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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1906
Page
2
A veteran recalls the 1864 assault on a long abandoned fort as he walks the still visible earthworks. The scene mixes peaceful farm life with ghostly memories of siege, artillery, and grievous loss, reflecting on courage, sacrifice, and redemption.
The narrator recalls a Civil War assault told with vivid detail of artillery, fog of war, and close combat. Veterans describe near-total enemy destruction, the shock of victory, and the sorrowful aftermath as blood and debris fill the ground while the author reflects on war’s lasting echoes and a quiet noon wind for peace.
General Grant noted with astonishment that the union army could draw more than enough artisans of every class from a brigade for camp siege or march, showing wartime labor skills extended beyond battlefield roles.
The narrative recounts a storming of a fort despite torpedoes and shell fire. Marines or soldiers push through obliterated defenses, surge up the slopes, flood the fort with bayonets, and overrun the parapet. Reinforcements arrive, transforming the fight into a blueprinted lesson on citizen-soldiers and leadership in war.
The article marks May 30 as Decoration Day with ties to Civil War memory. It notes Frederick Grant’s birth in 1850, the 1862 Corinth evacuation, and the 1854 Kansas Nebraska bill. It cites Missouri Compromise repeal, Douglas’s influence, and the rise of popular sovereignty as precursors to conflict.
A Missouri Contingent member recalls a night password set as Potomac then twisted to bot tomic and butter milk. An officer disputes the word, a bayonet is shown, and the guard rejects the pass saying buttermilk is correct, forcing the officer to retreat.
The text notes nearly 300000 Union veterans buried in national cemeteries with about half unknown. In 1880 graves counted 158302 known and 142868 unknown across 79 cemeteries. It recalls Gettysburg Cemetery on November 19 1863 where Lincoln delivered a 266 word address, brief yet powerful and immortal.
The Thirtieth of May across the union designates Memorial Day to honor the patriotic dead of the Civil War. The observance stems from a strong impulse of devotion and seeks to revive the fervor of patriotic effort by recalling the sacrifices of the great conflict between the North and the South.
Richard Mansfield argues in Atlantic that acting is a gift not teachable. He recalls a London peer’s wife cast as a society woman who fumbled on stage, proving private life dooms stage performance. He warns that audiences are all critics and true acting cannot be learned, only inspired.
A mother and her young daughter walk in an uptown park. The child asks why acorns are not B or O corns. The mother replies with a playful threat to spank the child when they get home, turning a simple Q&A into a humorous exchange.
Seaweed gathering in southwest Norway has grown into a major industry, surpassing fishing and farming in wealth. Farmers burn seaweed ash to sell to foreign manufacturers for valuable minerals like iodine, enabling debt repayment and land improvements. Modern machinery and new farms replace older huts, turning local agriculture into a practical American model.
A Brooklyn Eagle snippet quotes a cheerful exchange about hope and fortune, noting a fortune teller predicted happiness and wealth from a second marriage. The speaker jokes about completing the first marriage to reach that outcome.
A brief dialogue from Lippincott's presents a mother restricting Willie to the back yard on Sunday while the child protests that Sunday extends to the back yard as well. The sketch captures domestic humor about Sunday conduct.
A dialogue on courage contrasts telling a girl you love her with the harder task of admitting you no longer love her after an affectionate confession. The exchange highlights the emotional risk and social stakes in romantic honesty.
A Somerville Journal quirky exchange questions if "your husband" is even tempered. Mrs. Browne-Well replies, yes perhaps, noting occasional fits of temper in a light social item.
Fragmentary note quotes a sentiment on generous impulses appearing during times when means to act are lacking, attributed to N. Printed in a period press style with archaic spelling.
The Engineering Magazine notes coal measures across Batan with five beds of lignite and shale, limited seams at the outcrop, and some pockets up to eight or more feet. Tests aboard the Wright in 1904 show Batan coal yielding 25 percent more lump than Kishima coal, with cleaner burn and fewer clinkers or refuse.
The Turkish rule in Europe is described as increasingly hopeless and doomed, with remnants and minorities facing aggressive pressure. The piece notes Asia’s empire also in trouble, facing losses and threats, suggesting the Turk’s decline may be near.
In Melbourne's Allan's block 180 musical professors, mainly men, teach singing to predominantly female pupils. The group is described as a selected cohort shaping the younger generation's musical ambitions through lessons in the teaching rooms.
The German steamer Sverabaya, once sailing from coal runs to Japan, later joined Russian service and attempted to smuggle arms to Vladivostok but failed to breach Japanese blockade. It sought refuge in the Amur river and disappeared since October. Natives later found the vessel near Nikolaievsk on the Amur with the crew's bodies frozen on board.
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