the Dutch colors, causing confusion and a British victory. He is promoted to admiral by Queen Anne.
Legal and transient advertisements listed in the Clermont Courier offer ten lines for a first insertion and six lines for each additional insertion with a yearly reduction. Business cards limited to six lines are priced at six dollars per year.
A collage of humorous exchanges and stereotyped banter from club life and street chatter. Jokes about poker, presents returned, retired generals, and family scenes mingle with comic snippets from an Indian newspaper to the Brooklyn Eagle and Rome Sentinel.
Geo W Cooke notes Emerson constantly jots thoughts and reads in tones that shape essays. The notebooks archive years of patient study and transcription, showing a method where sentences complete the subject and stand alone as vindications of the author’s thought.
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