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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1879
Page
1
The Clermont Courier lists weekly publication with Char W Pegg as proprietor and a subscription rate of 1.50 per year in advance. If not paid within the year, the price rises to 1.
The piece prints a fragmentary mock ode from the Chicago Saturday Journal describing a modern girl in a harsh school and town. It mocks theatrical use of perfect words, noting long lessons, a red face when she faints, and ends by promising to close the rhyme. The tone is satirical and dated.
Fresh fissures bloom on Mount Etna and lava floods threaten Catania and nearby towns. Historic eruptions from Vesuvius Iceland and Skapta Jokul are reviewed, noting massive lava flows, ash clouds, and long term climatic impacts.
A humorous look at a fourteen year old boy mowing a lawn after school with a pulley of interruptions. The piece contrasts child labor humor with a digressive note on medical terms and the rise of the microphone enabling hearing internal body sounds.
The piece describes sand blasting as a method to carve deep letters in marble by masking with wax, creating raised letters by masking with wax, and applying lace on glass to cut figures. It notes wax, lace, and cotton as protective aids and warns hands can be damaged without protection.
A moral meditation on labor and waiting, self restraint, and the value of modesty. It urges weighing words, avoiding pride, and blessing others to gain blessings, while warning that worry spoils life and exclusive enjoyment excludes true happiness.
A Yokohama man received ten years hard labor for violating Japan’s opium prohibition. The report notes Japan’s strict stance against opium use. A separate clue mentions a powerful figure in Washington with a horse scar on his cheek.
A Maryland man serves an original writ on George Washington for contempt in Fairfax Virginia 1776. Mrs Martha Marett of New Haven leaves 167000 estate with 500 to John Carroll a newsboy who helped during a house fire. Postal service employs 54487 people and 39258 postmasters. Confederate news and various items follow including Prince Louis Napoleon in Zululand, a London party cracker gift, Vermont statue commission, and Holland treasury heirs. Also notes on Ivan Turgenev exile, Grimaldi Italian orator, Prince Napoleon Jerome, disease caution, and anecdotes on punctual marquis and Senator Sumner.
A Vallejo Street resident uncovered a Chinese opium den that lured American youths, including his 18 year old son, into nightly smoking ritual. The boy, smoking since fifteen, suffered severe nervous decline and physical wreckage. Officials plan a raid and intensified prosecutions to curb the deadly trade.
A dated critique of women who judge each other by appearance and dress. The author decries the eyeing as cruel, cowardly, and vulgar, noting men rarely do it and that such behavior reveals a small soul regardless of birth or breeding.
A Connecticut resident asks for $1 to post an ad declaring he is not responsible for his wife’s debts after she left him. The appeal emphasizes the plea for public notice to shield him from financial obligations tied to his spouse.
Various performers adopt distinct methods to sustain vigor during performances. Some claim that eating raw meat fuels a man’s endurance on stage, reflecting older stage folklore about dietary tricks for stamina.
San Francisco youth Bilkins and his amateur orchestra attempt a serenade on Van Ness Avenue. Amelia Boggs’s father storms from a second story window offering four dollars and an old gas stove to settle the matter, prompting the band to withdraw in defeat.
In a pastoral letter the Episcopal diocese of Virginia leader Bishop Wate bans church flower decorations including Easter displays and also disapproves of evergreens at Christmas, guiding parishes toward restraint in decor.
A Fitchburg Massachusetts family of five has a combined weight of 1025 pounds. The heaviest member weighs 233 pounds and the lightest 170 pounds.
A statistic notes that out of 27,000,000 inhabitants in Italy, 14,000,000 are unable to read or write. The figure highlights widespread educational challenges and the need for literacy initiatives across regions and communities.
A government commissioner's report on Southern lawlessness details widespread fraud, violence, and murders of revenue officers. It cites illicit distilling, uneven tax enforcement, and state-protected criminals, arguing the South risks undermining national authority and loyalty to the Union.
A reminiscence recalls the early American envoy Mr and Mrs John Adams meeting George III and Queen Charlotte at St James Palace. Mrs Adams’s plainness unsettles the royal scene while the Queen’s courtesy and Mrs Adams’s unflinching practicality shape a vivid portrait of cross Atlantic diplomacy and court manners.
William alias Flatty Boyle, about twenty nine, escaped from Riverside Penitentiary by slipping into a sewer from a yard blowers room and reaching the Ohio River. He eluded guards, swam or was aided by boys in a skiff, then reached the opposite bank where they ferried him away. The officer’s pursuit followed, with Boyle previously due for release next fall after a four year sentence for 1875 watch theft. The piece also notes editorials from the Burlington Hawkeye and Buffalo Express about Fourth of July celebrations in Canada.
Friends assert General Fitz John Porter is vindicated while opponents resist the ruling. The dispute centers on Porter’s court martial and subsequent rehabilitation efforts amid contrasting views within the circles surrounding the case.
Legal and all transient advertisements priced at one dollar per square for ten lines, with fifty cents for each extra insertion. Yearly ads receive liberal reductions. Business cards up to six lines cost eighty six dollars per year.
A June 9 to 14 summary shows Ohio Senate and House debates on abolishing the Cinemna's Police Board, appointing three aldermen successors, and requiring bonds. Bills to fund portraits, mine escapes, and rail ticket scalpers faced votes. petitions against ticket scalping were noted. Debates continued over inmate reform, public works, and canal water use as measures near adjournment.
A concerned mother warns Theodore that Seergs is feverish and has blistered feet, leading to anxious plans for next Sunday's meeting. Georgie realizes his chances at twenty-five cents gate money from Andrews' Bazar may be lost.
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