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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1920
Page
7
People construct a dome shaped snow house in about six hours using solid snow blocks three to four feet long and two feet high. The hemisphere like shelter includes a crawl entrance, cubbies, a daylight window, ice or seal skin glazing, a lined cold air layer, vent hole, family bed with skins and deerskins, shrub mattress, and a single blankets for all.
The U S Department of Agriculture sends a specialist to Japan to locate natural enemies of the Japanese beetle and bring them back to establish in New Jersey. The aim is to use these parasites to curb the beetle in areas where it now thrives, with a two to three year field study in Japan.
A vampish woman joins a hotel dining table with a middle aged man. they converse briefly, the man finishes dinner, pays, and leaves as staff hold smiles. Onlookers remark the man is blind as a bat and deaf as a door nail while the eccentric poet Paul Verlaine is described as a genius who alternated religious ecstasy and excess.
A seven year old Battle Creek boy was struck by a train and later, as bystanders moved in, sat up sniffling and asked for his mother. The injuries were minor and observers speculated the incident referenced a prior beating by his father.
The article argues that bricks sealed with dried petroleum were found in Nineveh and Babylon. It claims the Dead Sea valley shale deposits supply brimstone and fire that destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
Exchange features remarks on Ada's complexion noting it is "high" and has risen, reflecting social attitudes and vivid slang within the scene.
Market listings show prices for hay and grain including corn No 2 white at 1.79 to 1.80 and oats No 2 white around 1.08. Butter eggs and poultry rates listed with creamery butter at 67 cents and eggs at 88 cents for extra firsts. Cattle and calves priced by grade with steers up to 13.50 and calves 14 to 15, stockers 7.50 to 11. Lambs and other stock listed with varied ranges, some figures cut or garbled.
A collage of wartime asides and traveler anecdotes. A chaplain jokes about not jammed machine guns, a lieutenant probes frontline progress, couples live on love, a warning to tourists, and a London hotel tip from Hugh Walpole.
Chemists report a cure for acid stomach with Eatonic that removes stomach acids and gases. The campaign claims millions benefited and guarantees relief from bloating indigestion spur acid and gaseous misery. Purchase via druggists with a money back offer if not satisfied.
In a quip from the Birmingham Age-Herald two men discuss the assumed demand for $10,000 a year workers. They note a six day work week with long hours and occasional Sunday checks as acceptable in such pay brackets. The piece ends with a maxim on knowing when to forgo or seize advantage.
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