24 Nov 1875
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1875
Page
1
At Geelong and deep in a shaft forty three feet the remains of a vast extinct kangaroo were found. bones did not appear below fifteen feet, highlighting a remarkable paleontological discovery.
The piece notes Brother Moody speaks simply on religious doctrine and still draws vast audiences, while sharing postal data: October saw over 20 million new postal cards. stamps issued last year near 100 million. 4.5 million dead letters, with 81,799 containing $61,000 and 14,225 with drafts totaling $3,000,000. foreign letters sent and received around 12.5 and 11.8 million. The U.S. government nets postage on about 750,000 foreign letters.
Commodore Goopenoough of the British navy, mortally wounded by Australian arrows in August, gathered his men on the quarter deck. He bade them farewell, urged integrity, and urged courage to resist sin. He spoke kindly of his attackers and died peacefully as dawn broke.
The report, a supplement to the Internal Revenue Commissioner, details national bank taxation since formation. It notes $64,989,374 realized from banks to the prior year and $7,270,758 in the last fiscal year, with deposit taxes of $30,018,028 to June 30 1875 and $3,427.51 in the last year. It argues savings bank exemptions and recalls the 1866 rule taxing deposits over $509 while suggesting reconsideration. Secretary Chandler is valued at two million dollars, earned in the dry goods trade.
The Clermont Courier lists advertising rates: legal and transient ads at 1.00 per square (ten lines) for first insertion and 0.50 for each additional insertion. Business cards up to six lines cost 6.00 per year with liberal yearlong reductions.
A poetic travel mood contrasts with a wartime scene in Brive la Gallarde as Latreille the entomologist faces the Mountain proscription, a grim transport order, and a last moment twist. A jailer entertains hopes of power while Latreille uses a beetle to aid an escape plan amid the guillotine shadow.
Jurors in the Ward will case were discharged without agreement amid heavy bets on the outcome. The judge’s unusual charge warned against allowing spiritualism to override the testator’s free will, noting a will made under such influence would not reflect the testator’s true intent. Narrow silver bracelets are fashionable.
The Grand Opera House bout between Andre Christol and William Miller stretched from Tuesday night into early Thursday, with both men exhausted after nearly four hours of grappling. A late burst of action failed to produce a fall, ending in a draw as bets were declared off.
General Boynton notes the enormous bulk of war records stored across more than a dozen buildings. One building, forty by eighty feet and four stories, holds eight long shelf ranges with ledgers, letters, telegraph and order books, and battle reports. Two thirds are packed with books, the rest with untended papers, totaling 350 record cards in this unit of the discontinued Government and Army records.
Richard Grant White recalls a large loyal hound Thor who defends a terrier Puck and muses on canine scorn. The piece shifts to a Freie Presse Vienna report on Dr Strousberg, a Jewish born businessman in Prussia whose vast railway and factory empire collapsed amid vast fortunes and charitable acts.
A Cincinnati Gazette correspondent recalls a playful test of dress reform ideals. A witty young woman pretends to wear natural hair and a plain white dress to prove the difficulty of true simplicity amid era fashions. The scene exposes the gap between preachy reform and actual salon attire.
An eleven year old boy testifies about a broken window and a dog attack after a woman allegedly insulted him for coal. He admits the incident, defends his conduct, and the judge admonishes him to avoid trouble. New York Sun commentary follows on revivalists and a voter’s on train mistake.
A porch scene unfolds as a pale couple watches a moonlit hill. A single dew drop and a rose bud trigger a tentative moment of closeness as they ponder who caused the quarrel and what may follow.
In South Natick, Massachusetts, a nitro glycerin cartridge exploded from a pocket while Mr Knight loaded rock for the Sudbury river conduit. Patrick Ryan, eighteen, suffered severe injuries exposing his intestines. Knight was torn by the blast but not fatally hurt. Authorities note Ryan’s probable fatality while Knight’s wounds are serious but not life threatening.
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