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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1913
Page
3
A snippet notes a sneak thief stealing a parlor car pet and mentions calling a policeman who beat the thief. The text reflects fragmented ads and dialogue from a historic page with varied items. No clear event details beyond the theft and police response are stated.
A tangential tip suggests drying a damaged feather by salting it and heating before a bright fire. In a witty exchange from the Houston Post, a jest about a cornetist in the next house turns risky with a punchline about finishing him.
A fiction writer seeks local color for a short serial titled The Ugliest Man on Earth while an editor resists. Austrian building laws require solid construction from interior to exterior with strict enforcement and plaster and concrete walls common.
A combined note discusses brass cleaning with a varnish finish as a labor saver indoors or outdoors. It also describes Naples as built mainly of tufa, a soft volcanic rock: easy to work yet strong under weight, suitable for high walls. An overheard political chat from Oregon notes Wilson in a 1910s presidential context with a joke about voting.
A former typesetter turned waiter explains misprints by noting his skill in explaining errors. A diner complains of finding a needle in soup, but the server replies it is a misprint and should have been a needle. The quip ends with the waiter’s defensive humor.
A woman details how coffee worsened dyspepsia and nerves while Postum provided relief. She notes returning to coffee caused pain again, while abstaining led to lasting improvement. The message cites The Road to Wellville as the explanation behind Postum’s benefits.
Fifty thousand homeless as high winds and flood waters devastate Kentucky from Louisville to the mountains. Cities along the Ohio fear worst with mass evacuations. western Kentucky faces the greatest rise, up to ten feet, while refugees flood relief efforts and public charities mobilize.
Public service corporations will require millions to replace damaged railroad and traction lines across Ohio. Franklin county alone reports 46 bridges lost, with replacement costs around a million. The state estimates total property losses near 500 million, with bonds likely needed despite high taxes.
Dayton Ohio reports a full inventory of structures destroyed by a major fire. The burned district spans from Second to Fourth streets and Jefferson to Library Park, including Larken Supply Co. and Patterson Tool & Supply Co. on North Side Third Street, and Lowe Brothers, Barret Paint, Kroger’s and Graves liquor stores on Jefferson Street, among many others.
Gov Cox urges Washington for a million dollar appropriation as Zanesville battles flood damage. Five known dead, morgue set at the armory, and searches await lower waters. Munson Music Store and Indianapolis Brewing Co. among collapsed buildings with many residences affected. Food stations opened for flood victims.
A late estimate lists flood fatalities by city with numbers for Ohio and Indiana towns including Columbus Cincinnati notations and totals. Notable figures show 250 for one area, 90 in another, and smaller counts across Chillicothe Middletown Fremont Harrison Zanepville and others.
In wartime Mexico City a family debates who should fetch butter as rival factions use streets for gun practice. The wife insists on going but the father volunteers, the mother resists, and the family ends up eating jelly with their dinner. The scene illustrates daily life under conflict.
Mrs. Annie Saunders of Monroe describes a six week old infant with a severe facial rash spreading over the body, crusts, itching, and hair loss. After trying remedies with no success a friend suggested Cuticura, and a sample led to improvement and eventual cure. The baby’s hair regrew and complexion improved. Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold worldwide with a free 32 page Skin Book.
A light exchange about a long marriage turns playful as a couple jokes about a new rug influencing a spring mood. The misdirection unfolds with a punchline about the wife making him kiss her before he leaves to wipe his feet on the porch.
Simon Easy, after sixty years on a farm, stays aboard a ship and hides his trousers and shoes in a round cupboard by the bed. A steward reveals the cubby-hole is actually a porthole and not a clothes press.
Fresh supply of Mrs. Austins Bug Buck wheat now on hand at your grocers. Adv.
Mrs Kaller complains cooks are ignorant and less capable. Mrs Justwed agrees noting a cook cannot prepare sweetbreads as requested. The exchange appears in McCall’s Magazine with both speakers dismissive of cooks' skills.
A United Shoe Machinery Co. ad arguing for uniform terms across manufacturers praises small towns and urges readers to write for more information. The message frames competition as beneficial for small-town prosperity and asserts all manufacturers should be treated the same regardless of scale.
A quotation from E. B. Andrews in the International Journal of Ethics argues that personality deepens through expanding experience. It claims central life experiences, disciplined duty, and solid work broaden one’s intellectual and moral powers without deliberate cultivation.
A playful exchange about optimism and color leads into an ad for Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The pills promise to regulate and invigorate the stomach liver and bowels, described as coated tiny granules easy to take and ungriping.
A wry exchange questions rumors' truth as airborne chatter. The piece notes that not every ambitious person reaches the top, with Mrs. Austin's Bag Buck illustrating the gap between hype and achievement.
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