22 Sep 1880
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1880
Page
1
A brief OCR fragment presents lines from a poem praising escape from life’s dull care. The lines read Wheo from Hfe's dull and prosy care My weary apirtt Cures. The readable portion hints at a lyric meditation on relief and rest.
Dinah Ann suspects a hidden affair as James Harbury returns late from town. Dinah Ann and Mrs Harbury weigh risks while a distant secret circles, with hall gossip and a looming reckoning about revolutions in home life.
In rural Northam a wary farmer James Harbury hides £500 in a furnace to safeguard money sent by his London brother. Dinah Ann exposes the scheme after overhearing his plan and confronts him with the recovered stake, prompting a reconciled yet cautious resolution. The tale closes noting a jump in New York hop crop.
A Washington letter argues that a Democratic victory would bring sweeping efforts to pay rebel war claims. It outlines proposed bills to reorganize the Supreme Court, abolish the Court of Claims, and open payouts to loyal and disloyal claimants, warning of billions to be spent and a shifted judicial power to the South.
Legal and transient advertisements priced at $1.00 per ten lines for first insertion with 50 cents for each extra insertion. Annual liberal reductions offered. Business cards up to six lines priced at $4.00 per year.
Nasby laments a northern report of a Southern Corners speech and warns the Democratic party to limit press access. He recalls rallying the Corners over bonds and taxes, denounces Northern editors, and vows to revise future speeches before printing to protect Southern sentiment. The piece ends noting Democratic praise for Garfield and Hendricks from Gen. James A. Garfield.
The article notes broad Democratic respect for General Garfield during his long Congressional career. It highlights that only a few former Republicans criticized him, while many Democrats praised his ability and integrity. The Cleveland Leader is cited as one source of favorable opinions.
Ohio brief notes report multiple suicides in Youngstown Urbana and a child killed by a wagon in Zanesville. Other items include a runaway accident near Columbus, a post office change near Enon, and a large cattle show value. Also noted are robberies, court actions, and a bond issue in Lucas County.
A garbled report recalls a Paris case where a doctor ordered eight drops of laudanum but the prescription was misread, leading to a fatal overdose and a spliced sentence for murder. It also notes a strange street observation with 115 women on the sidewalk and 113 sticking out their tongues at pocketbooks.
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