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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1929
Page
2
Prof G Donnan of London told the British Association that Dr A V Hill may have nearly or already found a principle of vast importance. He claimed Hill's work shows a living cell must stay active and receive oxygen from the blood to avoid decay and death.
Dumb-Bells Little Marjorie attends her older sister’s school exhibition of physical training. Indian-club drill and dumb-bell exercises are shown as Marjorie asks what the objects in the performers’ hands are, and her mother answers in brief.
A historic Oxford achievement gathers a full set of English silver from the 14th century onward. The display at the Ashmolean Museum draws from treasures across all colleges. A silver mounted drinking horn is dated 13490.
A study estimates New York between the Battery and 135th Street as the brightest city at night with 20 880 electric signs containing 1 309 918 lamps. Restaurant signs are most common with 3 310 instances.
A light gossip note cites Simpson and his wife after the couple welcomed a baby. Simpson works as a floor walker by day and jokes his wife should assume the night shift, reflecting cheerful domestic humor.
A brief quotation from a 20th century women’s magazine notes that an inefficient man overemphasizes trivial matters and neglects major opportunities. It highlights petty economies and missed chances as common flaws.
A joke comparing a friend’s golf swing to talking to dice. The line implies a shaky approach at the tee and elicits amusement. The remark captures casual social humor about sports technique.
The fragment hints at a proverb praising peacemaking while urging caution in closeness. It appears as a partial quote reflecting a moral lesson on restraint and measured actions to avoid harm. No identifiable people or events are present.
In Vineland New Jersey eleven year old Erwin Greenblatt sued his uncle for a promised $25 reward after he skipped a grade. The uncle later sought a summary verdict, resulting in a spanking for the boy and the suit being dismissed.
The estate of Fred Borchert, who died at eighty one in Milwaukee, will largely fund the Milwaukee county orphans board. More than 30 000 of 40 000 from his estate goes to the orphan asylums. he left no will or relatives. Neele B. Neelen petitions to administer. The orphans fund supports seven orphan asylums.
Nitikin, son of a rich Ollenski peasant, killed Anna Korovkina after she refused marriage. He was freed before trial, then jailed after killing a cow. The case drew attention in Tula and Moscow as an example of village influence and official protection.
Fort Mill Chief V D Potts investigates a commotion and dog howling in the city. A man, arrested for drunkenness, claims he bit a dog three times after being annoyed by its howling. The account is corroborated by a Fort Mill resident.
Phyllis Gene McFarland, baby daughter of Mr and Mrs Greg McFarland of Decatur Indiana, plunged two stories down a clothes chute but landed in a basket of clothing and suffered only a slight cut.
In Centerville Iowa George Damyanich fired on his attorney D Fulton Rice during a tax slander case delay and killed Rice. The incident follows prosecution delays and raises questions on courtroom proceedings and safety.
Edward W. Pickard reports President Hoover selects Gen. Charles G. Dawes as ambassador to Britain with limited Santo Domingo duties first. Dawes aims to aid German reparations talks as London welcomes him. Congress prepares farm relief and tariff debates intensify with sugar and cotton fights. social rank issue for Mrs. Gann cited. Sinclair contempt ruling upheld. Leviathan sails as a wet ship near 12 mile limit. tornadoes kill and injure in Arkansas Minnesota Wisconsin. Mexican rebels move toward Sonora as border tension rises with U S troops deployed.
The speaker appealed by Vice President Curtis to rescind his predecessor’s ruling on Mrs. Gann’s official status and faced questions from the diplomatic corps. He declined to accept Kellogg’s ruling and gave a guarded reply to diplomats.
Charles A. Lindbergh avoids public alarm even when missing from expected Texas arrival. He lands in Brownsville and continues to New York where Ambassador Herrick's body arrived from France. Sidney J. Catts faces federal indictment for allegedly financing counterfeiters in Tampa and New York. He allegedly gave $5,000 for $25,000 in fake notes.
New York curb exchange reimbursed by lawmakers over Hiram Walker whisky stock. Rep L C Dyer of St Louis bought the stock in ignorance of its liquor sales, sold after learning the truth, and incurred losses. The case follows a candy jobbers antitrust verdict in Chicago and a board appointment for Calvin Coolidge with New York Life. An Australian rescue reports the Southern Cross crew alive after a crash on a Western Australia mud flat, with Kingsford Smith among the crew.
The Louisiana state house impeached Governor Harry P Long on one charge from nineteen and continued consideration of the remaining charges.
Nationalist President Chiang Kai-shek announces he will resign upon returning to Nanking. He says he is not big enough for the job and plans a tour abroad for rest and study.
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