05 Mar 1879
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1879
Page
1
A bank executive from a prominent savings institution faces an unusual event near the town square as security concerns rise. The scene involves a high profile financier and local onlookers while authorities monitor the developing situation.
Philadelphia lawyer William F. Johnson spends nearly five years tracing heirs of William Sidney Warwick who died in 1863 with $39,000 in Girard Bank stock. From London to Bilster Square, Virginia to San Francisco, and finally a Vermont waiter, the case yields a daughter married to Signor Arditi and a missing brother found after years of wandering.
Boston correspondent reports on asylum abuses and private institutions housing thousands, critics call for reform, and compare Massachusetts to England where commitment requires stated cause. Story follows a Boston man planning an open boat voyage and other curiosity items.
The late Duke of Newcastle, born January 25, 1834, became the sixth Duke in 1864 after his father’s death. Noted in sporting circles, he made and lost fortunes on the turf and married Henrietta Adela Hope in 1861, a wealthy banker’s daughter. He faced deep debts, paid by his father‑in‑law, and soon saw his entire fortune melt away after inheriting the title.
The article portrays Marshal MacMahon as a diligent but politically naïve figure whose duty driven approach masked gaps in constitutional knowledge. In cabinets he listened quiet and spoke with rapid, pointed eloquence when refuting a minister’s fallacy, and outside, his formal bearing commanded weight with diplomats and spectators alike. He drafted his own speeches, often making final touches before presenting them.
In a Detroit club tale Brother Gardner recounts a citrus mishap at Hon. Lycurgus Standoff's cabin. A stove blast and powder in wood lead to questions of ownership and a heated community debate.
A Turkish steamer docks at New Haven to load a varied cargo including rifles, kerosene oil, pressed brick, and cows, indicating a broad mixed shipment amid port activity.
Dermot Monaghan of Knockbridge County Cavan chased a brindled yearling from his field, met a group of tiny fairies turning weeds into horses, and watched the heifer leap walls before a 20 foot river crossing. He later endured a perilous funeral-boat voyage and a haunting moorland return, ending wiser from the uncanny encounters.
The passage surveys descriptions of Afghans from various sources noting fierce expressions dark skin and eyes, shaved foreheads with hair back to shoulders, cotton and barek robes, gold embroidery by women, and comparisons to Afghan chiefs like Moshen. It discusses perceived Afghan beauty as reported by Comte de Gobineau and others and questions their reliability.
A Detroit Free Press fragment recalls a mule drawn express wagon and a driver who endures a blistering morning ride. The mule remains calm as the driver, trapped under punishment, rants about past abuse and artistic toil. The tale includes a travel journal excerpt and a curious church statistic from New York.
A collage of scattered clippings cites Boston talk of public figures and oddities. It mentions Montreal horse longevity, Zulus, Poe, a riderless mule head, female manners, and political figures like Governor Marks and Polk, ending with a curious tale of a pig, a rope and a stump.
The notice lists Clermont Cowie Advertising and 3a Legal with ten lines for first insertion and a reduced rate for each additional insertion a liberal reduction applied to these shields or notices for the year
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