08 Nov 1893
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1893
Page
1
The report notes large Republican leads in Pennsylvania and New York with margins near 100 000 and 99 000 respectively. It highlights Iowa swinging back to the Republican column and broadly frames voting on protection, pensions, prosperity and patriotism, with Clermont County as an exception.
A rousing pro protection speech proclaims that the nation’s people have spoken in favor of McKinley era policy. It declares free trade a monster to be overthrown and promises work, wages, and industry under Protection, with a vision of national health and self sufficiency.
The passage touts Syrup of Figs as the best family laxative, noting its pleasant taste and soothing effects. It advises parents to keep a bottle on hand and suggests gentle, agreeable action for the whole family.
W. B. Crane, returning from a two month Western trip, visited the Courier and shared impressions of vast Western farming. He toured Washington where Tom Lakin owns 640 acres and uses a giant harvester moved by thirty two horses, capable of cutting, cleaning, threshing and bagging grain in one pass. The machine costs about 1400 dollars and replaces several ordinary harvesters.
The story notes shallow plowing with three inch depths as crops struggle for profit. It mentions Mr Crane glad of western roads but not emigrating. Terrace Park resident Thomas Brown, secretary of a Cincinnati board of trustees, killed himself with a revolver in his home after planning a city trip, his death attributed to illness and a heavy cold.
A historic profile celebrates Eliza Archard Connor of Clermont County as a prolific writer and bold thinker. It recalls her rise, the impact of her pen on politics and society, and her role in a New York women’s club discussion on crime, literature, and newspapers.
A fragment from the Ironton Register notes dwindling supplies affecting local commerce. The writer muses on microbes transmitted by a fly and cites Victor Hugo while joking about mole-holes altering the stars, framing scientific curiosity amid everyday scarcity.
A testimonial from N M Oakman claims years of biliousness improved by Simmons Liver Regulator. He notes druggists sell the powder or liquid, usable dry or steeped as tea.
The Weather Bureau reports Ohio November temperatures for eleven years with an overall average of 41 degrees. The warmest November reached 44 degrees in 1990, the coldest 8 degrees in 1899, and current readings show unusually mild conditions overall.
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