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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1889
Page
6
Public notice by I N Anderson treasurer of Clermont County Ohio lists 1889 tax rates by township district and corporation. It directs tax collection periods October to December 1889 and April to June 1890, warns delinquent real estate penalties, and notes road tax receipt handling and office hours.
The Beccari tale of Amorphophallus titanum follows its journey from a five foot tuber found in Sumatra to a massive leaf and a rare bloom at Kew Gardens. The flower, tall as a Christmas machine and maroon inside, released a dreadful odor that repelled visitors yet drew scientific fascination and insect fertilization.
Cocoanuts enter New York City from Central America and other tropical regions, with 17 to 20 million imported annually. San Blas nuts are prized. imports run year round. Trees yield two nuts in three days during rainy season and about one in two days in dry season, losses occur from high winds. Nut quality judged by a single tap. packed in bags of one hundred for market.
The Boston Traveller quotes a future watcher predicting that writing will vanish as phonographs record speech. By the time the coming man appears, schools will teach phonograph communication and penmanship will be seen as an archaic, barbaric method.
The article explains how French mountaineers raise kid goats as a principal industry. It notes that diet and mother's milk keep skins soft and blemish free, while grazing coarsens skins. Kids are penned to protect quality and are killed at peak skin value for sale to hawkers and tanners in Annonay Milbau Paris Grenoble. France’s climate yields superior skins, giving it dominance in fine kid gloves.
The Elizabeth New Jersey Journal notes a family with five living generations on the baby’s mother's side. Ages span 78 great great grandfather to 18 year old mother, with a line that has seen five generations born before. The great great grandmother is 76 and alive, and the great grandmother is 54.
Sheriff Tatman proclaims the election day for Clermont County Ohio with polling hours from 6 AM to 6 PM in townships and precincts. Voters will elect Governor Lieutenant Governor Supreme Court Judge State Treasurer Attorney General and School Commissioner per Ohio law.
Ohio General Assembly adopts a joint resolution proposing biennial elections to amend multiple sections of the state constitution. The measure outlines submission to voters on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1889 with detailed adjustments to Articles II III IV VIII X XVI and the Schedule and provides transitional terms for judges and elected officials. The certification notes from the Secretary of State confirm the act’s adoption and publication.
Ohio Assembly proposes a statewide constitutional amendment to create legislative single districts for General Assembly representation. It outlines a decennial apportionment process, a four-member electors commission, districting rules, and reporting to the Governor. The measure sets ballot wording for Yes or No on election day.
Walker and Vanosdol of Williamsburg advertise painless extractions at their Main Street dental parlors. They offer artificial teeth from five dollars per set, guarantee all work, and report strong demand along the line of the Ohio and Mississippi rail line from Cincinnati to Portsmouth.
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