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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1928
Page
6
Perry Wolfe aged seventeen was booked on a vagrancy charge at the Los Angeles county jail. Officials discovered his height of 7 feet 3 inches required two prison uniforms to be stitched together to fit his frame during fitting.
An advertisement highlights an orthophonic tub with enhanced beauty depth and richer resonance aimed at those who sing while bathing. The promo notes its unusual features and invites attention to its design. It ends with a quip about aging gracefully requiring money.
An advice column discourages coffee and tea for kids in hot weather. It promotes milk as essential for calcium and growth, suggests using milk with cereals, soups, and desserts, and favors lemonades or orangeades for cooling. It also warns against ice cream overload and notes fruit drinks are low in calories and temperature.
A poem asks what real friendship is and answers with images of gold and steel that endure strain and time. It contrasts loyal, steadfast friends with those unable to withstand hardship, likening friendship to gold that never rusts and steel that holds.
A Witty Witch tale recalls Pam five with blue eyes and a blue dress. Pam brings a doll to a tea party and the doll awakens in its crib when a table is moved, crying out mamma. The laugh turns gentle as no one is hurt.
A young man complains of pests and temperate limits. The piece argues that pests and critics are inevitable and that calm persistence can calm life’s frictions, noting that while anger often fails against wickedness, deliberate, gentle reform can reduce harm. It urges accepting life as is and using pestiferousness for positive ends.
A reflective homily on the harms of silent cruelty and gossip. The author urges readers to practice neighborly kindness, arguing that withholding support or speaking ill harms both speaker and listener and hinders divine blessing.
The piece discusses the phrase laughing up his sleeve in French German and Latin origins, noting laughter aids digestion and the modern tight sleeves contrast with ancient long sleeves. It explains the image of concealing humor behind fabric and how the expression persists in language and social perception.
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