13 May 1885
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1885
Page
1
Advertising space priced at $1.00 per square ten lines for first insertion and 50 cents for each subsequent insertion. Yearly liberal reductions apply. Business cards limited to six lines for $5.00 per year. Abundant pew material and neat prompt job work at reasonable rates.
Dr. Isaac Redrow writes from New Orleans April 6 1885 describing travel from Cincinnati to Chattanooga and a visit to the exposition six miles from the city The letter notes Lookout Mountain and battlefield memory green valleys and graves of fallen comrades It covers the exposition buildings engines statuary paintings textiles and a French market with vivid impressions of commerce and produce and mentions diverse visitors including Chinese Japanese and Mexicans
The document lists a Special Court Calendar for May and June 1885 with case numbers and parties scheduled for each weekday from May 19 to June 12. It records civil actions including Nolt versus Pease, DucKWALL versus Duckwall, Colvin by next friend against Maham, Hurdle versus Silcott, Croswell versus Williams, Franz versus Dellinger, Vermillion versus Violet, Wilmington versus Pease, and multiple others along with administrators and receivers.
A nostalgic piece discusses a boy finding solace in his mother's room and the warmth of home. It contrasts public polish with private behavior, teaching Martha’s home manners matter more than formal parlor civility.
Discussion of affordable barbed iron wire fences for large and hogs containment, with timber shortages and style notes. Also details on the Chautauqua Cultivators Circle new agricultural farm initiative in Orange County New York, including membership, education aims, and instruction via headquarters and a question box at Houghton Farm Mountainville.
A new Langtry polonaise is described as a long draped garment ideal for street wear, offering full coverage and compatibility with any skirt. The piece reflects fashion's iron rule on flowers, recommending deep purple violets, pansies, or heliotrope in buttonholes, with violets most common on Fifth Avenue.
Special Correspondence from New York reports the Westminster Kennel Club ninth annual bench show at Madison Square Garden. About 950 dogs from many kennels including Dachshund, Collie, Mastiff and Bull breeds were displayed with notes on notable animals such as Satan the bull pup and Kobe the Jap dog. Photos featured varied canine companions and owners, with praise and colorful anecdotes about breed varieties.
A disparate page notes a poodle’s pampered life contrasted with human suffering in New York. It then shifts to St Bernard and mastiff dogs showcased at a circus, with prizes won by dogs owned by women. Military-scale Chicago trade buildings are described, alongside gas fuel shifts and a challenge to atomic theory.
A fragment discusses the sky appearing blue due to ozone gas and mentions the Cleveland Machine Company making an augur for square holes. The text includes garbled phrasing and incomplete sentences about production failures and related terms.
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