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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1917
Page
7
A misdial leads to a humorous misunderstanding as a caller asks for the fire department and the agency manager explains it is the hire department. The exchange highlights a comic mix up between emergency and employment lines.
FOR SKIN TROUBLES The Soap to cleanse and purify, the Ointment to soothe and heal. They usually afford immediate relief in itching, burning eczemas, pimples, dandruff and most baby skin troubles. They also tend to prevent little skin troubles becoming great if used daily. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere.
Lord Redesdale recalls Whistler leaving his home of 14 years to build the What House in Tite Street. Architect E W Godwin and Whistler clashed over decoration leading to a commemorative stone bearing a Bible verse and designer names. Godwin died in 1886 and Whistler married his widow in 1888.
Maud calls to O mamma and laughs about a cat carrying kittens in a "cat's cacket." Mother agrees the cat has a nice family but Maud says it would be better if she had them one at a time.
A concise saying underscores proactive strategy. The maxim contrasts patient planning with passive delay and highlights decisive action as the path to advantage. It invites readers to seize moments rather than linger in anticipation.
An advertisement touts Roman Eye Balsam as a night time remedy for sore eyes blood-shot eyes watery eyes and sticky eyes claiming prompt healing.
A visiting man praises Edinburgh folk while recounting a hat blowing away during a cable car pass. The driver supposedly chased the hat and kept it as the stranger notes in good humor. A friend doubts the tale’s truth and ponders whether the driver kept his own cap.
Mr Bruce Burton editor of Every Week recounts a friend giving his first public speech while fearing embarrassment. The audience becomes a test, as a wife watching an intoxicated husband delivers a joke about a look alike in a nearby chair.
A narrator sketches a rare man who spoils his family yet is defined by how his wife uses a five dollar bill. The piece contrasts domestic generosity with performers at a bar and hints at broader social attitudes toward money and expendable wealth.
The New York Evening Mail argues for a comprehensive Shipping Board plan to subsidize labor rather than shipowners and to standardize vessel types. It contends American wages for seamen and an extended transport system beyond ports, urging the board to enact a bold, comprehensive strategy.
The piece warns that postwar Britain will likely tax imported goods, urging American business to wake up to foreign plans. It notes invitations to U S manufacturers to set up in England to handle postwar trade shifts and argues tariffs are a global practice for protecting war‑scarred industries.
The speaker criticizes the postwar government for neglecting defense planning since the world war. He accuses the administration of inaction and compares it to sleeping at the switch as flames of conflict threaten the country. He calls for sending Rear Admiral Dr Grayson for immediate guidance.
A wartime plea argues for funding now through bond issues with low interest to strengthen today’s forces. It contends taxation should not shift future burdens and asserts citizens are ready to endure sacrifices to secure democracy and justice.
A reader recalls letters from strangers shaping stories and the strange lengths writers go to avoid raw romance in fiction. Patrick Dennis vows never to blow out a candle again after a tale of a man blown to atoms prompts his own pledge.
Public opinion opposes exploitation of national needs through profiteering in military supplies and food. The speaker emphasizes the war is not a quick money-making venture and that all Americans share the same burden to ensure fairness in prices and supply.
Secretary Josephus Daniels presided as diplomas were handed to the graduating class at Annapolis. The middies bore themselves splendidly and not one of them laughed, according to the New York Telegram.
James R Mann again serves as minority leader in the house praising his past service. His work in the Sixty fourth congress helped his party in the last congressional campaign and contributed to the even split in the new house. His future work is expected to show the same diligence and capacity.
In changing weather, Boschee’s German Syrup is promoted as a preventative for coughs and lung troubles. The ad dates fifty years of use and claims it aids sleep and easy morning excretion, sold by druggists in 25 and 75 cent bottles worldwide.
The article explains that early dyers used quercitron bark from an oak for yellow dyes and derived a dye called flavine for yellow to orange shades. Fustic, from the dyer’s mulberry tree, supplied olive yellow and old gold tones, with the tree growing in the West Indies, Cuba, and Jamaica.
A dialogue hints at a belief the wife is wealthy. One character questions why the other married without fortune, implying an external attempt to justify the union amid rumors.
The columnist mocks Dobbins calling him lazy and notes he would not take his twin babies out riding until their go cart had a motor. The remark portrays him as indolent and overly cautious.
Cincinnati markets report grain and flour prices including Winter patents 11.50 to 12, No 3 white corn 1.61, No 2 red wheat 2.82 to 2.84, and hay prices up to 20.60. Butter at 49c, eggs around 34c, poultry and live stock prices listed for cattle hogs bulls and sows with varied grades and weights.
A brief archaic exchange unfolds with a wary sentry and an elderly woman assuring no threat. The scene centers on a cautious interaction in a dim setting.
A weatherwise note urges motorists to store vehicles during harsh months. The idea, popular in older newspapers, suggests wintering cars to avoid winter trouble and yard wear.
A health-minded note urges treating the body as a machine that needs regular maintenance. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets a weekly cleanse using May-apple juice alo es root of jalap and aloe and sold in drug stores for 25 cents with the Dr. Pierce stamp and claims of 50 years of use.
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