26 Jun 1878
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1878
Page
1
Fragmented OCR presents Bryant's Thanatopsis urging communion with nature to ease fear of death. The speaker counsels going outdoors to hear nature's still voice as the sun, earth, and ocean form a solemn tomb for man. The poem ends with a vision of joining the caravan to death's silent halls.
In a remote Iranian frontier parish a lonely preacher is drawn to a sick traveler named Mrs. Delplaine who seeks refuge with his reclusive household. As she offers to help him gain fame and influence, the parson recalls a past love and vows to stay, only to face a tragic turn as the visitor clings to him and a wife’s fate unfolds.
A Norristown Herald excerpt extols a remarkable female strongwoman in the United States. She is said to lift an anvil by hair, sing while smiths forge a horse shoe, and hold several smiths aloft by their hair. Report notes seventy five men building an iron steamship on her chest, comparing feats of female strength to European monarchies.
The writer argues that a man who refuses to advertise is likely ashamed of his business. The remark targets the practice of advertising in the Exchange and hints at reputational concerns among local merchants.
A collage of brief items: the late Prof Henry’s unpatented twenty two inventions, MarsHAL BAZAINE’s Spain stay, a Yonkers girl’s fatal windpipe accident, Earl Granville’s linguistic feats, a sheriff and a preacher in Deadwood, Barnum on Minie Warren, a blind Cleveland girl, four Field brothers planning a Haddam park, a French hospital attack, a solitary Waco resident, astronomer Klein’s moon crater, and Garibaldi’s austere Caprera life with geese and letters.
Vivid sketches of travelers at a steamship pier on departure. A man dashes through gates colliding with a porter and collapsing into a basket of eggs, while a couple strolls aboard serenely. A jovial traveler waves a handkerchief, hat, and a kiss to a departing ship, as loungers and idle figures fill the scene.
Stelia Logan reports a brutal armed robbery on a nine PM Third Avenue car. Five assailants beat an elderly employee guarding fare money, leaving him gravely injured while passengers, mainly women and children, fear for safety. The piece contrasts laborers’ transit with privileged riders and condemns sexist, selfish behavior of some men on the car.
A Massachusetts town in the 18th and early 19th centuries used annual vendues to dispose of widows and paupers to the lowest bidder, with widow Lovell and widow Jane George among the noted cases. The practice persisted as towns refused to build a poor-house, even as families were torn apart and lives were commodified under the auction system.
In Clinton Illinois a thirty five year old maiden schemes to marry a rich young man by borrowing a tale of a heroic romance from a novel. She lures him to a church steeple locks them inside and persuades the man to go to the window. The plan backfires as she drops the key and the two are tied to the window rope until the man lowers her and herself amid a startled specter. The plowmanBelow discovers the scene and the couple quarrel while the town curiously watches.
A young man in Little Rock writes of a wretched life defined by pride, poverty, and unfulfilled desires. He records his self view as affectionate and despondent and then kills himself after sending the note to his sister.
A desperate job seeker pleads for work at Pultzer's shop. The proprietor jokes about selling his body for forty dollars, offering a barrel and a body-snatching scheme, as the would-be worker contemplates accepting the grim offer to avoid starvation.
A man separated from his wife for thirty five years has returned and offered to reconcile. Shortly before this offer the wife inherited a substantial estate.
Rainy afternoon confines six young ladies as their chat fills three columns. The phonograph records gossip about beaux, outfits, and social plans, with boasts of dresses and names like Charley Edwards Grace Laman Joe Fenton and Mary Brant. The device is said to “speak verbatim” and even testifies to fashion squabbles and flirtations.
A Middletown farmer found a bull frog in a milk pail, supposedly churning the milk into butter by vigorous leg strokes. The tale blends humor with a mock scientific tone, celebrating an improbable amphibian gourmet experiment in Connecticut.
The article advises outdoor living year round, monitoring room temperatures, and daily cold-water splash baths or full-body dippings followed by brisk exercise. Start in summer to acclimate, then endurance rises as temperatures fall and cold susceptibility decreases.
The article describes a practice in Moroccan villages where families fatten young girls for marriage. Girls around twelve endure hours tied to a carpet as a father uses a stick and a stern mother feeds stiff porridge to increase weight, often under threat of beating if they refuse.
The piece argues against giving the lowest options to the tramp and suggests avoiding forcing choices by keeping coats and hats separate. It claims foresight helps prevent conflict and unwanted demands from the tramp.
The Clermont Courier announces advertising rates for legal and transient notices at one dollar for a ten line first insertion and fifty cents for each additional insertion. A liberal yearly reduction applies and business ecards up to six lines are eighty six dollars per year.
A partial, fragmented excerpt from Saint George Best titled Written in the Album of a Friend. It references a beloved B V C and ponderous lines on youth, unfaithful hopes, and a love once cherished. The text remains incomplete, with lines cut mid thought and no final conclusion.
A collage of quips and cartoons from various papers, including mockery of politicians, religious jests, and social satire. Refers to figures like Carlyle and mentions a diverse mix of topics from whisky allusions to farm life and domestic scenes.
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