22 Nov 1882
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1882
Page
1
The Clermont Courier prints advertising terms for legal and transient notices at one per square ten lines for the first insertion and fifty cents for each additional insertion. Yearly reductions apply. business cards up to six lines priced at six dollars per year.
A condensed digest notes Amanda Watts in Badman Texas killing her child, a Chicago church society appointing Joseph I Clark as secretary, labor unions urging organized wage reform, a fatal ball shooting near Alton Illinois, a Central House explosion in Brookville Indiana, and multiple court, bank and river accidents across states. Reports also cover crimes, rail and boiler disasters, land office activity, counterfeit coins, and international events from Canada to Europe.
Reports from around the world detail telegraph disruptions in both the United States and Britain, a New York mare named Manetta posting a 4.27 percent two mile run, a fatal dynamite blast in Wales, a Georgia governor commuting a death sentence, and multiple fires and crimes. Also noted are breadstuffs values for October 1882, city financial irregularities in Poughkeepsie, a former city treasurer accused of embezzlement, and regulatory moves in Cincinnati restricting explosives sales to minors.
The twenty eighth annual Ohio State Commissioner of Common Schools report details 1831 youth counts, districts, schools, teachers, and attendance. It notes 744,758 pupils with 468,141 average daily attendance, total receipts of 11.56 million dollars, expenditures of 8.13 million, and broken wage figures across districts. It also reports local incidents and other notes including a Greenville boy’s successful needle removal.
The piece analyzes a Republican split led by Independents in Pennsylvania and New York, the downfall of Gen Beaver and the rise of Pattison, Cornell’s bid, and the broader impact on Ohio and Pennsylvania. It notes Butler's past runs, Connecticut dynamics, California trends, and the shifting political landscape shaping upcoming elections.
The Indianapolis Journal argues that yesterday's verdict shows no confidence in democracy. It contends the same party remains dangerous and untrustworthy, predicting Republicans will gain supreme power in the next national election and that public sentiment will rectify the defeat by two years hence.
In a warm reminiscence, the author links children's fascination with circuses to memories of youth and parent guidance. He catalogs simple delights from toys to a water show in a tin can, notes old folks hunger for memory, and quotes Bill Arp on raising children with example and gentle discipline.
A European observer details Italian youth schooling from age ten to twenty in seminarios and convents. Boys endure priestly garb and limited instruction, often wasting youth while hunting and awaiting inheritance. Daughters face strict post convent discipline as family fortunes split among sons and daughters.
A Cornhill Magazine extract contrasts strict gender roles and repressive domestic life for Italian girls with an emancipated widow or wife who reads widely. It details rigid family structures, limited servants, austere rooms, and a heavy midday dinner followed by a simple supper, all set against a culture of extensive embroidery and frugal living.
John Fallon of Salt Lake City visits Moorhouse near the city. He boasts of sleeping well with windows open while the house is invaded by failed mosquito pranks as pigeons are tossed into his room. The host’s sons confess to the ruse. Fallon offers gifts if the affair remains secret.
The Rochester landowner and former head of the Western Union Telegraph Company plans to erect the world’s largest bee warehouse in Chicago. A Californian claims his dog survived fifty seven days entombed after falling into an abandoned shaft before being rescued alive.
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