22 Oct 1879
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1879
Page
1
The fragment mentions terms for a publication or fraternal notice with a rate of 1.50 per year paid within. It references IGG and an advance payment detail, indicating a subscription or financial arrangement connected to CHAS. W.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt argues Republicans champion equal political rights for all while Democrats fear poor whites and rely on old race cues. It contrasts Ohio GOP victory with postwar Southern labor toil in cotton and rice, highlighting risks from floods frosts pests and economic burdens.
A historical table claims large aggregate and annual savings from 1865 to 1875, asserting reduced government expenses excluding debt and interest. The text brands the Democracy as a violent oligarchical minority and alleges fraud to seize control of government appropriations.
A Popular Science Monthly writer recalls an underground Leipsic saloon scene where two men found their matching halves in sweating only one side of the face. The oddity spurs a discussion on natural history and asymmetrical disease, including a Janus-faced man with one laughing and one crying side.
The piece notes London’s 27 mile sewer line to the sea wastes 8 million dollars yearly in top quality fertilizers. It contrasts New York Chicago Philadelphia St Louis and smaller cities discharging sewerage into rivers or vaults, warning this waste will impoverish soil and reduce fertility nationwide.
A Washington Capital correspondent recalls Narragansett in its infancy with scarce inns and boarders. A sailor helps two ladies bathe, only to learn from a bystander that the pair were servant girls, prompting a humorous misunderstanding about directions.
A poem and prose vignette describe fatigue and faith with a blind woman's Bible reading and solace in God's light. The inner struggle yields renewed trust as Isaiah's words comfort her, followed by a humorous wartime tale about a mule and a howitzer mishap on a bluff.
At a Baptist anniversary event in Canon Street Hotel London a Zenana breakfast highlighted Zenana missions in India. Dr Sanford praised Dorcas over Peter noting Dorcas’ practical care and leadership contrasting Peter’s vocal strengths with Dorcas’ hands on service. The Standard remarks on Dorcas’s exemplary charity and future dedication to Zenana work.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs received a sample of oats from Fort Berthold Agency weighing thirty four pounds to the bushel. Indian growers report forty five acres under oats this season with an average yield of forty bushels per acre.
The Clermont Courier lists pricing for advertisements including ten lines per first insertion and fifty cents for each additional insertion. A yearly liberal reduction applies to advertising. Business cards exceeding six lines cost 54.00 per year.
The Reno Gazette describes a chaotic pursuit as Curran, a dis charged man, flees with rivals in a tense race. An assailant’s shovel and a crowded course heighten danger while spectators note the old man struggles to catch the fugitives.
A Lowell daily notes a striking case from nearby New Hampshire where a healthy young woman, once eighteen, never left her bed for decades. Her family served as servants, and she spent her life confined to bed, with her world centered on that single room.
The text advises achieving longevity by continual equanimity and avoiding extreme emotions. Anxiety care fright joy excesses harm health. those with a quiet mind resist strong impressions and remain composed amid events.
A French newspaper reports a farm laborer struck by lightning while running for shelter. The bolt twisted metal into corkscrew shapes and burned the steel, with the arc described as a striking, almost mathematical distortion. The tale is part of a broader piece noting typical clerical salaries.
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