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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1934
Page
7
Bat Masterson lauds Wyatt Earp as fearless frontier lawman with Dodge City and Tombstone exploits including the O.K. Corral shootout. Francisco Vigo backed American victory in the Northwest, advancing Clark’s forces and funding campaigns, later dying poor in Vincennes after decades of unpaid Vigo claims.
Frank Maley, who faced the gallows five times for a killing 23 years ago, is released from Western penitentiary after the state board of pardons commuted his sentence. He received a new suit and prison earnings, with hopes for a quieter future despite two decades of confinement and reflection.
Edward A Wieland, 27, told Milwaukee police officer Edward Wieland about a murder in a truck to see a fat cop run. The officer found only merchandise. Wieland paid a $5 fine in District Court.
State prison inmates at the Bridgewater Mass. state farm hospital listen to stock quotations each day. They discuss fluctuations after the broadcast, though none have money or banking roles.
Cleburne officials decide prisoners in the county jail will receive food bedding and incidentals but must provide their own razors and blades.
The wooden bathtub used by Frederick the Great at a spa in Landeck after the Seven Years War has been placed in the town's newly opened local museum in Glatz County.
Professor Briggs is surprised to find no car at the gate and his wife recalls he drove to town. He remembers arriving in town and getting out to thank a stranger who gave him a lift, then wonders where the driver went.
Higgs worries about his garden and asks an old market gardener how to tell weeds from plants. The gardener replies the only sure way is to pull them out. if they regrow, they are weeds.
In a London store the man known as Ideal Neighbor Smith asks for three lawn mowers in the gardening department. The astonished assistant questions the request and Smith clarifies he has two neighbors, not a vast estate.
In a lighthearted exchange, Mrs. T questions love at first sight while Mrs. C recalls a humorous path to marriage, joking that she met her husband by that method. The banter captures a playful glimpse of social attitudes in the era.
In a flurried exchange, Dusty Rhodes complains to Sam about a quarrel over sawing wood for a pie. Sam explains he planned to saw the pie and eat the cod, provoking the lady’s ire and leading to family tensions and dismissal.
A pair of brief, regionally sharp quips from Stray Stories contrasts a gloomy husband recalling his wife’s sweet farewell with a punch line about a socialite and a telephone girl. The humor hinges on misheard phrases and mistaken identity in a compact, period tone.
A clip from the Toronto Globe and Pathfinder Magazine presents quips on marriage and female voices. The Globe notes a sister’s happiness amid a husband, while Pathfinder suggests women do not always have the last word in conversations.
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