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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1907
Page
6
Harold returns to Cynthia with a discovered valentine and a burglary tale, leading to a late night reunion. Cynthia clings to the torn memento as Harold explains how he came by the valentine, then arrives with violets and vows to wed.
The article explains poison ivy harms animals and some people while noting the plant yields toxidendric acid, a formic-like toxin. It cites historical uses such as a skin blister remedy with potassium permanganate, ink from the juice, and its later use in England and Europe, plus an old boot polish.
A leading New York interurban banking house installed a novel artificial cooling apparatus with ammonia pipes and a dry circulating ventilation system. It reduces humidity and heat, lowering indoor temperature by 8 to 15 degrees, costing about 30000 dollars to install with substantial ongoing operation costs.
Two well dressed women, fresh from bargain counters, peruse a restaurant menu. They discuss roast turkey, sirloin steak, fricassee, lamb stew, and mutton broth, then admit they do not feel hungry today and decide to go with ple it war.
A Washington salesman notes that in colored neighborhoods white waistcoats are dominant in laundry windows. He says colored gentlemen wear linen and pique waistcoats from early spring to late fall, showing strong pride and making launderers their best patrons.
Misa Cutting and Miss Meanley clash over intention and offense in a sharp exchange. Meanley questions being offended while Cutting coolly retorts that the aim is to become sharp rivals rather than friends.
The German emperor showers favors on the American ambassador at Berlin and extends cut-rate admission to U S markets for German exporters. The piece lauds Wilhelm I for generous gestures toward Roosevelt and sings of strong bilateral goodwill amid tariff talks and diplomatic lunches.
A New York Evening Post critique recalls the 1890 law authorizing tariffs against discriminating nations. The piece likens tariffs to a cudgel and warns the United States faces threats from Teutonic and Rhine banks. It questions whether the cudgel will be used to resist hold-ups.
Governor Cumming, addressing the Pittsburgh chamber, urged tariff revision and reduction as a matter of justice to buyers of protected commodities. He argued that consumers are also producers and that high wages, rising savings, and growing wealth make free trade rhetoric nonsensical in an industrial city like Pittsburgh.
Des Moines Capital notes that tariff agitation wanes as Republicans unite for protection and selective reciprocity. It argues Western states and Massachusetts fueled anti tariff rhetoric six years ago, but real commerce growth underpins a durable stance. Reciprocity seen as a false pretence, tradeoffs harm industry.
A dialogue exchange imagines President Fallieres and Kaiser Wilhelm discussing how Uncle Sam was manipulated. The satirical caricature depicts German exporters portrayed as scrupulously honest valuers and philanthropists aiding American interests, with both leaders laughing at the ruse.
The piece argues that many delegates and manufacturers misunderstand tariff revision plans. It contends most rank and file voters did not grasp the actual implications of proposed downward revisions and reciprocity concessions. It defends protectionist aims and calls the revision resolution a mistaken stance.
The text argues tariffs did not stop price drops from 2.50 to 0.30 per square foot since 1876. It credits tariffs with fostering a strong American plate glass industry that lowered costs for consumers. It notes higher US production costs vs Europe due to wages and calls for tariff revision consideration in the Fifth congressional district.
Mrs S A Moore of Waterville Missouri endorses Doan s Kidney Pills after suffering kidney trouble for a year and a half with back and head pain and tiredness. She notes relief after a few doses and eventual cure. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
About 35 percent of Spain's 20 million people can read and write, 2.5 percent can read but not write, and 62.14 percent are illiterate. Postmen often cannot read or write and rely on residents to sort letters, with recipients paying at least one cent per letter. The treatement of postmen is a joke about who gets the most letters.
A London paper recounts two country girls seen walking through St Pauls Cathedral. One girl gazes in awe beneath the dome, then blurts out that the place would take a long time to sweep, revealing a lighthearted misperception of grandeur.
Elsie a color laundress is described as aging with a bright smile and a prominent front tooth. She explains missing visits after a ball where she wore a full evening dress but left off pieces, catching a serious cold from the exposure during festive events.
A reader quotes a Washington Post piece arguing a hen's natural productivity peaks at about 600 eggs, or 50 dozen, over roughly eight years, noting the species’ design to produce that amount in its lifetime.
An early 20th century ad extols Grape-Nuts as a brain worker’s food suited for sedentary minds and physical labor. It claims the cereal is natural, purified, and enriched with minerals to rebuild brain and nerve centers, prepared by scientific food makers and ready to eat with cream.
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