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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1881
Page
1
The Clermont Courier weekly notice lists subscription price and publication cadence with fragmented text referencing Charles W. as publisher. Readers are informed of a 1.50 per year rate and Wednesday issue schedule in a damaged OCR fragment.
News of the week notes the marriage of President Diaz of Mexico to Miss Romero Rubiso on the 9th inst. Also reported are arrivals of 258 exiled Boasian Jews, the Garfield family relocating to Cleveland for winter, and a Danville Kentucky stable fire that destroyed valuable horses.
England steps up precautions for Gladstone’s safety as he travels between rail stations under constable protection. Headlines also report Bismarck weary of public life, west Africa war risk, Chicago smallpox surge, Dubois wealth debts vanish, Pope disapproves Irish Land League, ex governor acquitted, Lend League fading, and two cowboys lynched in Arizona.
Quincy Illinois reports heavy flood damage from the Mississippi River with estimated losses approaching 940 en. Local officials warned residents of rising water and urged precautions as streets flooded and homes were affected.
The Lower House approves a bill granting women the right to vote amid earlier opposition in the Upper House. A Cincinnati landmark known as the Big Missouri was destroyed by fire after years of notorious tenants and violent incidents. Reports from Honduras note 5,900 flood deaths and rail damage. Baldwin and Marchbank link to a bank wreck. Baldwin’s band allegedly misused funds and faces $10,000 bail.
The actual deficiency of the Newark Mechanics' National Bank is 22,411,000.45. Depositors will recover about 50 percent and stockholders face losses equal to their holdings.
In Greenville County South Carolina Bob Williams a Black man was lynched after being taken from a jail in Manchester Tennessee for an alleged outrages act. A mob hanged him in Greenville County amid racial violence.
Wm. Tate an engineer and L. T. McNams are indicted for murder over the McKinney Station collision in Kentucky that killed five men. They fled the scene for parts unknown and have not been apprehended.
The Eagle Block building in Hoboken New Jersey was destroyed by fire last week, with damages estimated at about half a million dollars. Firefighters reportedly refused to respond since they were not regularly employed by the corporation, preventing potential saving of the property.
A man named A Brein of Jews City Jows killed his wife at her mother's house then killed his mother-in-law and died from prior poison. The mother-in-law is expected to survive. In Boston a dispatch reports the schooner Delia Hodgkins capsized off Nantucket, the crew fled in boats and after twenty four hours the mate and fourteen others died from exposure and were cast overboard.
A report from Hong Kong cites a terrible typhoon sweeping Western Tonquin. The Star-Houston Cases notes statutes limit the Star Route swindlers, but a Grand Jury could press charges, offering some hope for accountability.
The old Texas Statehouse at Austin burned on the ninth, causing $220,000 in losses with most records saved. Statues, library, paintings, and furniture worth $70,000 were also lost, while the building valued at $150,000 stood damaged.
A three story tenement at South avenue and Grand street in New York collapsed killing nine occupants and injuring many others. The dead include Mrs Knaub John Knaub Mrs Louisa B Randolph Frances Hill and infant brother Mary Saville Minnie Saville John Thompson and an unknown man. injured survivors include Miss Baeder Joseph Baeder John Gillespie and several K Hill Randolph and Saville family members. The structure began as a one story building later expanded to three stories without strengthening its foundation.
Report from Marion Station Mississippi details a gunfight at the polls where four were killed and two wounded as African Americans took refuge in Edward Vance’s house. Sheriff and posse pursued, John Vance was killed, A T Warren and another poll worker died, while the assailants escaped. Nearby Arkansas news notes Philip E Sullivan’s death in prison after a robbery intended to fund marriage plans.
John Murray a tar roofer for Mrs. Kirkpatrick of Cincinnati was repairing a roof when a cigar box in the eye trough exploded. Murray died three hours after being taken to hospital. Charles Savage, a boy present, survived uninjured aside from torn clothing. The box contents remain unknown.
Frank Hattos arrives in Washington as First Assistant Postmaster General. Treasury and War Department reports show disbursements under budget and Confederate bonds in U.S. custody. Names include Joan C. New, Howe, Raum, Windom, Folger, Le Duc, and Guiteau case chatter dominates capital talk.
The president proclaims Thursday November 24 as a day of national thanksgiving and prayer, honoring divine blessings and a continuing heritage of freedom. It urges public worship and reflection on recent hardships, with the ceremony dated November 4, 1881 in Washington, sealing the instruction of Chester A. Arthur and James G. Blaine.
The note cautions that impunity for follies harms constitutions and urges restraint. It observes that paper is now used to make furniture, signaling a broader critique of flimsy materials and fragile systems.
A sprawling 1870s style digest reports a western blockade in snow and a vast government pension list totaling 120000000 dollars. It notes a possible resumption of five cent nickel coinage and a Chios earthquake with evacuations. It covers church extension fund goals, a large fire in Woodstock New Brunswick, a $2500 verdict in a Kennedy case, Star Route legal moves, a Jersey City smallpox scare, two hangings in Maryland and Georgia, a statist bureau report on railroads, and Franklin style notes on the origin of the first US coin with a copper cent and the motto We are One.
General Sherman submits his annual report urging a 20 percent increase in private soldiers, argues for relief from overwork, and favors repealing limits on enlistments. He supports West Point as a perpetual source of military education and proposes a veteran corps for old forts to house worthy veterans and guard property.
Election returns from Wisconsin Virginia New York Pennsylvania Mississippi Maryland New Jersey Connecticut and Massachusetts show Readjusters in Virginia leading with Cameron around 1 500 and a possible 12 000 total, while Wisconsin voters tilt GOP and Democrats gain ground elsewhere.
A waTURalist is described as a business dedicated to catching gnats and related small pests. The definition emphasizes its active role in捕捉 tiny insects as its primary function and market focus.
The text likens paragraphing to mining a pocket and compares it to prospecting for a new lead after exhausting a rich vein. It uses a metaphor to describe editors seeking fresh material once the current story is mined.
A man recounts his mistaken reputation as Clara Alden’s favored suitor while secretly wooing Miss Lyle at the skating rink. He notices Clara’s interest in a foreign escort and Daisy, a winter visitor, complicating his feelings as he maneuvers between rival attentions.
A wavering narrator torn between Daisy and Miss Alden confesses jealousy and duty. After friend Porter insists he must wed Miss Alden, a Christmas rink scene leads to an intimate moment with Daisy and a scolding glance from Clara Alden, ending in a curiously charged kiss and arrangement.
A reader notes how common editorials disguise criticism through euphemism. Phrases about nominations, speeches, obituaries, and reviews reveal hidden judgments, from hostile editors to the implied moral or social failures behind polite phrasing.
A Popu lar Science Monthly article by Dr. Felixea Oswald argues that tooth brushing is unnecessary and decay stems from disuse. The piece cites old men regaining teeth after harsh diets, cautions that artificial dentifrices only partly help, and urges dental exercise with hard foods like crusts and carob beans.
An Austrian engineer named Lauer unveils a blasting method using a hollow cylinder as a conduit for a dynamite cartridge. The charge contacts only the rock surface and is detonated electrically, reportedly delivering greater force and enabling fine rock fragments that wash away easily. The system claims about a 40 percent saving over traditional hole blasting.
The Clermont Courier lists legal and transient ad rates: 1.00 per square for first insertion, 0.50 for each subsequent insertion. Yearly ads receive large reductions. Business cards up to six lines cost 66.00 per year with open insertions.
Antony Fox of Portage County accidentally shot off his arm while hunting. The report lists multiple other Ohio incidents including a Lancaster mill worker killed in a belt accident, a Ruskeylvania minister collapsing from heart disease, and a Findlay school candy poisoning scare. Other items note editor changes, fires, and legal notices across the region.
A letter from Mrs. Hooper describes rich youths staging cruel mock bull fights with calves in Madrid and at La Granja, where bulls are tormented as budding bullfighters practice. The piece notes the animals suffer greatly while the King and Queen of Spain attended such events.
A man along the Charlestown highway chats with a stump digger about farm work and pay. The talk drifts to finishing the stump by Friday, betting on a horse race and a circus at Charlestown, reflecting cautious yet hopeful plans amid idle chatter.
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