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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1917
Page
3
An old advertisement urges Cascarets as a 10 cent remedy to cleanse and regulate the stomach remove sour food and excess bile and purge constipation. It claims the pills work while you sleep without gripe and can prevent headaches biliousness coated tongue indigestion and sour stomach.
A lighthearted exchange features Ma asking for sugary treats for supper and Betsy replying that only candy and cake remain for the meal. The dialogue hints at a domestic scene focused on dessert choices.
The advertisement claims Green's August Flower eases indigestion nervousness and related stomach troubles. It notes fifty years of use worldwide with success and offers trial bottles for 25 cents or a 75 cent family size. Manufactured by G. G. Green in Woodbury New Jersey with distribution to Australia Canada and the United States.
A playful exchange centers on missed opportunity to kiss, with reassurance that more chances will come. Two speakers share light rueful banter about timing and future encounters. The vignette highlights casual romance and optimism.
In a fragment from a 19th or early 20th century piece a patient asks for a package of Anuric for ascites and backache. A doctor or narrator comments on rarity of a June day and notes February twenty ninth has a beat a thousand ways in a casual exchange.
Advertises Knowlton's Danderine claiming immediate cleansing of dust and oil and long term results of new hair growth. Urges readers to buy a 25 cent bottle and try it for fuller, softer hair with reduced dandruff and itching.
A brief note describes a well groomed young man known as Dapper and mentions his valet previously worked as an ostler. The exchange hints at social status and grooming standards without detailing events or locations.
Gov. Cox orders county food agents to lead a nationwide push for bumper crops and higher food supply. He also calls for early college graduations to farm, extended vacations for farm labor, new labor bureaus, and a housewives canning campaign. Religious services echo support as Germany spies trigger fires. a sheep shearing contest forecasts higher wool prices.
New orders in Ohio recruiting stations allow enlistment up to age 40 with colored soldiers admitted to cavalry and infantry. Supt Francis calls boys to work as summer farm laborers to boost food production. State labor leaders push seed distribution and federal seed potato aid. Shell law prepares universal male registration ages 18 to 45 with penalties for noncompliance. Navy-bound journalist C Lyon profiled. Columbus aims to enfranchise women by next November elections. Ohio Millers urge thrift and legal patriotic displays to support food conservation.
Rudolph W. Archer of Cleveland is named the Republican Party manager in Ohio as part of a reorganization plan.
Thomas Jaffney a 60 year old resident of Chagrin Falls fell down stairs at a Wellington boarding house and sustained a broken neck. A Chicago woman was ordered by Mayor Hopkins to leave Marysville after disrespectful remarks about the flag. In Portsmouth five hundred forty four citizens joined the Peerless Garden club to promote backyard gardening.
Silas Hitchcock once an office boy for Marcus A. Hanna and later a Vermilion businessman collapsed and died in an electric car on Detroit avenue in Lorain.
Kent marked its greatest parade with 1,500 participants from civic fraternal and labor groups. In the afternoon Mayor Dovey presented a flag to the town, highlighting the celebratory event.
Edwin Scrivens 72 a pioneer farmer of Middleburg township died at his Smith road home from paralysis. He served as township trustee and justice of the peace for several terms.
Columbus reports Gov. Cox has appointed George Ewing a Democrat attorney from Lancaster to the state civil service commission to replace D Webb a Democrat from Athens county.
A Pennsylvania freight train with two engines plowed through the Canton Artificial Ice Co. plant in Canton, demolishing the facility and piling up the locomotives and six freight cars in the business district.
Red Cross officials announce that girls working in factories shops and stores without time for regular classes will receive instruction in first aid dietetics and home nursing.
Former Governor James E Campbell and Frank B Willis spoke at a patriotic mass meeting in Delaware. The event at the Opera House drew a large audience and overflowed into surrounding rooms.
At the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. plant in Akron three men were crushed to death and 10 injured when a cable on a 6,000 pound freight elevator snapped sending them three floors to the ground.
Col Webb C Hayes, the only American officer to serve under fire in Cuba Porto Rico the Philippines and China campaigns, has offered his services to the government for military duty.
In Toledo an open gas stove caused fatal burns. Mrs. Ann Hartmeyer, 60, died at her east side home after injuries from the stove. The previous day Mrs. Fannie Reuben also succumbed to similar burns.
The Lima conference of the Evangelical Lutheran church gathered at Zion Lutheran church east of Fostoria. Pastors from Lima Fremont Gibsonburg Sandusky Fostoria Detroit and Saginaw Michigan attended the gathering.
Dr. B. P. Lathrop aged 83 died at his home in Painesville where he was born. He is survived by his wife and two daughters Mrs. Hugh Goff and Mrs. Nellie Lathrop, both of Painesville. He was father of artist Will L. Lathrop.
At Mansfield the Ohio State Reformatory housed 185 inmates granted paroles by the state board of administration after its bi monthly session. Fourteen applicants were refused parole.
Charles Dresbach a Kingston farmer was fatally injured when his coat caught in a tractor engine belting and he was spun to death. The prior two weeks he had lost his left hand in a corn fodder machine.
The 300 employees of Thew Automatic Shovel Co have settled their strike. Workers received a 16 percent wage increase in the settlement, ending the labor dispute.
The Indianapolis Star notes Japan ships baseballs and a wide range of goods including buttons brushes beads silk fabrics and more in competition with US products. The article argues for a protective tariff to shield American industry amid war conditions and cheap Japanese labor.
The author urges prewar reform drawing on European experiences. It notes Asquith's resignation bringing Kitchener, Lloyd George shifting to munitions, and rapid French cabinet changes after war began, arguing politics cannot match wartime demands. Advocate seeks best leaders to conserve lives and resources.
The speaker blasts the federal income tax as the most unfair ever, arguing it punishes thrift and competence while rewarding prodigality. It asserts that anyone earning $3,000 annually or even $1,500 benefits from government and should contribute to its support.
The Detroit Journal calls the insult to Gen. Leonard Wood the administration's most petty act. The piece questions fairness, saying the president and department heads are included in the term administration and attributes the move to Secretary Newton Baker.
The passage argues the inheritance tax harms thrift and ability. It urges lowering the exemption limit materially. It claims the federal inheritance tax resembles a direct property tax and contravenes constitutional provision that indirect taxes be levied on the state as a whole.
The present congress is hobbled on tariff legislation. The evenly divided house blocks a battle and revenue measures must originate there. The senate with a Democratic majority of twelve is resistant to protection.
An exceedingly brief study of his record shows Mr. Daniels lacks fitness to lead the navy as the United States prepares for the great war. The fleet's safety and the lives of thousands depend on the most competent choice, free of personal or political influence.
Senator Sorghum notes home voters are divided on several questions and he is unsure which side to back. He says he is not feeling as capable of giving speeches as usual and warns of mounting public debate.
Guidance on treating facial and hand eruptions using Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap. Advises applying ointment on rising and retiring for the face and soaking hands in hot lather, then drying and rubbing in ointment. Free samples by mail with a book from Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Sold widely.
An advertisement touts Dr Peery's Vermifuge Dead Shot as a single bottle solution for worms, claiming prompt relief. The copy frames household use during parties and hints at sharing the product among relatives.
A new and accurate color blindness test from Sweden is described by Drs. Bostrom Gothlin and Ohrvall in Upsala Lakareforenings Forhandlingar. The chart shows patches of color in light and dark red lavender and dull cherry red arranged to form a large number like three or six. The patches are indistinguishable by eye unless the tester can hear the color names spoken aloud.
W H Boyd of Cleveland received a letter from a friend in India saying a white elephant was sent as a gift. He feared an elephant would be hard to care for but the gift proved to be an ivory carving designed to wear as a watch charm.
The ancients claimed rock crystal was not mineral but ice solidified by extreme cold. They argued the clear substance bore icy origins rather than crystallized mineral structure.
A provocative remark links a single crank to fueling broader political upheaval, framing the device as a symbol of dissent and the spark behind growing revolutionary sentiment across regions.
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