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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1889
Page
6
A lyrical tribute extols the wholesome calico dress as guiding virtue for women. The piece praises modest dressmakers over tailor fashion, claiming such attire embodies honesty, home life, and reliable partnership in marriage. It cites Detroit Free Press attribution.
The narrator recalls Miriam the sorrowful daughter of the Percival line, her haunted Heatherleigh Hall, and a mission to retrieve a portrait as dark memories and ancestral curses intertwine with a sea voyage and a cousin’s Hastings visit. The tale blends memory, mystery, and Gothic atmosphere as the narrator contemplates the hall’s tragic history and Miriam’s grief.
A report describes how various cultures employ signals for long distance communication. American Indians use rising smoke and blankets to send timed messages. African groups like the Cameroon and Bakuba use drums and tones to relay long messages. Other communities in New Guinea, Abyssinia, and Australia use smoke columns and hollow trees with leaves to signal events such as attacks, deaths, voyages, or discoveries.
Ohio proposes a joint resolution to amend the constitution guiding biennial elections. It outlines changes across Articles II III IV X and XVI, defines session start dates and judicial structure, and includes a referendum to place Biennial Elections No on ballots. The document dates to 1839 with certification in 1859.
A proposed 1859 Ohio constitutional amendment seeks to create legislative single districts. It details apportionment rules for the General Assembly, Senate and House districts, district boundaries, and election timing, with a ballot option Yes or No and certification by the Secretary of State.
Melting rock crystal in an oxy hydrogen jet allows drawing threads into ultra fine fibers. The thinnest fibers, less than a millionth inch, surpass steel in strength though traceable only microscopically. American steel output totals 4 100 tons weekly from 1 443 men. English use 600 men for 1 500 tons yearly. Wages here run thirty five percent higher than Britain per authority.
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