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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1927
Page
2
A vivid portrait of the Ballyhoo man as a tall, hefty, stage-propelled showman who commands crowds with booming calls, garish lights, and sharp sales pitches. He thrives in circuses and carnivals, shaping his words to fit the crowd and drawing in dimes from eager spectators.
Lake Geneva Wisconsin feature recalls Capt. Wil Ham Napper at eighty nine as the lone survivor among 507 crew on the first Atlantic telegraph cable project. He served as ship's carpenter aboard the Great Eastern during 1868 expedition wiring Valencia Bay Ireland to Trinity Bay Newfoundland. The article links Napper to Lindbergh Chamberlin Byrd era voyages and notes the historic impact on the global map.
Miss Daisy Dean Williamson of the University of New Hampshire extension service devised a cost efficient dress using four and a half yards of handkerchief thirds bought at a mill. The dress, including findings, cost 60 cents and was modeled by Miss Margaret Symes of Somersworth at forty style shows.
The Piedmont Plain lies between the Appalachian highland and the coastal plain and is marked by rugged eroded rock formations. A definite escarpment line separates hard older rocks from softer recent formations, creating rapid rivers and cataracts along much of the Atlantic coast. The Piedmont narrows in New England, widens to about 800 miles in North Carolina, with New York closest to the sea. London hosts a goldfish hospital.
A passage notes a slow pace of four miles per hour with flyers carrying sandwiches and orange juice. It mentions larders of the Great Eastern stocked with live farm animals and large provisions, implying a traveling supply capability and vast resources.
Atlantic City judge William H. Smathers mourns the death of his retriever Champion Phil's Speed Ben who died July 4. He laments the shorter canine life, plans a tombstone, and notes the dog accompanied him on hunting trips in North Carolina.
Commander O Craftford described a 20 year search leading to Ophir in Arabia about 400 miles east of Aden. He claimed to have located gold and jewel mines that could be developed as in biblical times and to have retraced King Hiram’s route to sources of wealth used by the Queen of Sheba.
London readers flood letters to newspapers denouncing theater smoking. A patron blew a hole in his program to glimpse the stage, sparking reactions about the right to smoke versus sight. Other writers complain of watery eyes and pervasive coughing drowning out performances.
Importation of Percheron Shire and Belgian draft horses to the United States last year was the largest in eleven years the Horse Association of America reports rising demand for quality animals.
In Willows California Teddy Hall six Lloyd Hal eight and Billy Hall nine were hired to pull weeds at 25 cents per hour to cover the $15 worth of candy their break in caused.
The church of St Apolinaris in Ravenna Italy is one of the most important existing early Christian basilicas. Begun in 584 it features a unique circular tower rising about 120 feet high.
The passage notes that the reveille differs between Germany and England, while France and the United States share the same call. It discusses how military bugle calls align or diverge across nations.
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