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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1881
Page
1
News Of The Week In Brief From Across The Nation
Governor Ga Wiltz of Louisiana deemed dangerous amid state turmoil. Nashville Exposition opened April 27. Congressman O'Connor of South Carolina died last week. Ute actions threaten government with renewed troubles. Charles Bradlaugh refused oath to Parliament again. Teabont Valleau failed with liabilities at Prince Bismarck. German plan to drop silver at monetary talks revealed. Two thousand bales cotton burned near Fort Worth. Royal Carr executed at Windsor for murder of W. W. Murcommack in 1879. Upper Mississippi flood causes wide damage. Nine infant bodies found in jars near Harrison NJ. Executioner Roloff lashes for Nihilist hanging bungling. Louis Whittaker hanged in Florida for murder. De Lessups Canal Company vanished with $30 million French gold.
South American Town Destroyed in Panama Dispatch
Panama dispatch reports Buena Ventura completely destroyed with losses not less than 1 million dollars. Three residents were burned to death in the blaze.
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Buena Ventura
Panama
The Greeks According to Athens and
A fragmentary report from Athens outlines Greek perspectives on regional affairs. The brief item notes political currents, cultural identifiers, and public sentiment, with unnamed officials cited. Further context remains unreadable in the surviving text.
Sale of a Trotter Von Arnim Sealed at 916000
Lexington broker Isaac Vanmeter sells the seven year old trotter Von Arnim, a 2:22 record, to Commo ore Kensett of St Paul, Minn., for ten thousand dollars.
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Isaac Vanmeter
Lexington
Disease in the East Sparks Alarm Across Cities
Disease outbreak in the East, especially New York, raises public concern as Blackwell's Island reports 127 smallpox and 107 typhus fever cases, prompting health officials to monitor the situation for containment and response efforts.
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East
New York
Blackwell's Island
Popular antisemitic mob attacks Jews in Argenean
A popular movement against the Jews has broken out at Argenean West Prussia. A mob led by a school teacher wrecked a Jewish residence and maltreated the inmates.
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Argenean
West Prussia
Paris correspondent doubts success at Monetary Conference
A Paris-based correspondent reports there is no prospect of success for the International Monetary Conference. Given the current stance of the Powers, a decision to postpone or even end deliberations may be expected soon.
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Paris
Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway libel suit
The Electeur newspaper of Quebec, which charged the railway administration with being a den of thieves, has been sued for 100000 damages and its manager arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electeur
Quebec
Montreal, Ottawa and Occidental
A Brother's Deed in an 11,000 Dollar Demand
William McIntosh of 240 West Thirty third Street New York states his sister Louisa Harvey owes him 11 000 dollars. He demanded settlement but she refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. McIntosh
West Thirty-third Street
New York
Louisa Harvey
Prohibition Delegates Represent All NC Counties
At the Raleigh convention every county in North Carolina is represented with delegates from both parties and both white and black races. The prohibition amendment will go to a popular vote on the first Monday in August.
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Raleigh
N. C
Volcano Reported On Farm In Kentucky County
A volcano is reported on the farm of N A Jarnagin in southern Ohio County Kentucky. A corn shack near the heat vent ignited, causing great excitement as hundreds visit the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenncky
N. A. Jarnagin
Ohio County
Kentucky
Glasgow girl Catherine Marshall near fatal starvation note
A London cablegram reports Catherine Marshall aged fourteen daughter of a railway laborer has not eaten since year start. She drinks small amounts of water daily and rarely sleeps. She is greatly emaciated though her pulse remains normal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Glasgow
Catherine Marshall
The Wheat Crop Looks Promising This Season
The weather over the past weeks has revived wheat fields across Ohio Indiana and Kentucky. What once threatened widespread plowing now shows verdant growth and vitality, with prospects for a crop at or above the average in those states.
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Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Whitelaw Reid Marries Elizabeth Mills in New York
New York Tribune editor Whitelaw Reid wed Elizabeth Mills daughter of D O Mills at the bride’s parents home on Fifth Avenue New York on April 26. Only intimate friends and relatives attended the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitelaw Reid
The
New York Tribune
Elizabeth Mills
D. O. Mills
Fifth Avenue
New York
Page County
O'Brien County
Iowa
Reid
Mills
Reid to wed after visit to Ohio mother for European tour
Mr Reid will marry after visiting his invalid mother in Ohio and then embark on a European tour with his bride. The plan follows religious and social engagements, highlighting family duties and travel.
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Ohio
Reid
Albanian Forces Move Across Kosovo Region
The report notes 20000 Albanians in Prisrend Ipek and Jakova with Turkish occupation at Prisrend and insurgents three hours from that town. Albanians hold Pristina while Dervish Pasha advances from Gizorevich with 25000 men toward Askub which has fallen to the Albanians.
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Prisrend
Ipek
Jakova
Pristina
Dervish Pasha
Gizorevich
Askub
Nine arrested in Sultan Abdul Aziz murder case
A Constantinople dispatch reports nine persons were arrested for complicity in the death of Sultan Abdul Aziz. The Hungarian renegade who served as the sultan’s physician is among them. Mehemed Ruddi Pasha and the Turkish Ambassador at Berlin are summoned to testify. The trial will be public.
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Constantinople
Sultan Abdul Aziz
Mehemed Ruddi Pasha
Berlin
Sailor Shortage Delays Arctic Cruise Out of San Francisco
From San Francisco comes word that finding sailors for the Mary and Helen Arctic voyage is proving difficult. The government offers only 22 dollars per month, less than ordinary sea work, amid a port-wide sailor shortage. Of those applying, fewer than one in four will be accepted for the cruise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Nebraska Father Finds Wife Killed Children Then Herself
Christian Koch discovers his wife in a Nebraska home after she killed their three young children with a razor and then took her own life. The three children lay on the bed and she on the floor, with a single note reading good-bye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Koch
Nebraska
St. Paul
Eviction Attempt at New Pallas in Limerick Fails
Dispatch from Limerick reports a failed eviction at New Pallas with 5000 onlooker mob hooting and stoning the Sheriff and deputy. Police charged the crowd as the bailiff, fearing for his life, refused to identify the houses of defaulting tenants. About 200 in the mob were armed with revolvers. a second eviction is planned soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limerick
New Pallas
The Christian Gallows at Towsontown
John Gotthold, 60, was hanged in Towsontown Maryland for the murder of Joseph Woods a Patapsco Neck farmer last December. Woods' wife witnessed the execution as she approached the scaffold Gotthold leaned to her and asked for a handshake she refused loudly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gotthold
Towsontown
Joseph Woods
Patapsco Neck
Woods
Gotthold
Workmen's Organizing Effort Across Nation
Washington efforts unite Workingmen's organization to form a national representation for coordinated action. They claim employers are earning more yet refuse wage hikes, prompting plans to demand higher pay this summer and the possibility of general strikes in the near term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Suffering from Terror After Czar Assassination
A cable dispatch reports the Empress suffered severe hysteric attacks following the Czars assassination. Threats to Sophia Pietrosky and Hessy Helfmann lead her to seek a pardon, receiving a promise of mercy she later realized was deceptive after Pietrosky's execution, causing a violent paroxysm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Pietrosky
Hessy Helfmann
Pietrosky
Immigrant Mormon Converts Land at Castle Garden in 197 Onward to Utah
The steamship Wyoming landed 197 Mormon converts at Castle Garden on April 27. Elders Jackson Dunbar Turner Owens and James led them, as they traveled by Pennsylvania Railroad to Salt Lake City. Most converts hailed from England with some Germans and Scandinavians, many wives of earlier settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Castle Garden
New York
Salt Lake City
Wm. W. Jackson
Dunbar
Turner
Owens
James
Europe
Utah
England
Catholic Church Advises Land Bill Reforms in Ireland
The Catholic Archbishop and Bishops of Ireland sent Gladstone resolutions urging tenure perpetuity for future tenants, opposing exclusion of leaseholders from benefits, limiting landlord powers, condemning emigration, and backing a broad plan for land purchase drainage and tenant advances for improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Ireland
Lord Beaconsfield's Will Leaves Estate to Disraeli Heir
The will of Lord Beaconsfield leaves Hughenden Manor and all property to his nephew Coningsby Ralph Disraeli. The estate is entailed in the male line with a later reversion to female heirs who must adopt the Disraeli name. Letters and papers go to Lord Rowton for custody and publication control, excluding private correspondence governed by interested parties. No Queen correspondence may be published without consent of her successors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Beaconsfield
Hughenden Manor
Coningsby
Ralph Disraeli
Disraeli
Lord Rowton
Death by own action under peculiar circumstances
Selma H Ditzell a fourteen year old girl serving in a Chicago family confessed to stealing money sent to Battle Creek Michigan but was discharged without prosecution She later took arsenic and died after hours of agony A physician tried to save her life and before death she recanted the confession claiming innocence and that fear of prosecution led to the first admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma H. Ditzell
Chicago
Battle Creek
Michigan
Afflicted Family and Far ragut Statue Report
A Michigan family of eight on a marsh island suffers malignant scarlet fever with destitution and unfit water. Three children die within a day. Separately, Washington hosts Admiral Farragut statue ceremonies with a $20,000 appropriation, awarded to Vinnie Ream. The piece also notes Russia’s thaw in peasants and U S war-era contract corruption tied to Brady and the Warmoth ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceresco
Marshall
Michigan
Weaver
Farragut
Admiral Farragut
Washington
Vinnie Ream
Congress
General Sherman
Flood Devastates Kansas City Area Driving Thousands From Homes
Missouri River flood at Hell's Half-acre inundates four to ten feet, drowning at least five in Armoursdale across the Kaw River. Three hundred families flee to high ground around Armstrong as 6,000 are displaced. Atchison and Hannibal likewise suffer widespread ruin with farmers using improvised rafts.
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Kansas City
Missouri River
Hell’s Half-acre
Armoursdale
Kaw River
Armstrong
Atchison
Hannibal
Calamity at Elign floods bridge and ferry sinks
A flood on Fox River washed away Elign Illinois’ bridge used by schoolchildren. A temporary 12 by 18 foot ferry failed on its second trip, overturning with thirty aboard. Sixteen saved, ten missing, four drowned as rescuers frantically searched the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elign
Illinois
Fox River
Star Route Ring Swindle Exposed In National Scandal
A sweeping expose details two main star route rings and multiple contractors draining post office funds. Gilmer Salisbury & Co led with over twenty straw bidders, netting nearly 800000 above contracts, while J W Dorsey J M Peck and J R Miner tallied over 400000 in excess. Individual operators including B H Peterson and J R Price are named as direct contractors, with Peterson’s Red River Landing to Shreveport route rising from 12000 to 52000 per year under Brady’s system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Brady
New York Times
Peterson
Red River Landing
Shreveport
Louisiana
Washington
Chase Andrews
Post Office Department
Jewell
John A. Walsh
Prescott
Santa Fe
Arizona
Warmoth Ring
New Orleans
J. B. Price
New Iberia
Orange
Monroe
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Tex
Gilmer, Salisbury & Co
J. W. Dorsey
J. M. Peck
J. R. Miner
J. W
Stephen W. Dorsey
Stephen Dorsey
Miner
Dorsey
B. H. Peterson
J. R. Price
Star Route
Washington Briefs on trade, politics and Star Route probes
Export values show cheese surpassing butter by more than two to one while fiscal data reveal trade surpluses. The Star Route ring investigation details contracts, profits, and key players connected to Stephen W. Dorsey and allies, with New York Times outlining gang links and excess gains.
Disgraced Daughter Sparks Scene at Chicago Station
A Chicago mother rushed into a station shouting that her daughter is disgraced after the daughter eloped with an insurance agent. The moment exposed the scandal while highlighting parental concern for a family name.
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Chicago
Greece's lone railroad runs five miles
A brief notice notes that the sole railroad in Greece spans five miles in length, describing its limited scope and regional importance.
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Greece
Moon gazers read faces on lunar disk in old essay
A dated piece compiles how readers saw human features in the moon’s dark plains. It notes varied interpretations from a man and woman carrying a bucket to a rabbit with a mortar, and discusses Plutarch’s early doubt versus telescope revelations showing rugged lunar terrain.
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North
South America
Rudolph
Kepler
Italy
Plutarch
Cincinnati
An Oriental Sunday Among the Merchants in Bombay
An Indian correspondent reports on Bombay Sabbath commerce where natives labor all week and continue on Sunday. Europeans stay home while merchants display cashmere shawls and embroidered garments in hotels and houses. Merchants bargain with quick, floor-street sales, and Jews lag behind natives in bargaining prowess. Native shops stay open, workers continue in mills, and worship days shift through the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Republican
Bombay
Dont Fret Fretting Norfolk Reader Note
A reflective piece warns against habitual fretting as a common, wasteful habit in daily life. It urges focusing on brighter outlooks, noting small irritants and delays as inevitable yet surmountable. The text ends with a historical aside about remaining enslaved people owned by Seminole Indians in Florida.
Roller Skating at the Capital Reflects City’s Coasting Habit
A Washington correspondent notes the city houses more skilled roller skaters than any other, especially on Capitol Hill. Skaters form a line from a leader, glide down the incline, and often tumble together in shared misfortune, yet persist daily despite injuries and disappointments.
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Washington
Square Acre
Capitol Hill
True to the Last Daisy Shoemaker Tries to Break Elope Plan
Daisy Shoemaker near technical Va refuses elopement with Westland Pierce fearing parental disapproval. Her sister Jane persuades, then steps in to marry Pierce, a bold act that leads to the wedding, according to the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Shoemaker
Echnical Va
Westland Pierce
Jane
West Pierce
Leadville Minister Converts Town With Dance Sociables
Rev. T. J. Mackay, missionary at Leadville Episcopal church, recounts shocking contrasts between Leadville and Philadelphia, describing his biweekly dance sociables to curb vice, his swashbuckling titles, and his role in guiding a town with five banks and five newspapers toward a sober faith, aided by a brass band funeral procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lead
T. J. Mackay
Newton
Philadelphia
Statin
Leadville
Boston
Texas Jack
Buffalo Bill
Stonewall Jackson and the Wagon Tongues
Howell of the Atlanta Constitution praises Stonewall Jackson for discipline over natural talent. He cites a daily march rule to keep wagons aligned and road clear, noting Jackson rode his lines to enforce orders. In the Baltic harbor of Wisenar, animalcules accumulate as 17 000 cubic feet of mud form yearly, each containing 100 000 000 infusorian silica remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howell
Atlanta
Jackson
Wisenar
Baltic
Scrub Floors With Brine to Help Moth Prevention
A (frank) home care tip advises washing floors with hot brine before laying carpet and weekly scrubbing of carpets using coarse salt to deter moths.
Clermont Courier Advertisement Rates and Policies
The Clermont Courier lists legal and transient ads at $1.00 per square per first insertion with 50 cents for each additional insertion. Yearly reductions are offered. Business cards up to six lines cost $66.00 per year.
Ohio State News: Milan House-rures and Muted Tragedies
Milan area house-rures, Mount Vernon tax corner stone laying, and a string of local incidents including a Kent brakeman killed after a car accident, a Bellefontaine fine and jail for a Sunday violation, a Norwalk factory missing person, and a Cincinnati school anniversary for poet Phoebe Cary. Also noted are river canal deaths, a Gad Cadiz verdict, poisonings from poke root, and iron works shutdowns at Port Washington and New Comerstown, with broader local crime and labor concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Mount Vernon
Manrsz
Horx
Wooster
Net
Louis Griptey
Kent
Shenango
Joan Newton
Bellefontaine
Derboines
Recon
Lxronarp
Geeta Sebaten
Norwalky
Toaslelana
Cincinnati
Phoebe Cary
Eeee
Mesthrotters Beltest
Sccidental
Pivrocetes
Selinnaaeh
Sven Comansend
Cadiz
Richard Neighbor
Newcomerstown
Joan Cornell
Jefferson
Lara
Nat Andon
Youngstown
Graavve-Zobbing
Prkte Henge Bonga
Humeenstee
Logan
Shel
Licking
Daniel
Daug
Port Washington
Lemon
Holmes
Iowa
Soldiers’ Home
Dayton
Patrick
James Redpath
Redpath
Patrick Be
Country Boys in New York City Dangers for Youth
A New York Letter notes crowds of emigrants and a large flow of country youths seeking work or spending money. It cites a fifteen year old who robbed his parents and ran away, warning that thieves and pickpockets recruit youths to ruin. The piece frames New York as a dangerous, poor environment for young people with rising city risks.
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New York
West
Butter tasting leads to stomach woes in old dialogue
A cartoonish exchange shows Mrs Doppr and Mrs Make discussing butter tasting. The dialogue jokes about trying fifteen to twenty kinds, fearing spiced or adulterated butter and pondering how lard or tallow blends betray stomachs. The misquoted antiques reference historical figures and regional notes in a fragmentary style.
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