26 May 1880
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1880
Page
1
The Glermont Courier issues weekly edition edited by Charles W. Pegg. Terms listed: 1.50 per year in advance with payment within the year.
Fragment from Detroit Free Press recounts a tale of a man who misreads a watch and a signed almanac, leading to mistaken trust in printed colors and a plan to set his timepiece by the almanac. The vignette ends with the claim he will rely on almanacs from now on.
An Irish county court in Mayo hears the case of Patrick Mulready charged with sending a threat letter to a landlord amid the 1840s famine. The defense cites mental incapacity. a verdict of not guilty is reached after witness testimony and jurors weigh handwriting and intent. The narrator recalls the countryside evictions and a notable acquittal.
Paris dispatch reports M. Lepinay's proposal for a Bordeaux to Narbonne canal of 406 km with 62 locks 150 m long and 8.5 m deep. Separate single and double width sections total 180 km, enabling ships up to 134 m and speed 15 km/h engines. Estimated cost 560 million francs. potential sea to sea distance savings of about 2,570 km for navigation.
Dr. Taylor traces the plow from a pointed stick four to five feet long used by early peoples for digging roots and uprooting foods then bent into a hoe. He cites prehistoric hacker peoples in southern Sweden, ancient drag-and-pull instruments, and wheeled plows in Virgil's era showing the long prehistory of plow technology.
A Rockville man, feeding a litter of setter puppies, devised a plan using a milk pan behind the stove. He carried the pan to the woodhouse at night to feed the pups, only to discover the bread dough had been used instead. The wife found the prior day’s bread pan missing and the pups grew chubby on dough, resembling muffs with trimmed heads and warty legs like Early Rose potatoes.
A Cincinnati Gazette reader argues against blaming women for marital woes. The writer asserts men who marry foolishly bear equal blame, urges respect for wives, and calls for fair accountability of husbands who chose unsuitable partners. The piece disputes gendered fault lines and seeks balanced perspective.
A new sizing converts hemp into leather board from leather paper. The process yields thin pliant sheets reinforced by endless wraps around a cold cylinder, dried in the sun, and made insoluble by water. In tests a quarter inch strip held seventy seven pounds and rose to two hundred eleven pounds when treated.
A guide on safe lamp extinguishing argues against lowering the wick and blowing into the chimney. It favors turning the wick up and blowing horizontally from the top to cut off air and extinguish the flame instantly, avoiding explosive accidents.
A New York minister installs a telephone in his study and the first words spoken over the line are a reversed profanity. The anecdote, noted by the New York Express, suggests profanity appears only when words are reversed.
A puzzled Mary hears a lamb asking where it will find food in the wet weather. Mary, astonished, sends the lamb outside to forage, while the lamb complains about the rain and its need for meals.
A concise fashion note suggests ironing shirts to strengthen crease resistance and create a stiffer finish. The idea frames ironing as a simple step to enhance appearance and durability in everyday wear.
Swarms of locusts appear at Millersburg while Ohio stories recount a Newark politician in jail for wife beating, tragic deaths from drowning and a buggy runaway, a near town-wide fire loss, aging residents, and labor unrest in Massillon as strikes press for higher pay and safer conditions.
A Chicago Times excerpt reviews Secretary Sherman's 1877 reform push at the New York port. It outlines commissions, major cost savings, abolition of gratuities, and new methods to speed imports while boosting revenue. It notes a one third revenue rise despite reduced staff and cites merchants praising efficiency gains.
Saturday Review traces Birmingham’s early industry noting scant iron smelting within city bounds. It highlights Soho's 1764 factory by Matthew Boulton, the town’s “toy trade” origins, and the manufacture of buckles, clasps, chains, and small hardware items linked to decorative rings and brooches.
A furniture dealer sold fifteen pieces for 23 dollars and lamented the buyer, who started housekeeping with poor goods. The buyer then sold the lot for 1500 dollars and now seeks another dealer who ignores newspapers.
The article prescribes rubbing steel with sweet oil to loosen rust and, after forty eight hours, applying very fine powdered lime to scrub away the rust.
A Sedalia Democrat piece denounces rebel factionalism within the party and outlines claims of Democratic failure in Congress. It cites figures like Grant, Conkling, Wade, and Philippi as historic pressures and critiques, warning of trouble if a candidate is not clearly elected.
The Clermont Courier lists legal and transient ads at 1.00 per square for first insertion with 0.50 for each subsequent insertion. Yearly reductions apply. Business cards up to six lines priced at 4.00 per year.
A collage of humorous quotes and anecdotes from late 19th to early 20th century miscellany. Jokes about labor, fashion, patriotism, and daily life mix with quips on guards, priests, lovers, and a Brooklyn widow. Local color includes playful barbs on prices, gadgets, and social manners.
Large numbers of miners leave the Comstock daily for new fields, chiefly toward Arizona with its rattlesnakes and extreme heat. Farewell glimpses are seen of old neighbors as trains depart under the shadow of Mr. Davidson, who has long sheltered them. Few depart for Colorado, as the southern country seems more attractive.
A railroad journey to Chicago reveals a man with a noble brow who perplexes fellow passengers by his stated vocation. When pressed by an inquisitive farmer, the man discloses he owns a saloon and a meat shop and butchers himself.
A Cleveland Herald note laments a prom news item being undercut by an inserted patent medicine advertisement. The piece criticizes the practice as misleading to readers and urges better editorial control to avoid such promotional clutter.
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