12 Mar 1879
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1879
Page
1
A fragment from the Clermont Courier features a Romantic, sea bound poem by a sailor narrator. The verses describe windy hills, open sea, and longing for a loved one as ships and sails rise in a sunlit nautical scene. The cadence evokes voyage and heart’s homecoming.
A physician narrates being lured to a vile trap by rival Somers who aims to wreck his life and marriage. After being bound and abused, he feigns bondage, poisons the assailants with chloroform, frees himself, and murders Somers in a stairway struggle before fleeing into the night.
Hardin Lodge No 22 faced an unexpected interruption when a candidate awaiting the second degree was delayed by a storm. A committee arrived at his home to notify him, only to be told by his wife that she would not permit the initiation that night. The lodge, astonished, broke into laughter before resuming business and adjourning. The incident, recounted by the Richmond Conservator of Missouri, highlights a humorous clash with Masonic procedure.
A compact etymology note traces Pamphilia to Pamphylia for pamphlet, Pontius and Judas for Punch and Judy, Visigotha origin of bigot, Arab street in Baghdad for tabby cat, Hamburg for hamburger, Gaza for gauze, and Niki as Old Nick the water demon in Scandinavian lore.
A 13 year old girl in Liverpool hanged herself with a muffler tied to a handle. She had been healthy and of a playful disposition, but the motive remains unknown.
A Danbury citizen travels to Norwalk after an Adelphi explosion to find his wife who survived with injuries. The couple, once distant, confront past neglect as he learns her satchel was lost on the vessel. He pleads for care while she recalls the frightened narrow escape and they reconcile briefly.
Washington corre spondent reports from the Post Office Department detailing stamp history since 1847. Cumulative issue totals near 9.72 billion with value about 280.33 million dollars. Yearly increases average over 30 million stamps, and future sales could reach 40 million annually within a decade.
Three passengers on a Dy ersburg stage swap travel yarns while a quiet clergyman listens. The talking pair boast of giant fish snakes and mosquitoes, then claim a cotton gin was powered by four giant foxes, a tale the cleric questions before they alight near Louisville.
Senate and House debates span March 3 to March 8 with measures on capital punishment for rape of young girls, local option tax measures, insurance reform, jail and court fee adjustments, and public printing nominations. Far-reaching bills allocate funds, regulate contracts, and set salary scales while temperance petitions surge and longview asylum investigations are debated.
A Boston Transcript reflection notes how an unseen woman entering a crowded room prompts every gentleman to glance toward a distant vacant chair. Once the aim is achieved the men return to the speaker or performance with polished, amused expressions.
As the Crimean War began the Queen of England lamented lacking sons to fight. Now her sons stay home busy with weddings and laying corner-stones at ceremonies.
James T. Fields and Edwin P. Whipple helped Bayard Taylor rise in Boston despite humble beginnings. The writer lists notable self-taught American writers and reformers, from Maria Brooks to Howells Aldrich Lathrop and Underwood, praising their contributions without college degrees.
A year of entries from Mrs. Doveturtle noting impressions of the Coobiddys and Toody family. Social visits, dinners, a Newport holiday, marriage plans for Henry and Marion, concerns about Mrs Coobiddy, and a final auction of the Coobiddys’ house.
Workmen at the Central freight-house in Auburn New York uncovered an eight inch deep by four foot square box sealed with a rod running through a small hole. A gray aged rat emerged after the box was pried up and the animal escaped into a freight pile. The box held peanut shells corn and cobs suggesting long confinement and feeding by other rats. The imprisoned rodent survived for years and displayed surprising agility when released.
A Christian at Work cites Ruskin that toil yields knowledge food and pleasure. A Brooklyn poverty case with eleven dependents voices joy in daily labor, stating endless work outshines rest. The man, surrounded by workers for decades, embodies industry and disdain for laziness and anger.
A collage of jokes sayings and unusual notes from comical lines to curious facts spans topics from body snatching and lunatics in jails to sausage theft and nautical gender debates. It cites anecdotes from Friebourg to Richmond and playful exchanges about world geography and old stage wit.
A curious misaddressed mail case shows a letter from Ireland labeled to My Mother New York America. A widow’s son’s letter matched her town and name, leading to its delivery with her consent. Also found was a letter to J H Johnson wagon and plow maker all kinds of work promptly attended to America.
Two boarding house roommates on the West Side, one a blonde and the other a brunette, woke to find they had swapped hair after rushing in the dark. The brunette wore a two colored top knot while the blonde had a jet black wig, causing two startled breakfasts for the landlady.
A London marriage ends with the bride ordering her own jewels. Bills exceed £100,000 and the bridegroom cannot pay while jewelers refuse to reclaim the wares, prompting a costly dispute.
The Interior recounts a clever boy solving an eight quart jug problem using only three and five quart measures. By successive transfers and emptying into the eight quart jug, he measures every quantity from one to seven quarts without waste, showcasing pure logical measuring with limited vessels.
The Philadelphia Ledger recounts Mr. Taylor's first European journey financed by $140, with $50 each from Joseph R. Chandler of the United States Gazette and Samuel D. Patterson of the Saturday Evening Post. Additional funds came from profits of a poetry volume republished in Graham's Philadelphia Magazine.
In the past year 96 murderers were hanged in the United States an increase of 13 from the prior year. Of the 96, 41 were white 52 colored 2 Indians and 1 Chinaman. Five were for outrages four for wife murder and one for suicide. There were seven double executions four triple and two quadruple. Friday held 70 executions. March saw the most with 25. Most hangings occurred in the Southern States with nearly two thirds of victims being black. States listed include Texas Louisiana Alabama South Carolina North Carolina Pennsylvania Missouri Georgia Tennessee Arkansas California New York Kentucky Virginia Montana Delaware Ohio Mississippi Maryland Massachusetts Arizona New Hampshire Indiana Nevada.
A Paris correspondent notes the fate of Charlotte Corday’s defender M Lux, who volunteered to defend her in 1793. He was guillotined after the trial, leaving two daughters. The elder drowned herself in the Rhine in 1807, the younger married a Havre merchant who went bankrupt and killed himself. A widow endured thirty five years in a garret.
Two brothers born in Meeviael, sold as slaves by a planter, were separated during slavery and ended up in Texas and Virginia. After emancipation they built lives in the North, never meeting again until a wedding in Pittsburgh last week. An introduction sparked recognition and the forgotten life story was shared.
Bloomington Illinois reports show severe cold wrecking farm supplies. Quail sell for 25 cents a dozen picked along fences. rabbits lose ears to frost. hogs smothering risk rises in McLean and nearby counties as animals cluster for warmth.
Advertising and business card rates listed: legal notices 31.00 per square for first insertion with 0.50 per extra insertion. yearly reduction offered. business cards up to six lines 34.00 per year.
Fragmentary OCR of Keats's first published poem shows lines about solitude and nature. It contrasts urban squalor with natural observatories and deer, bees, and foxes. The text hints at the value of innocent thought and the joy of kindred spirit in nature.
A jumble of witty lines and notes from diverse papers lampooning public figures and events. References range from Napoleon era to modern times with jests about Talmage, gas bills, and a Paris wedding dinner mishap.
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