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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1919
Page
6
An advertisement touts temperance tonic from Dr. Pierce as a cure for feminine ailments and exhaustion. It claims it strengthens weak women and restores health for overworked or nervous individuals, offering a trial package for 10 cents from Buffalo, New York.
Town officials run a raffle for Mrs. Muggins' benefit and ask the oldest resident to buy a ticket. The fossil questions what to do with Mrs. Muggins if he wins, prompting a humorous exchange and local levity.
Thousands of women suffer kidney or bladder issues and may not realize it. Poor kidney health can trigger back pain headaches and low energy. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root is advertised as restoring kidney liver and bladder health with sample bottles by mail and full sizes at drug stores.
Fragmentary wartime note quotes a soldier’s grim infield moment and a survivor’s reflection. The text references trench experience, a wounded scene, and a published work title suggesting battlefield insight and ironies of reportage.
A fragment from a scene features a ringing voice of a girl described as a belle with approving comments and social reception implied by the dialogue.
Green's August Flower has been a household remedy for constipation indigestion and liver trouble for decades. It is described as a gentle laxative that relieves nervous dyspepsia and related symptoms and is sold by druggists in all civilized countries.
A brief overheard remark has readers recalling a sharp line about there being the devil to pay. The exchange hints at a humorous or pointed exchange without further details.
The ad urges gentle rubbing of itchy scalp with Cuticura Ointment, then washing with Cuticura Soap and hot water. It promotes Cuticura as a daily toilet preparation for clear skin and softness, ending with an odd note about not making coffee or food from wild ingredients.
An aphorism asserts that a man who never makes mistakes never wakes anything else, implying error as a catalyst for awareness and progress. The line frames mistakes as essential to growth and learning.
Six troop ships totaling 14 446 officers and men arrived on Easter Sunday to celebrate on home soil. The Zeppel in and Graf Waldersee carried German crews turned over to the United States. Virginian Great Northern Santa Paula and others brought units from multiple hospital formations and divisions, including the 129th Field Artillery and 91st Division detachments.
About 100 soldiers and sailors invaded the Master Bakers Association hall in New York forcing removal of German numbers from the program. Police and Provost Guards expelled them after directors promised no German music. The intruders were part of a 1000-strong outside crowd alert by a Navy Club call about a German concert on the eve of the Victory Loan campaign.
American forces on the Archangel front since last September show 529 casualties with 196 fatalities including 9 officers and 187 men. Wounded totals reach 820 soldiers and 12 officers, while disease deaths are included in the fatality count. Recent month losses on the north Russian front are light, with fighting mainly by Russian troops and the British.
Andrew J Wolfe aged 87 was killed instantly when struck by a car in Columbus. He was father to Robert I Wolfe publisher of the Columbus newspaper and Harry P Wolfe chairman of the Ohio War Savings Committee.
Residents near Cap Charles reported to the Hampton Roads naval base that a seaplane fell into Chesapeake Bay. No further details on the aircraft, casualties, or implicated parties were provided in the note.
An editorial argues that Western Canada can feed Europe and India as more mouths exist in 1919. It cites Hoover’s food program, rising wheat prices, and the need for shipments, urging Canadians to settle western lands, with favorable prices and rail access noted.
Atlantic City N J will host the Pan American Aeronautics convention in May drawing US and foreign officials to showcase wartime aviation progress. Capt Charles J Glidden predicts commercial air service by 1920 end with US trunk lines linking cities via twenty four distribution points and rapid cross country travel.
Quotation emphasizes success in business starts with character including temperance fairness politeness industry and intelligence quotable from K W Howe. This brief reflects on virtue guiding conduct in commerce.
Paris April 16 Secretary of War Newton D Baker said 275000 American troops will return from Europe this month with 250000 in May and about 800000 in June. He noted a Rhine defense role would be voluntary and that 1 400 000 troops remain in Europe to be returned. He will visit Coblenz with General Pershing and return to the United States within ten days.
An ad discusses using All's Catarind to treat colds and acute nasal catarrh by cleansing the blood and boosting resistance. It claims repeated catarrh can harm the system and references testimonials from J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Superflulties and Saturn boast about rings while Barth mocks the value without a circus. The exchange hints at a playful debate over spectacle and adornment.
The Ark of the Covenant was a sacred chest directed by Moses to hold the tablets of the law from Mount Sinai. It measured four and a half feet long two and a quarter feet wide and two and a quarter feet high. It was overlaid with gold inside and out and carried by staffs inserted in rings at the corners. It was the Israelites most sacred possession and rested in the holy of holies within the tabernacle.
A period advertisement warns buyers to demand Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in genuine Bayer packaging with the Bayer Cross. It cautions against counterfeit pills sold in pill boxes and recalls a Brooklyn producer jailed for counterfeit talcum powders sold as aspirin.
A former Northwestern league pitcher, now retired and seeking quiet in a Seattle shipyard, discusses the war with a friend. The exchange jokes about changes in rulers and titles, noting England no longer has a king and that newspapers now mention Premier George instead. The lighter moment follows a serious reflection on global events.
A humorous Kansas City Journal item notes how a small amount of loose change disturbs more than a wad of cash. The brief wry line contrasts noise from coins with the lack of clarity in larger sums.
Popular Mechanics describes placing one or two old dry cells among hot coals to create a blue purple green flame. The sealed top burns away, heat drives a chemical action, and the gas burns with vivid color for 30 to 45 minutes. No danger, and it costs nothing since used city batteries are usually worthless.
An American woman in Paris asked for water but could not make the maid understand hot. After several attempts she exclaimed Sho, prompting the maid to fetch hot water. A friend later revealed the maid misheard Sho as chand meaning hot in French.
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