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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1849
Page
4
Poem urges universal kindness as a divine source of light. A speaker pleads that gentle acts improve the reader's life and even color the end of life with sweetness. The timeless verse echoes moral reflection on compassion and human conduct.
The poem traces a wandering heart haunted by past memories and departed loves. It compares cherished voices and summer’s fading leaves to sorrowful reflections. Nightly visions, tears, and the sense that time and change deepen longing frame the elegiac mood.
Illinois Organ contrasts types of newspaper patronage from paid subscribers to unpaid freeloaders. It argues honest support sustains papers while errant readers and unpaid notices threaten publication, urging moral conclusions about charity, contentment, and religion as the true reward of virtue.
William Cobbet recalls learning grammar as a private soldier earning sixpence a day. He describes a makeshift desk from a berth and a knapsack bookcase, scarce light, and hunger as he forced study amid noise. He argues that any youth can overcome worse odds to learn.
A Waterford Chronicle police report narrates Johnny O Conner's outing with Miss Brandy ending in him stealing a purse from the lady. He is captured, arraigned, and later repents as the couple leave together, though danger of future trouble remains.
A late night stalker encounter ends with the pursuer offering a rooster in trade. The page also extols new ideas for celebrating wedding anniversaries and shares pithy quips from Kepler and Quinctillian, plus Mrs Partington reflections.
Henry V. Kerr Superintendent of Gemmon Schools Clermont County endorses Cobb's Series of School Books calling the Readers superior to others. He praises the Reading Lessons for clear language and word definitions and notes the Speller's suitability, urging adoption in local schools. Dated Batavia January 11 1849.
Merchant advertises best quality cigars snuff and tobacco for sale at the March 1 drug and book store event. The notice emphasizes quality and availability at the local shop.
Signor Jose D Alvear unveils the Goldometer and Gold Seeker's Guide claiming a magnetic instrument locates mineral riches. Arriving in New York from California with gold ore valued at nearly a million dollars, he touts early discoveries and offers the kit for three dollars with instructions, testimonials, and warnings against imitations.
Bill of Review and Supplemental Bill in Clermont County proceedings referenced by the Supreme Court of Ohioia.
Notice in Clermont County that a Bill of Review was filed July 28 1848 in the Supreme Court of Ohio asking reversal of a 1840 Clermont Hamilton County decree related to heirs of Samuel Eacret and others. Defendants residing in Ohio must appear at the next term or be defaulted. Attest R W Clarke Clerk. J Jouubré Solicitor for Adult Compt January 25 1849.
Complainants filed February 7 1849 in Clermont County Ohio Supreme Court for review and reversal of a 1839 decree alleging errors of law and fact in the original case. They seek accounting of rents from Thomas Morris heirs and possession of land, with ejectment trial and general relief against listed heirs and guardians. A testatum dated February 8 1849 warns defendants to plead or face a decree.
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