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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1907
Page
7
The article argues for fair pricing across raw materials manufacturing and distribution. It outlines three cost elements—raw material, manufacturing, distribution—and explains the middleman role and profit margins. It cautions against bargains, premiums, and below cost pricing that mislead consumers. It urges informed understanding of business economics and value.
The article warns of multiple fraud schemes including seedless apple scams and premium plan canvassing. It notes seedless apple promoters earned millions with poor stock and references government fraud warnings. It also covers stock swindles in cooperative and mail order ventures, urging careful investigation of fruit tree concerns.
Citizens should maintain and trim shade trees along roadsides to avoid blocking rain evaporation and causing muddy streets. The note urges towns to keep trees properly pruned and planted to prevent nuisance conditions.
A rural buyer follows a farm paper bargain to purchase a cheap kitchen range. After delays, broken parts, and warped top, the stove burns out within a year. He later buys from a local dealer at a higher price, finding the second range durable. The piece warns against hasty bargain hunting and buying unseen goods.
Max the Washington Heights saloon keeper tells a humorous tale of love proves itself by the stomach. He recalls meeting his wife upstairs through a sister story, claims family dinners prove devotion, and jokes he will not push a baby carriage while defending practical manhood in front of neighbors.
The piece notes that Britain spent about 1.2 billion dollars on the South African War, Boer republics spent a sixth of that, Japan allocated 1.1 billion for Manchuria and countering Russia, and Russia paid 1.5 billion for empire aims. Together these wars crossed 4 billion, with much of the money deemed wasteful capital.
The passage argues that crusades are outdated but the spirit of devotion and self sacrifice remains vital. It asserts that a minister who teaches fundamental religious truths and makes them central to life will attract listeners and influence society, and that every civilized community has a place for such a preacher.
A fragment from Stray Stories shows Tommy and Johnny debating family discipline with a mother figure sending for a doctor when limits are reached. The exchange hints at tension and care through a martial ritual of restraint.
A bystander recalls an amused test of faith by a would be minister who cannot read or write. He improvises with a parable about the queen of Sheba and Jezebel to answer the panel's questions. The tale ends with the biblical riddle about whose wife she was at the resurrection.
Michael Steigman of 7 Sumner Avenue Brooklyn writes that after twelve years of misery his son's eczema spread to four body parts and worsened daily. He says Cuticura Ointment brought rapid improvement and two sets of remedies cured the child by age twelve. He notes the skin became fine and smooth. April 16, 1905.
Dr. Juliet Severance recalls a medical college case from 1858 involving gout and rheumatism. Dr. K T Trall stressed strict abstinent dieting as the cure while a patient lamented, I can't go that, I want to enjoy life while I do live.
A Boston lawyer cross examining a plaintiff in a divorce trial uses a Dublin wit. He asks if the divorcee wants the separation because she drinks and if the plaintiff drinks himself. The plaintiff retorts that drinking is his business, prompting the opposing lawyer to press for another matter.
An old patent medicine ad promotes Allen's Foot-Kase as a cure for hot sweaty calloused and swollen feet. The line lists price and distributor details with the U S address in New York.
An advertisement touts a daily tax of one and a quarter cents per inhabitant to fund New York surface, elevated, and subway systems. It also promotes Dr Elmo's Great Nerve Restorer and a nerve ailment cure, urging readers to send $2.00 for a bottle and treatise from Dr RH Kline in Philadelphia.
A Judge comments that some men believe they must bring two quarts of whisky and a box of cigars to feel close to nature, arguing for a simpler approach to enjoying the outdoors.
An old drugstore ad promotes Krause's Headache Capsules from Norman Lichty Mfg. Co Des Moines Ia. A marketing line targets young men advising resignation if not satisfied with their job and suggests the boys will not refuse.
The House of Representatives hall hosted a purple dove that hovered over lawmakers raising hopes it signified peace while Hartford Times notes the moment and questions its symbolism. Nathan Straus opens milk booths in New York City selling sterilized milk to the poor for a penny a bottle with strict antiseptic cleanliness using hot water and borax.
District of Columbia has the highest population per square mile, about 3 839. Alaska averages one person per ten square miles. Rhode Island ranks second with 407 per sons per square mile. The Grand American Handicap in Chicago produced a Winchester Shells victory and titles for W R Crosby of O Fallon MI and Hugh M Clark of Urbana IL in professional and amateur events.
A witty remark notes the distinction between calling a girl a vision versus a sight and how that phrasing changes impression and meaning in conversation.
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