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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1875
Page
1
A Victorian report notes Champagne crafted from goose berries coal oil and rhubarb juice sweetened and fortified with potato spirit. It also covers Vienna medal wines and various agricultural outputs including Louisiana sugar and molasses crops and global tobacco and tree planting data.
A well dressed man on Boulevard des Italiens argued with a passer by claiming his deceased wife walks with him as a spirit. The story shifts to a Parisian note on moxa a Japanese burn treatment used for spinal injuries and other ailments. It then surveys world paper use and production with figures on literacy warp and mills.
A Chicago man is described as carrying a knife, gimlet, corkscrew, screwdriver, pins, receipts, nails, string, stamps, and buttons in his pocket and always ready to help anyone who asks for anything.
The General Council of the Indian Nations adjourned after debating a new constitution. Creeks elected Locker Harjo and Ward Coachman as chiefs while denouncing a third term. A Clinton Mississippi riot killed forty blacks and three whites during a barbecue clash. details include pistol fire and fleeing crowds.
Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames appeals to President Grant for federal protection amid violent uprisings in Yazoo and Warren counties. He notes unauthorized armed groups, feared terrorism, and asks if December's proclamation remains in force. The White House replies the proclamation is not in force.
The U S Department of Justice reports Washington told Gov Ames on Sept 10 that Federal forces were ready but not moved. Ex Senator Pease said by telegraph the unrest subsided and a civilian force could protect life and property. Gov Ames later contended troops were still needed amid racial tensions.
Harper's Weekly says the Democratic campaign in Ohio today is as humiliating to every honest American as the party's National campaign was in 1864. The remark frames the current political contest as a mirror of past partisan failures and dishonor.
The piece argues the Democratic Party is fractured into many factions united only by a aim to defeat Republicans. It warns such discord would yield inconsistent policies on debt, slave compensation, money, and amendments, leading to weak governance. It claims Republicans can advance national welfare while Democrats cannot.
The New York Tribune reports that Ohio voting outcomes could let Secretary Bristow secure four and a half per cent bonds at par. If achieved, interest on hundreds of millions of public debt could drop by a quarter. Without it, the public faces six per cent rates until a new funding act, with Allen and Cary possibly blocking lower borrowing. Treasury has 33,537,550 left of the five per cent loan, and sale to the syndicate could halt any rate reduction unless four and a half per cent bonds are sold at par.
St Louis prepares a direct trade initiative with Brazil using a new steamship line that will also transport United States mail at ocean postage rates, signaling expanded commercial and postal ties.
A survey of diverse items notes Catherine Beecher pursuing a Boston women’s university. Other tidbits include Arkansas exporting grain, Prussia monastic suppression, and a Hartford scene with Omentt’s 2 25 record. Also covered are bees, beaming lighthouses, and a long dog name list in Worcester.
The New York Graphic notes public sentiment against corporations shapes politics, while juries in Britain and America show opposition through verdicts against companies. The piece cites a railway case with a landlord and a injured party, and argues political leaders from big firms would not be nominated, signaling a coming shift in governance.
John Randolphs chaplain Abner Clopton preached to Randolphs enslaved community at the plantation chapel with Randolph interrupting prayers to critique doctrine. A Springfield Missouri case shows vagrants sold by a statute, auctioning two white women for five cents, under state authority. A zoological and botanical collector joined the Prince of Wales in India.
The Clermont Courier publishes legal and transient advertisements at 1.00 per square for the first insertion and 0.50 for each additional insertion. Yearly liberal reductions apply. Business ecards up to six lines cost 6.00 per year.
The verse laments false friends who praise the prosperous and condemn the fallen, praising generosity to strangers and condemning those who help only when they gain. It contrasts empty societal approval with enduring compassion and urges a heart free from worldly selfishness. It blesses true friendship that raises others from the dust, especially in adversity.
A jumble of quotes, verses, and epigrams appears, citing Elizabeth Sheppard, Goethe, Carlyle, and Ruskin with stray wit about whiskey, debt, poetry, goats, and a Michigan hanging note. The fragmentary text mixes moral maxims, humor, and social commentary in a dated newspaper snapshot.
An anecdote told by David Morris recalls a musician who paused for twelve bars rest during Haymarket Theater rehearsal. Morris urged the man to play, not rest, arguing he is paid to work. The tale is also associated with Astley and later circulated about John Stetson of the Howard Athenæum in Boston.
A Western rural editor quips that crooked whisky ought to be put down and notes he has been doing so as often as possible. The remark implies strong stance against illicit liquor and reflects local sentiment.
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