A Rhine Journey and Notes on Life in Professions
A Clermont Courier correspondent recalls leaving Cologne to traverse the Rhine from Bonn to Mainz, praising river scenery, vine terraces, and historic castles while detailing steamboat travel, bridges, and commerce. The piece closes with a table on life expectancy across trades and a curious note on heated water behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhine
America
Steinberg
Johannisberg
Ruedesheim
Cincinnati
Prince Metternich
Europe
Cologne
Bonn
Prince Albert
England
Beethoven
Coblentz
Rhenish
Prussia
Moselle
Mayence
Bingen
Poetic Echoes and Humorous Tales Across Eras
The piece contrasts Ben Jonson with Lowell in handling theme and moral tone, quoting elegant lines from both and noting their mastery. It recounts a jokey anecdote about a physician and his wife, a Shanghai chicken mischief, a witty ethics tale from Indiana history, and a courtly anecdote about a pony purchase, all in a colonial era newspaper voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver H. Smith
Indiana
Rush
Judge Perry
James Buriden
Sagetry
Housemoone
Shingling a House and Cows in a River of Tales
A curious tale relates a man who overdrank then began “shingling” his house onto others, ending with a self justifying escape. Another anecdote follows a farmer who discovers his cow herder son years later in a Milwaukee hardware store, prompting a comic reunion. A closing moral urges lending rather than condemning the weak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
East Water Street
Milwaukie
Len
Rates of Advert Prices and Regulations
Advertisements, one-half more than total due, rates and penalties described. The text outlines pricing, charges per unit, and enforcement details for advertising in the periodical, with references to a standard fee schedule and приставки adjustments for space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heiss & Regulations
The Hymn That Shaped A Revolution In France
An anecdotal account traces how a 1792 winter in Strasburg inspired a hymn created by De Lisle on a clavicord. The song, hailed as a memorable voice of liberty, spread quickly through cities, aiding revolutionary fervor while sealing Deitrick’s fate and later forcing De Lisle into exile as a loyalist target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Strasburg
Deirick
de Lisle
Destrick
Dé Lisle
Therself
Falemain
Deitrick
Tte
Rseilles
Cost of Manging Slaves by Law in Virginia
A Virginia notice explains that hanging slave offenders is costly for counties since enslaved people are chattel whose value is taxed. Anthony, Chewing’s slave, convicted of attempting to kill an overseer, was set for hanging in October and valued at $1,540. Six slaves owned by Boulware were tried in Henrico. two were sentenced to hang and four to transportation within the United States. valuations ranged from $850 to $1,250 per person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Anthony
Chewing
Boulware
Dodd
Henrico
United States
Ben
Tom
George
Moore
Edmund
Robert
Gigantic Boots Made for Giant Slave Overseer
A visit to the Eastern Foctteatiacy reveals a curious order of 750 pairs of boots for a Mississippi plantation. One pair measures 193 inches long and 44 inches wide at the heel, weighs eight pounds, with a sole pattern sent as guide. The boots are for a negro slave overseer of giant proportions, described as proud of his delicate footwear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missingipi
Lost illness of Dr Chirac foretells his death
During a period of delirium the celebrated French physician Dr Chirac mistook his pulse and thought he was among his tents. He asked why he had not been called in and whether he had been bled. His attendants feared he would die within six hours and the prediction proved accurate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cologne
Rhine
Chieflein
Hudson
Coleridge
Danube
Siebenbirge
Seven Mountains
Drachenfels
Mayence
Tuling
Cesar
Rome
Gaul
Shanghai
Chirac
Topate
Fragmentary Troy Prophecy Unclear in OCR Text
A torn OCR fragment mentions a girl in Troy and a remark about lips and silence. The readable portion lacks clear events, dates, or identifiable names to form a complete news item.
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Thie
Uni Hbny
Business Directory
Tiorney
Clermont
William Howard Tiorney
Dennison
Fannie
Denniso
Ator U
Dralion Udding
Tavia
Ohio
Lewis
Beirne Baivine
Fen
Jolivre
F P
Sade M. Gutchell
Mar
D. Hart
W. P
Tronwers
Clarmont
Iptinine
Townsley
Clermont County
Amelia
Joineton
W. Gregg
Mnhnston & Gregg
Purance
Batavia
T. Q. Ashburn
PRNM
Penn
Ashburn
Taw
Ted
ES Asiana
EORGE
Olesale
Congress
Loach
Penn A'Phillips
Tng House
Sean Toone
Pomanoy G & Pomero Dts
Pearl Paver
Blastaestt
DAY & Matlack
Pear Street
Vine and
Race
LAY & Brother, Miaieractets
Naum
S Alles Mafp
Speers
J. A. Weaver
Cle Clermont
George M. Davis
SMEAD
Collord & Hughes
Tere
Citizen's Boxx
Cincinati
R.sable
SM Srn Rings “Pastionante Tailors
West Fourth Street
William
Anderson
Bamploneco
BINA
Glan
Queensware
Carkin
West Third Street
Pany Balidin
Obid Life Tudtrancs and Trust Company
Methodiat Book Concern
Taarch
Jas, Bruvaugh
Wit
Ene
Ees
Mt. T Town
Vine Street
Fifth Street
Walnut Ine
Colnwati
Oconon Band
Powel
Wrath Lyer
NEW Hat
Main Street
S. Gee. & Co
News of
Pap Armoire Tervica Morons
Diay Boer
Clermont Courier
Clermonter
Epri Se
Schiller
Frederick the Great
Mississippi
Rotterdam
Dortrecht
Orpheus
Franxfort-on-The-Main
Ben Jonson
Lowell
Shakespeare
Julius Ceasar
Roland
Oliver
Olla Podrida
Aisculapius
Madam
Post
Campbell
Dr. Beattie
Paisley
Professor Wilson
Wilson
Satdlson
Yellow Cap
James
Jim
Rim
la Marseilinive
Troy
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