Notable Coincidences in State Statistics and Notes on Public Life
The piece surveys Iowa and Georgia insanity and blindness figures, currents in tax and gender issues in Massachusetts, naval mutiny on the Jefferson Borden voyage to London, and civic-education and religious figures sparking North South reconciliation. It also notes British press reactions to Gladstone and Lexington centennial discourse, with critiques of American political life and institutions.
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Iowa
Georgia
Jefferson Borden
Port Levin
New Orleans
London
England
Patterson
Tng
London Standard
Gladstone
Lexington
United States
The
Times
Lady Superintendents Elevate Marshall County Schools
Aw Town correspondent lauds Miss Gifford as Marshall County's superintendent, praising critical scholarship graceful culture and earnest leadership. Her example advances feminine rights while improving public school conditions and inspiring respect for women in office.
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Chicago Tribune
Marshall County
Miss Gifford
Gifford
Home Life of the Emperor William Revealed in Almanac Ritual
A French writer reports Emperor William’s simple study with a Bible verse and poetical aphorism almanac. Each leaf lists reign events such as ordinances, reviews, journeys, and visits, with pencil remarks by the emperor. His doctor decides if he may go out or must stay in.
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William
Supreme Court Rules Fleet Earned Prize Money in New Orleans Capture
The Supreme Court sustains a lower decree in United States vs Farragut et al, holding the fleet alone achieved the New Orleans capture and that all captured vessels, including those returned to loyal owners or condemned as prize, are included in prize money distribution.
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Supreme Court
United States
Daily Chronicle
Wreck of the Schiller Near Scilly Islands
The Eagle Line steamship Schiller, sailing from New York to Hamburg, wrecked off Bishop's Rock near Scilly Islands on May 7. About 311 lives are reported lost. 24 bodies recovered. survivors include H Hillers chief officer and several named passengers and crew. The ship, built by Napier, carried 124 crew and valuable cargo plus gold and mail.
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Eagle Line
Schiller
Thomas
New York
Hamburg
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Scilly Isle
London
Bishop’s Rock
St. Agnes
Scilly Islands
St. Mary’s Island
Scillys
H. Hillers
Irescow
Boyer Islands
Scilly Group
J. G. Thomas
E. Poleman
Clyde
Robert Napier & Son
Lessing
Europe
Lloyd’s
Lloyd Marine Insurance
E. S. Ballin & Co
F. 8. Ballin & Co
Paris
Herald Cable
Herald
Penzance
Buxton
Geo. Leonhardt
Carl Schmidt
Reiderer
Becker
Ridgeway
Hermine West
Tilton Letter: A Woman Seeks Voice in Court
Elizabeth Tilton pleads for the right to speak in court to defend her name and reveal her side of a disputed marriage as her husband sits accused. The Brooklyn Eagle provides the version dated May 3, with Tilton insisting on truth and protection for her children and womanhood.
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Elizabeth Tilton
Joe Howard
the Star
Brooklyn Eagle
Brooklyn
Nettgen
Layg
Elizabeth R. Tilton
A Man Too Lazy to Investigate Guilt Should Be Ashamed
A critical remark frames a man as lazy for not probing charges of guilt, implying moral embarrassment for skipping inquiry. The comment underscores accountability in evaluating accusations before accepting blame.
Pocket compass and magnetism tied by a board barrier
California honey rises as staple export while a Massachusetts vote defeats a suffrage amendment. Oldest American Life Insurance Co dates to 1843. A Staten Island cesspool discovery yields twenty to thirty thousand dollars in gold. Illinois passes notary public for women. Old John Grey’s Revolutionary War crutches head to Philadelphia. Tungsten is hard, sodium is soft. French volcanic hills around Auvergne noted. 1824 compass trend shifts east again. Saylorville doctor swindled April joke, then billed the jester. Europe may lean on American tar as forests dwindle. Scotland drinks seven million pounds of whisky yearly.
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California
Massachusetts
Staten Island
Illinois
John Grey
John
Noble County
France
Auvergne
Velay
Vivaiis
London
England
Saylorville
Iowa
Europe
America
Archangel
White Sea
Russia
Gulf of Finland
Baltic Sea
Scotland
Remarkable Fall On Bridge Yields Uninjured Man
A Brooklyn Argus reporter describes a near fatal fall from the East River Suspension Bridge where Frank Harris survived a 103 foot drop. He struck a submerged cement barrel, bounced into water, and returned to work the next day unscathed though unsettled.
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Brooklyn Argus
East River Suspension Bridge
Frank Harris
Brooklyn
Harris
Young Doctor’s Ride Aids Hasty Rise To Practice
A young physician, failing to enter practice, rode daily through the village with his medical instrument case. A prankster followed to expose him, yet the doctor ends up aiding a man with a grave arterial bleed. The deed earns him fame and a swift reputation as a skilled healer with apparent prescience.
Perseverance and Guidance for Success
A reflective note urging perseverance as the core ally, experience as counsel, caution as elder guidance, and hope as a guiding genius for achieving success in life. The quote emphasizes steadfast effort and wise mentors shaping outcomes.
Hopeful Missouri Boy Beeding Trapped in Murder Plot
A Missouri correspondent reports Pomeroy Beeding of Cambridge planned to murder his father mother and brother in law after debt and an engagement failed. He recruited Stanton to assist but was stopped. Beeding then fled to Glasgow and St Louis. A note on glowing cylinder shaped marine organisms concludes.
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Leavenworth
Kas
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St. Charles Bridge
Missouri River Packet Company
Cincinnati
Wheeling
Edward Connoly and Son
Buffalo
N. Y
Providence
R. L
Knight Street
Evansville
Indianapolis
Richmond
Terre Haute
James B. Edmunds
John Paddock
John B. Tolbert
Barney Daugherty
Marshal
Vincennes
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Grill
Jones
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Antwine
Lafayette
Logansport
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Smith
Jeffersonville
Shelbyville
Samuel Foraker
Dr. Hibbard
Missouri
Jefferson City
Waldo P. Johnson
United States Senate
Confederate Congress
James O. Broadhead
N. W. Watkins
G. N. Nolan
Mr. Johnson
Bill Rodifer
Indiana Penitentiary
Nashville Commandery
St. Elmo
Murfreesboro
Nashville
Pomeroy Beeding
E. L. Beeding
Cambridge
Booneville
Sedalia Democrat
Beeding
Fayette, Mo
Mr. Stanton
Pomeroy
Mr.Stanton
Mr. B
Stanton
Statue of George III relic found in Wilton unrest
A Tribune correspondent reports that the leaden statue of George III torn down in New York at the start of the Revolution lies half buried in Wilton Connecticut. The piece includes tail mane and flank. Also Judge Shannon of Dakota rules a murder of one Indian by another is not punishable under territorial laws.
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Marquis of Lorne
Louise
United States
Canada
Argyle
Lord Dufferin
George III
Guelph
Democrats of America
The
New York Tribune
New York
Wilton
Connecticut
Shannon
Supreme Court of Dakota
Phil. Sheridan
Advertising rates in The Clermont Courier
The Clermont Courier lists legal and transient ads at 1.00 per square (ten lines) for first insertion, 0.50 for each additional insert. Yearly liberal reductions apply. Business cards up to six lines cost 6.00 per year.
Fresh vows for life and faith in the dawn of a new day
A reflective poem from Chambers' Journal speaks of fresh life and promises as the speaker imagines new burdens, hopes, and acts of love. The verses link daily steps and natural imagery to divine guidance, seeking closer companionship with God.
Jumbled Wisdom Fragments From A Gilded Age Almanac
Pithy maxims and humorous quips traverse morality, commerce, and daily life. The list includes cautions about deception, courtly ethics, and political editors, alongside notes on farming, literature, and press salaries in Germany and New York.
Mind and brain size relation in human evolution and function
Dr Hammond argues mind cannot exist without a nervous system and cites cranial sizes from Daniel Webster and various populations. He defines mind as a nervous-action force with four faculties: perception intellect emotions and will, noting they can operate separately. The passage ends with a proverb on marriage to one’s work.
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Hammond
Daniel Webster
Hottentot
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