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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1892
Page
7
A Wisconsin savant explains water witching with six laws and a tested 45 degree rule. The article recounts Breton in France and Dr. Adam Clark, a skeptic converted by successful divining trials, asserting water lies beneath the earth and can be found with a forked switch guided by “electric” forces.
A World newspaper feature tells of Tom the newsboy and a brave boy’s deed to buy a Christmas gift for his crippled sister Kate. The tale follows their poverty in Elizabeth Street, the box chosen, and the sad discovery of Kate’s death the day before Christmas after the gift was prepared.
In a leading bank two men arranged a sale of 2.49 million dollars in stocks. One offered to sell at his price and wrote a check for 2.4 million on the Fourth National Bank of New York. The check cleared and the money was paid the next morning through the clearing house.
A wildcat chase occurred near Livingston at Will's Cove three miles away. Mrs Gabriel Johnson and her two daughters spotted the gigantic cat at nine in the morning. They released three large greyhounds, which caused the animal to flee but not endanger them. One of the ladies then fired a double barreled gun, killing the monster as it fell from a tree at the first shot. The women celebrate their courage and success.
In a Saint Louis Globe-Democrat essay, a mother is urged to guard children from debasing influences by prioritizing home education and virtue over outward worldliness. The piece contrasts nurturing homes with permissive ones and emphasizes proactive, guided upbringing and parental unity. It includes practical advice to tailor activities to each child's bent and to supervise peer associations within a protective family framework.
Seven young women are enrolled as freshmen in Brown University's course of study for women affiliated with the school. It is noted as an encouraging sign that the conservative institution admits women students seeking higher education.
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