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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1931
Page
7
A reader questions why people pretend to be worse than they are and argues adults imitate youth as growing pains of the modern age. The piece notes both men and women seek modernism through pretense, vulgarity, and faux vices to gain social edge.
Advice on pastry dough air content and moisture affects crust texture. It notes that excess flour skews fat to flour ratio and makes crust tough. It also warns oxalic acid used for rust must be neutralized to prevent fabric damage with a ammonia solution. Ammonia removes iodine stains.
A humorous paragraph describes a so called thousand legged centipod found in the Sahara and misidentified by Napoleon Bona parte Gubbins from Matteawan. It features a mounted museum display of centipods depicted as peanuts with corn noses and ink eyes. A second note explains odor theory as scent arising from chemical radicals combining with nasal osmoceptors.
The governor of the state house receives a black and white cat that communicates kindness to animals. The governor promises a proclamation urging people to be kind to animals, and the cat departs after a brief meeting. The governor secretly vows the message will be written.
The article notes Solomons long popular greyhound type traced to ancient reliefs over four thousand years old in Assyria. It describes a slim long legged smooth coated dog matching the modern greyhound image seen today.
A collection of household guidance covers weekly task lists, linoleum care with varnish layering, a lemon water salt teeth rinse, and food ideas. Recipes include fruit sauces and egg white sugar glaze for cake, plus serving suggestions for pork and fish dishes.
A reflection on how people often dislike flattery not for its aim but for its style, noting that the true issue lies in the way praise is conveyed rather than the praise itself. The quote contrasts genuine sentiment with performative praise.
Doris and her mother turn leftover tin and bottle tops into a painted play set. The little project uses cocoa and coffee can tops for a tray and several others for a coaster set and tumblers. Doris plans colors blue and orange to match the tray as she paints outdoors.
Excerpt notes that profiteers and adulterers have long existed and that pillory punishment once targeted such wrongdoers, implying persistent social vice across eras. The fragment reflects on enduring exposure of fraud and wrongdoing in society and punishment methods.
A vintage Bayer Aspirin advertisement promotes using two to three tablets with water to stop headache pain. It claims aspirin is safe when genuine Bayer tablets are used and mentions relief for headaches colds sore throat neuralgia and menstrual discomfort. It stresses carrying Bayer Aspirin and following directions.
Senator Norris recalled a humorous Washington tea anecdote about a fall, describing it as a hopeless mishap not the man’s fault. The tale ends with a playful reveal and a punchline about changing a will by Grandma Gains. An advertisement for Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets follows, claiming original liver pills from 60 years ago to regulate liver and bowels.
Two golfers exchange quips after a fishing tale with a quick joke about throwing back a long drive. A stray line comments on men turning to religion as a political afterthought.
A quip recalls a husband and wife exchange about a door sign. He jokes his wife did not object to stenciling but changed his office door from Private to Public. The lighthearted exchange highlights domestic humor.
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