The Glermont Gourier Advertising Rates Noted
Legal and transient advertisements are charged at 1 per square (ten lines) for the first insertion and fifty cents for each additional insertion.
08 Nov 1882
Page 1
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1882
Page
1
Legal and transient advertisements are charged at 1 per square (ten lines) for the first insertion and fifty cents for each additional insertion.
A liberal reduction is announced for annual advertising. Business cards remain six lines or fewer and can be imported for a yearly rate of six dollars.
A report points to a Wallace plantation in Bossier Parish Louisiana where colored workers were poisoned by arsenic mistaken for yeast powder in bread. The item also covers Louisiana corn yields, a North Carolina starvation death, a federal judge's death, lynchings in New Mexico, theater fires, suicides, robberies, and various legal and political developments across the United States and abroad.
In Springfield Ohio a case of Eva A Gazaway v William J White was heard before Judge Baxter and a jury in U S Court with Gazaway seeking 2000 damages for denial of access to a school. The jury was directed to verdict for the defendant citing two colored schools available.
Dispatches describe a deadly Ashland incident where state troops opened fire during transfer of Neal and Craft. About twenty four killed or wounded on riverbank and town as crowd attacked ferry and crowd gathered to watch. Independent reports note Governor Blackburn’s threats intensified tensions and the resulting casualties among civilians and soldiers.
Gordon Ellis and Pathea exchanged threats and fired at each other after gambling disputes at Bennett's Ranch, Lincoln County. Ellis shot Shea in the groin and chest after a tense standoff. Shea fired twice, with the second shot killing Ellis. Shea's fate remains unclear as the Independent notes uncertain survival.
The First Assistant Postmaster General Hatton reports 46 231 post offices in operation June 30 1882 up 1 719 from the prior year. Free delivery operated in 112 cities with 3 115 carriers and total service cost of 2 623 262 dollars, leaving an unexpended balance of 1 738. Recommendations include extending free delivery to closely spaced towns lacking population thresholds.
Washington notes the Tariff Commission chairing a lengthy hearing process with 500 to 600 witnesses, producing a 2050 page record. It expects no major tariff shifts, favors fewer changes, and postpones broad revision until December 1883.
A riot in Rushsylvania Logan County on the 27th saw armed white residents clash with colored partygoers who gathered for a dance. Marshal Hemphill deputized helpers and opened fire, arresting ringleaders Henry Banks Charles Rose Tom Newlin Anderson Newlin and Newt Newlin. Nat Newlin fled, believed wounded, as Banks was shot in the left ear.
The article urges thousands of young men to weigh party claims as they turn 21 and enter politics. It contrasts Democratic and Republican parties, praising Republican achievements such as emancipation, pensions, and currency reform while criticizing Democratic actions and motives.
The Iowa State Register proclaims the Union has girdled the continent with iron, opened public lands to homestead relief, guarded the treasury, rebuked poll fraud, sheltered freedmen, and supported every enterprise for human freedom and happiness. It declares Americans made by their own efforts and asks whom they will serve.
The Indianapolis Journal warns New York Republicans against letting national politics divide the state party. It condemns the forged telegram and Morey letter, notes scandal from cipher dispatches, red shirts, and tissue ballots, and urges support for Secretary Folger as a clean, trusted candidate.
James French of Toronto presents two barrels of apples to Queen Victoria, Rt. Hon. W E Gladstone, Faron Wolseley and the Marquis of Dufferin. The Toronto Mail notes the act as a loyal reminder amid Canadian fondness for sauce at times.
A man reportedly shot himself and claimed a robber fired on him to elicit sympathy and funds. The New York Sun notes the tale fooled observers until minor details exposed the deception. the incident highlights confidence in sensational stories.
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