19 Mar 1879
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1879
Page
1
A sentimental plea urges a student to write home tonight. The poem warns that old folks at home crave news and urges neglect of theater and sleep to ease their longing. It emphasizes parental love, duty, and the pain of absence.
A New York evening with a professor showcases the evolution of lighting from rushlights to oil lamps to gas and finally electric current. The narrator witnesses a petroleum engine powering electricity, tests sodium light and a brilliant copper wire arc, and hears praise for Edison while noting cheaper, whiter light.
Summary of Senate and House actions across March 10 to 14 including bills on attachment to garnishee wages, usury forfeiture, seven percent interest rate, capital punishment debates, jail and execution witness rules, and a plan for state workhouses. Also notes investigations requested for Longview Asylum directors and amendments to civil code, plus Greenback vote tallies from the 1878 elections.
Charles Francis Adams Jr resigns as Government Director of the Union Pacific rail line, arguing current laws force a public duty to be performed under corporate hospitality. He says the role requires deep railroad knowledge, meticulous oversight, and acceptance of corporate expense, framing the active director as an honorable spy while unpaid.
Fragments discuss a question about war being sweeter than a winter sunset, noting uncertainty and a cold environment with a regional vacuum. The text presents a vague exchange without concrete events or identifiable entities.
English scientist Mr Napier tested Liebig’s claim that liquor can be paired with animal food but not with a farinaceous diet. Twenty seven drinkers participated and results supported the theory. A 60 year old former alcoholic, after delirium tremens, switched to a starch based diet and recovered in seven months, gaining twenty eight pounds toward a normal weight.
An editor is praised by a reader who promises support and to urge others to do the same, but the reader’s enthusiasm proves hollow as he merely borrows pies from a friend while claiming loyalty to the paper.
A man with a back ailment directs work on a ten cord wood pile as others assist. The line emphasizes labor division and the difficulty of splitting kindling amid the gathered timber.
A travel critic reflects on Babylon in mid April, praising Euphrates river gardens and crops, noting green plains and calm, despite the vanished great city. The piece contrasts old sorrow with new spring life as birds and butterflies fill the air.
Children play a word game seated in a row naming journeys and matching actions. Participants start with A and proceed alphabetically, answering with verbs and nouns that begin with the same letter as the place. Those who fail to answer face a penalty.
A Detroit Free Press tale recalls Madame Anderson and a Cincinnati walker using a double to rest while the other carries on. The ruse mirrors Hindoo hedge hog legends where a lookout twin outwits the pursuer by staying still at opposite ends, tiring the fox in repeated returns.
A traveler questions a steamboat crew amid heavy fog on the Mississippi. The urbane pilot explains they cannot proceed until they can see the river, noting the stars offer little guidance. The passenger returns to his cabin, the vessel remaining moored until visibility improves.
Unclear prose notes an unprecedented wave of lumber activity in the Michigan pineries near Minter with reports of notable times and quantities. The fragment hints at a timber surge affecting local mills and transport.
A friend plans a musical party and invites guests for specific traits. Jones plays bravely on his own trumpet, Brown harps on one string, Smith fiddles with his collar, Thompson loves trump cards, Robinson is rumored to be base vile, Johnson plays second fiddle to his wife, Simpson owns an organ, Richardson excels with the long bow, and Samuelson and his wife are famed for kettle drums.
The London World recounts a famed pianist who, fed up with rowdy drawing-room audiences, arranged for his instruments to stop abruptly in the loudest moment of a piece. A hush followed as the audience fell silent and a lone voice from the front rows declared, We always ours in lard.
Newspaper note suggests men vanish quickly from streets into alleys or saloons, a recurring pattern observed across many neighborhoods. The piece cites Norris Town Herald as context for sudden disappearances and urban behavior.
In 1778 near the Hudson General Lafayette commanded guards at the water front and ordered silence from tattoo to reveille. Jonathan Niles, a musican from Connecticut, played a flute whose notes recalled home. A sentinel urged him to lie about the night’s music to avoid punishment, but Jonathan chose truth, and Lafayette invited him to perform. The tale lingered in memory as a moral about honesty.
The full roster shows incoming and retiring U.S. Senators, detailing names and affiliations. It outlines new appointments and departures, signaling shifts in Senate composition and leadership roles.
A gentleman at Princess Louise’s reception bars a young Kanuck from entering, citing a mismatched necktie and a family grocery-store background, while the eager youth protests he should greet Louise as a loyal subject. The anecdote from Traveller records the rebuff and the youth’s exit in a rage.
A New York World report suggests principal stockholders in electric light ventures likely hold large gas interests, implying any policy change would not be a drastic upheaval. A bystander remark about public appearances is briefly noted but interrupted by garbled lines.
An Adrian Michigan Times report describes two visitors at the Lawrence House who feign weakness to eat a full meal. A lean man pretends partial illness, ordering many dishes, then asks for milk after dessert, lamenting his condition while the landlord anticipates his return only when well.
The article discusses how rail crashes can cause shock concussion or cerebro spinal disturbance in passengers. It notes that minor injuries may lead to serious later outcomes, including paralysis or fatal inflammatory processes, with cases observed by medical professionals in Dublin. It emphasizes that severe damage may be hidden behind mild initial signs.
A clipped, cryptic passage evokes a town scene with lingering questions. Characters named Noah, Wham, Phinne, and a doctor appear amid talk of bills, illness, and civic duty. The fragment hints at tension between hardship and humor as residents confront a chaotic day.
A letter to the New York Tribune by James T. Field recounts Bayard Taylor’s 1844 meeting in Boston with Longfellow Holmes and Whipple. Field recalls Taylor’s youthful, eager demeanor and the warm reception he received, noting the charm of his travels and readers’ praise for his Views Afoot.
Military authorities publish a statistical review showing total fatalities and wounded amounting to 1 085 931 since 1495. The figures include 261 generals and 17 096 officers among the dead and wounded. Prisoners taken by the enemy total 56 generals 1 474 officers and 289 041 noncommissioned officers and men. As to the account.
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