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05 Sep 1877
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The Clermont Courier in Batavia, Ohio
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1877
Page
1
A Housekeeper’s Tragedy Ends in Dirt and Death
A wandering narrator encounters a despairing housekeeper amid rain and dust. She laments toil, shifting chores, and endless grime, declaring life a battle with dirt. She collapses, dies on the doorstep, and is buried in the mud and filth.
Apples in a tenement leads to hopeful escape
Madame, a Parisian mother, keeps her sick daughter Fifine in a top-floor tenement. An apple vendor, Monsieur Jack, offers a day in the country that rekindles longing for a better life. After tense pride and a crisis of dignity, they choose hope and a fresh start in America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
Madame
France
Fifine
Vifine
Paris
America
Pierre
Monsieur Jack
Fitine
Canaille
Paul
Professor Paul
Petite
Monsieur
The Pass of Mont Cenis and the Mohawk of Faith
A sprawling reminiscence blends travel lore with legends of Deacon Stowell and Joseph Smith. It recounts Mont Cenis crossings, then shifts to early Susquehanna Valley tales of treasure quests, a magic stone, and the young Smith who would found a faith, ending with hints of the Book of Mormon’s birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Afton
Chenango County
South Bainbridge
Isaiah Stowell
Presbyterian Church
Stowell
Stock Exchange
Jersey Central
Pennsylvania
Lanesboro
Susquehanna
Starracea Creek
Rocky Mountain
Blue Ridge Range
Deacon Stowell
Chenango Valley
Joseph Smith
Great Bend
Susquehanna River
Smith
Palmyra
New York
Joe Smith
Joe
Lake Erie
Joseph
Deacon
Simith
Thompson
Albert Neely
Bishop Neely
Maine
Young Smith
Pratt
Mormon Church
Liberty Street Man Fends Off Lightning Rod Melting
A prudent Liberty Street resident was seen on his roof last week fanning the lightning rod to prevent melting as a safety precaution during a storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Pilgrims’ gifts to Pope total 3.295 million dollars
During the jubilee celebration pilgrims presented gifts totaling 3 295 276 20 dollars with 1 818 000 in gold, according to the report on papal tributes.
Kean and the toe bone relic of George Frederick Cooke
In New York Kean exhumed a grave to place a monument over George Frederick Cooke and stole a toe bone. He brought it to London where Elliston and the Drury Lane company kissed the relic at Barnet. Kean boasted of wealth tied to the bone, but his wife disposed of it and his fortune faded. Proctor supports the tale but questions if the exhumed body was Cooke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakspeare
Napoleon
Diogenes
Soryong-Gay
Syracuse
Sir Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Square
Rees
Col. Crockett
Sir Isaac
Washington
Kean
Cooke
New York
London
Elliston
Drury Lane Company
Barnet
George Frederick Cooke
Charles
British Museum
New Oraveans Picayune
William
Fitz William
Newburg
The
New York Herald
Byron
Littleton
Mary Mapes Dodge
St. Nicholas
Worcester Press
Norristown
Jerald
Average seed count in a pound of oats announced
The article states that the average number of seeds in one pound of oats is twenty thousand, indicating a specific seed density metric used in agricultural discussions.
Westward Ho and Nut Notes Across the Atlantic
The piece surveys English towns flooded by steamship posters to America and follows Giles as he contemplates selling all for a New York voyage. It then shifts to a detailed rundown of nuts from chestnuts to almonds, their uses, digestion, and culinary roles across Europe and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Giles
America
Arkansas
Louisiana
Froude
Forster
Professor Huxley
Professor Tyndall
Australia
Canada
United States
New York
King’s Arms
Europe
Persia
Switzerland
Galen
Norway
Sweden
Yankee Hotel Trick at Mount Jefferson Snow Bank
A Glen House English visitor and a Mount Jefferson local debate a snow sighting. The native reveals the “snow bank” is a whitewashed ledge claimed by Milliken to impress guests, exposing a hotelier ploy to attract patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen House
Mount Jefferson
Milliken
Fashion Trifles and Paris Trends in 19th Century Dress
Short underskirts reappear with street dresses while symmetrical outfits gain favor. Demi trains replace full lengths. walking skirts keep their shape with varied trims. Polonaise draping and new garters appear as fashion novelties. Paris shows whites in wool with velvet trims, laced flounces, and breton styles giving way to serbe. Boys wear white suits. red cravats relieve monotony. Guimpes and chemisettes rise with open waists and lace insets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Riddle on Hotel Ladders and Paying Bills
A quip ponders which traveler will settle his hotel bill at the office once rope ladders are provided, noting the exception of a fat man. The remark uses a witty lens on travel and lodging practices in a bygone era.
Boy tells father of bee sting and tail splinter incident
A boy explains to his father that he kicked a bee which had a splinter in its tail. The odd tale centers on a child's claim of provoking a bee and the unusual detail of a splinter in its tail.
Advertising rates in the Clermont Courier
Legal and transient advertisements priced at one dollar per square for the first insertion with ten fines, and fifty cents for each additional insertion. Yearly ad reductions offered. Business ecards limited to six lines available at eighty six dollars per year.
The Silver Bridge Poem Fragment
A lyric meditation on a vanished beloved and a moonlit shoreline. The speaker asserts the lover will not return, dreaming of a silver bridge of light as the final, mournful image.
Mischief and Mirth in Old Times Sayings
A collage of humorous quips and stories from various papers echoes social foibles. Pithy lines touch on manners, war rumors, and rural life while characters like Fitz William and a dainty Lily of Littleton move through lighthearted vignettes in 19th century tone.
Osman Pasha Mystery Linked To Marshal Bazaine
The Army and Navy Journal notes England whispers Osman Pasha is really Marshal Francois Bazaine in disguise. It cites Bazaine’s Algeria Crimean career and Sevastopol governorship, suggesting wartime needs could reveal his identity to Turkish and allied circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army and Navy Journal
England
Osman Pasha
Francois Ochilreazaine
Bazaine
France
Europe
Algeria
Arabia
Foreign Legion
Sevastopol
Turkey
Russia
Crimea
Plovo
Gravelotte
Death of Mr Briety Noted in New York Commercial
A New York Commercial item confirms the death of Mr Briety with brief notice. The report states Briety is dead, prompting successors or guardians to address his estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Briety
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Clermont
Ever
Anow
Ife
Paradise
Iere
Visine
Monsieue Jack
Cardinal Flowers
Pass of
Mont Cenis
National Repository
Lombardy
Savoy
Geneva
Bouveret
Puck
New York World
Scribner
Che Clermont Courier
Silver Bridge
Marshal Bazaine
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