Fashionable herb scented furniture and other notes
A Parisian trend outfits chairs sofas and carriages with aromatic herbs. Also reports on an 1640 Hingham house demolished by John Folsom descendants seeking relics, Russia’s worsening climate, Spain’s political stagnation, England’s Papua claims, French hunting licenses, Japan post offices, German bankers defrauding the Brown Sisters, and Washington's curiosity about a toad swallowing a firefly.
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Hingham
Massachusetts
John Folsom
America
England
Folsoms
Exeter
New Hampshire
Folsom
Storms and floods devastate Texas coast and rail lines
Reports detail widespread destruction from Galveston to Indianola Texas with many lives lost and property ruined. Flooding along Buffalo Bayou leaves few homes standing and railroads and crops damaged across the region.
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Galveston
Texas
Buffalo Bayou
San Bernardino
Indianola
Gulf
Pierrepont
Jackson
Miss
Republican State Committee
Democratic State Committee
United States
J. H. Greence
H. H. Chalmers
E. C. Wathall
J. A. Campbell
T. B. Sykes
John A. Binford
Upton M. Young
Z. B. Chrisman
Wm. Steed
Governor Ames Calls for Noninterference in Mississippi Race
Gov. Adelbert Ames ships a dispatch to Attorney General Pierrepont arguing that violence arises in political contests in Mississippi and urging non intervention by whites. He says race tensions are magnified, protection for colored citizens seems impossible, and he accepts the odium of faithful duty.
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the Hague
Venezuela
Curacoa
Corregaray
Tristany
Cata
London
Richmond
Stockton Upon Tees
St. Petersburg
Kauffman
Khokand
Mechanics’ Bank of Montreal
Journal de Paris
la France
Navarre
Aragon
Dorregaray
Estella
Madrid
Santander
Cuba
Paris
le Temps
MacMahon
Niseh
Servia
Valmaseda
Barrios
Guatemala
Cornejo
Moreno
Ecuador
Manuel Polanco
Caldera
Chili
St. Thomas
Gov. Ames
Attorney-General
Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Atttorney
Congressional Committee
Grant
Republican Party
Brutal Bellefontaine Plum Orchard Murder
A Belle Center resident Schell killed Miss Laughlin a sixteen year old girl near the reservoir on September 23. The victim was found next morning nearly nude with the throat cut after a struggle. Schell was arrested with the bloody knife, and his wife testified to his plans to ravish and kill.
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Bellefontaine
Ohio
Josiah Laughlin
Belle Center
Schell
Laughlin
Mrs. Schell
Miss Laughlin
Sherman
Diverse National Convention Lines on Currency and Politics
Reports from multiple states show Lincoln era style conventions: Liberal State Convention of New York backs coin or convertible paper, opposes a third term and calls for support of existing candidates. Massachusetts Democratic convention endorses Bartlett for Governor and various pledges to sustain constitutional authority and a sound currency. Anti-Monopoly and Democratic gatherings push hard money, specie payments, and fiscal reform while noting bond schemes and currency debates nationwide.
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Liberal States Convention
New York
Massachusetts Democracy
W. F. Bartlett
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Union
Owatona
Minn
United States
D. L. Buell
J. B. Tuttle
Fremont
Neb
Democratic Party
West Virginia
North Carolina
Philadelphia
Pittsburg Gazette
Hartranft
Raleigh News
Pennsylvania
New York World
Grant
Mississippi
Wisconsin
den Liberale Demokrat
Nebraska
Ohio
Jubal Early
Banks Party
Boston
Gen. Sheridan
Outo State Journal
Kentucky
Hayes
Ceylon
Ben. Wade
Rome
Algiers
Hans Christian Andersen and his childlike grace
The passage sketches Hans Christian Andersen as endlessly simple and trusting despite poverty and limited income from books. It recalls his reactions to pain, his tenderness toward ailments, and a humorous episode with a thorn in his finger that left him consumed by the moment and a meal unshared. It also mentions Mr. Schredecker the Cleveland milk peddler and a Rhode Island pond rumored fathomless near Watch Hill.
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Hans Christian Andersen
Jenny Lind
Anderson
Schredecker
Cleveland
Michigan
Fair Forest
Watch Hill
Rhode Island
Brave Newport men foil supposed burglar with noisy cat
A Newport resident and a lodging-house boarder mistook a cat for a burglar after a noise in the night. The cat knocked the rain-water hogshead, prompting friendly bravery claims as the two men retreated. The horse pistol was unused, and the incident earned them public praise. A Mount Desert trick to catch sea gulls and a City Hall misquote rounded out the piece.
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Falstaff
Providence Press
Newport
Inward Reflections on Politics and Carpet Baggers
An interview with Governor Allen discusses the Ohio platform at the National Convention and party harmony. The piece rebukes Gordon and Lamar for demagogic appeals and cites census data on Northern born Mississippians and Georgia natives to argue against expelling carpetbaggers and emphasize equal legal treatment of all citizens.
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Republic
Gordon
Georgia
Mississippi
North
Ohio
General Gordon
Mr. Lamar
Clinton
Miss
Lamar
Advertising Rates in Clermont Courier
Legal and transient ads priced at 1.00 per square for the first insertion ten lines, and 0.50 for each additional insertion. Rates apply to legal notices and all transient advertisements in the Clermont Courier.
A Song of the Early Autumn Approval of Timely Marriage and Work
A reflective verse urges Robert and Mary to marry promptly in late summer harvest mood. The poem grows vivid with seasonal imagery of streams, crops, and farm labor. It emphasizes finishing romance before nightfall and prioritizing duties like cattle, harvest, and wood neatly by the barn yard gate.
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Chary
Robert
Mary
Scribner
Advice in Verse and Vignette Fragments
A collage of short moral maxims and literary snippets ranges from humorous quips about wigs and husbands to reflections on humility and temperance. It touches on a German political joke about a greenback party and ends with a brief Berlin military case about a soldier feigning illness.
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Berlin
Springfield Females Baseball Club Draws Thin Attention
A Springfield dispatch mocks a recently formed all female baseball club. Players reportedly from St. Louis vaudeville backgrounds played a two hour and a half five inning game, the Blondes 41 Brunettes 38, amid poor attendance. The team plans an Decatur tour starting Monday, though locals wish to disassociate from the venture.
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Springfield
Illinois
St. Louis
Decatur
Eliza Mary Illness Confronts Mrs Jenkins
Mrs Jenkins pleads with Eliza Mary to take remedies as Eliza complains of long illness. Eliza says she has been very ill and unable to recover despite taking a power of physic.
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Mrs. Jenkins
Eliza Mary
Mrs. J
E. M
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Little Falls
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Saratoga
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Tak
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New York Tribune
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van Buren
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