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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1920
Page
3
Cigarette dealers often have tin boxes eleven inches long six wide and four deep that they throw away. Some are willing to give them free to customers who want tin receptacles. Suggested uses include lunch boxes for camping, cake or bread boxes, pest protection for food, and painting them as flower boxes.
An ad extols Bayer Aspirin for relief from colds headaches rheumatism neuralgia toothache and general pain. It notes the Bayer Cross on genuine packages and lists small 12 tablet boxes and larger sizes with directions. Also a brief comic exchange on camouflage rye in bread appears.
Johnny Evers recalled the 1914 world series game three between the Boston Braves and Philadelphia Athletics. In the tenth inning a two run frame left Boston down 6 4 before Hank Gowdy sparked a rally, Moran and Connelly driving in runs to tie and win in the twelfth.
The Yankees become the first major league club to reach the $1,000,000 threshold after paying $125,000 for Babe Ruth and sizable sums for other star players. Ivory reports continuing price surges in baseball talent.
In a letter to a troubled batter Wagner recounts a humorous remedy. He recalls lifting a heavy timber to the plate and letting the wood strike the ball so it rebounds and restores confidence, claiming the tactic often works.
A Milwaukee Sentinel writer praises the St. Louis Nationals for forming a knot hole gang of boys aged ten to sixteen, admitted free to local games. He recalls his own boyhood thrill of squint over the right eye and retrieving a ball for a seat, arguing free admission builds future fans and is good business plus character.
Golf interest grows and the curriculum at Massachusetts Agricultural College in Boston now includes a course of instruction on the architecture of golf links reflecting expanding demand for courses and facilities.
Notes on umpire Bill McGowan and off season work plus player moves. Tim Murchison joins Tris Speaker staff while red sox money affairs with Lannin and Frazee settle. Beaumont fans pick Exporters as new nickname. Babe Ruth golf costs rise. Jeff Tesreau to manage a New York semi pro team. George Dumont to Toledo bones. Yankee hopes loom. Bunny Dwyer signs with Toronto. Grims and Whitted outfield plans. Vean Gregg renounces minors. Ray Chapman hits few against Bert Gallia. western Canada league signs three umpires. Spike Shannon replaces Altizer. Walter Mayer looms for minors then majors. Connie Mack denies Waddell myth about outfielders.
Western Newspaper Union News Service notes widespread effects from railway terminal worker strikes. Delayed deliveries raise costs and scarcity, while some prices fall for seasonal goods. Idle workers reduce purchasing power, dampening consumer buying and souring public opinion toward labor demands.
London labor leaders threaten to picket English Channel ports and stop tourists from visiting France battlefields. They claim the government does not provide free trips for widows and relatives of fallen soldiers to visit graves, and vow to shut out profiteers of all nationalities.
In Bridgeport Connecticut hysterical women and bewildered police officers filled jail cells after private detective raids on alleged disorderly houses. The raids aimed to break up an organized ring dubbed the Foreign Vice Trust.
Federal agents report two barrels of six year old Hill and Hill whisky were taken from the Rock Springs Distillery bonded warehouse in Owensboro Kentucky. The liquor was rolled to the river bank loaded onto a launch and carried away along the river.
Acute cog car shortages hit miners in Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, raising safety concerns for operations as equipment scarcity slows production and heightens strain on workers.
A man declares he cannot sleep due to thoughts of his beloved. He is forty six, as noted last October. A witty exchange contrasts love with insomnia and aging in a brief humorous column.
An advertisement touts Ose Diamond Dyes promising a rich fadeless color for fabrics including wool silk linen cotton and mixed goods. It notes a Direction Book in the package and a Diamond Dye Color Card to match materials. Also mentions other filler copy and humorous quips.
An old advertisement urges readers to treat kidney pain with Jad Salts or similar lithia water drinks. It claims daily four ounces of a grape and lemon juice salt mixture cleanses and stimulates kidneys, reduces urinary irritation, prevents bladder weakness, and complements heavy water intake.
A concise observation notes how silence is valued in contemporary life and suggests that people may consume less silence than before, linking quiet to cultural shifts and personal habits. The remark frames silence as a scarce resource shaping behavior and choices.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a mild overnight remedy to remove liver and bowel poisons. It contrasts Cascarets with harsher laxatives like salts and calomel, claiming they cause no sickness and work while you sleep. The snippet ends with a joke about Mr Jobbs and a historical note on Latin.
Letters from Ohio readers praise Dr Pierce's Golden Medical products for coughs colds and blood disorders. Endorsers report improvement in scrofulous neck swelling liver trouble nervousness and stomach issues after using Golden Medical Discovery Pleasant Pellets and Golden Medinet.
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