27 May 1885
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1885
Page
1
An old advertisement offers embalming services in Newtonsville area with caskets and lobes in stock. It notes T H Hall as attorney at law and notary public, along with W A Hicks and references cement and adjoining counties.
In Batavia Ohio a dramatic eagle attack ends with two men restraining the bird after a fierce pursuit. The Times details the massive beaked foe, its seven and a half foot wingspan, and the men’s injuries as they deliver the bound captive to a wagon.
Special correspondence from New York notes Boston skaters leading the six day contest at Madison Square Garden with Snowden and Boyst surpassing others in miles covered. Endurance earns cheers as competitors push 1,148 miles in six days while facing fatigue and blistered feet.
The Thirty-Fifth Annual Session of the Clermont County Teachers Institute will meet in New Richmond Ohio from August 8 to 15 1885. Lectures by S W H Cole E McVay T J Davis and others will be offered with prizes for spelling and teaching excellence. Boarding available up to 1.00 per week. examination planned for August 15.
Paris to New York transfer details the Bartholdi statue Liberty Enlightening the World being shipped in sections after eight years of work. The piece debates whether Liberty should be personified as a woman or a man and describes the statue’s size, scale, and display in Paris before its gift to the United States.
Bourne of the Providence club tops 72 games a season the most by a pitcher. Ewing of the New York club played 74 games as a premier catcher. Snyder of Cincinnati helps manage while Ward of New York excels as a base runner. Bennett of Detroit plays 77 games and Hocker of Louisville leads American association pitching. Hornung of Boston famed for long throws as leagues dual pricing shapes attendance and salaries range from 1000 to 4500 dollars a season. Providence is league champion while New York Metropolitans lead the American association. Inter collegiate leads amateurs with Harvard Yale Princeton Brown and Dartmouth, Yale the current champion.
Two men hunting on Long Island fired at an eagle perched in a tree. One shot missed as the bird stretched its wings to flee, and the second barrel went off as it tried to escape. The account highlights cruel behavior toward the royal bird.
The New York report confirms the death of novelist Frederick John Fargus known by the pen name Hugh Conway in Manro Italy. He formerly lived as an auctioneer in Bristol and gained fame with the novel Called Back a trance and mesmerism tale that sparked stage adaptations in Europe and America.
A London society portrait of Gladys, Lady Lonsdale, widow of Lord Lonsdale, married recently to Earl de Grey. The piece recalls her tall stately figure, distinctive Semitic look, and public life in ultra London society, noting her late husband’s dissipations and her own bold resilience.
The notice outlines rates for legal and transient ads by the square, business cards, and yearly reductions. It also recounts gossip about Lady Durham and Lady Lons Isle in a trial context. A War Balloon by Gen. Russell Thayer is described as a steerable device potentially costing $10,000 and capable of dropping dynamite bombs from the sky to destroy cities.
A detailed description of a proposed large dirigible with a 60 foot diameter and 185 foot length explains its components a bag a compressor a rudder and methods to ascend or descend and steer. The piece weighs potential military impact from such a machine noting strategic uses and risks alongside cultural notes on fashion travel and early telegraph history.
In a brief item from Burgerzeitung a landlord questions an agent of wine growers why red native wine costs more than white. The agent replies that color has a value, implying pricing reflects differentiation rather than production cost alone.
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