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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1920
Page
3
In a back lot game, Young Orioles’ Ches ter Smith left the plate with the score tied in the ninth. A ragged orphan boy from a nearby home begged to bat and hit a game winning home run on the first pitch, proving the legend Babe Ruth’s famed homer record.
Shoeless Joe Jackson remains a top hitter in the American League in his 13th major league season and aims to win the batting crown. He is rumored to hit a ball harder than any man, not even Babe Ruth, and has posted about .885 this season.
Ohio State will start a stadium drive on October 18 to fund a new arena. Officials expect no trouble raising funds during the football season to insure Ohio the best stadium in the middle West.
Since 1897 eastern intercollegiate golf tours began, Yale Harvard and Princeton dominated individual championships until last year when A L Walker of Columbia won the title. The note highlights Columbia breaking the long Ivy trio dominance.
A collection of brief sports items cites a six lap bicycle track planned for Upper New York City, 350000 motor boat enthusiasts in the U.S., 120000 soccer fans at the 1913 English Cup final, and Dan O Leary’s 250000 mile lifetime tally. Other notes mention Walter Hagen, Lipton’s yacht effort, New Zealand trotter colors rule, and Yale football scheduling details.
In a Giants vs Phillies game seventh inning play, Snyder drew a walk, Benton sacrificed, Paulette mishandled a bunt, and Jack Miller fielded the ball on the grass to beat a fast runner to first for an unassisted out.
A Washington letter notes stumps left in cut over southern lands stay alive, drawing sap rich with naval store elements. From old stumps up to twenty five by products can be distilled including rosin turpentine pine oils acetate tar and alcohol. Fire destruction proves uneconomical as stumps can generate value to cover clearing costs and potentially profit for landowners and manufacturers.
The article surveys pennant hopes from Chicago to New York and beyond noting players like Dave Green, Ray Baker, and Babe Ruth, trades rumored or denied, and current form. It highlights teams such as the Detroit, St. Louis, and Boston clubs, with mentions of managers Tris Speaker and Stallings, plus players Mowrey, Sisler, and Fielder Jones era figures.
An advertisement asserts Bayer aspirin is safe, widely prescribed for over twenty years, and must be purchased in an unbroken Bayer package with directions for headaches and related pains. It notes 12 tablet tins cost a few cents and pharmacists sell larger packages, naming Bayer as manufacturer of acetylsalicylic acid ester.
The Toledo Blade extols daisies as brightening fields and living art. They lift heads to heaven and bloom abundantly across meadows inviting people to bring them indoors for vases, jardinières, and wear. Their easy reach and cheerful message reflect a blessing from God.
Mr C B Leats of Lay Maryland writes that one box of Eatonic stopped his nervous spells and heart pressure after trying four specialists. He claims the remedy removes poisons and gases from the body and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
A correspondent recalls a hot day as the boss departs, assigns special work, and returns an hour later to find the worker settled in the boss’s chair with a magazine. The scene captures the mismatch between duty and discomfort as the office task resumes.
Rear Admiral William Sims condemns the condition of interned ships after German custodians left. He says the vessels became cesspools of filth due to three years of neglect, with sanitation so poor workers could not sleep aboard and had to sleep near the docks until crews scrubbed and disinfected the ships into habitable condition.
An advertisement touts Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills as a traditional remedy for regulating the stomach liver and bowels and urges readers to purchase a box.
The article questions a hairless future as generations may go bald earlier, noting both men and women trend toward hairlessness. It traces bobbed hair from Russian origins to its spread in the United States, reaching bohemian New York and influencing older women to wear false bobbed hair.
Peter Herman world bantamweight champion signs to face Jimmy Wilde at Holborn Stadium London on September 17 for a 20 round decision. Herman to receive expenses plus a share of film profits and 20,000 dollars from American taxes at ringside.
Private C. W. F. Childress, born of American parents in China, is the only U S marine never to have seen the United States and serves as interpreter at the American legation in Peking. He speaks Chinese like a native and plans to visit the United States one day.
Dixon H. Bynum, assistant city attorney, explains the phrase white mule in connection with government efforts to stop liquor traffic among Indians. He notes Indians often claimed they obtained liquor from a one eyed non white mule riding west, a stock tale used to explain how liquor reached the tribes.
The London Gazette announces a royal warrant consolidating provisional awards and extending eligibility for the Victoria Cross. Women including matrons nurses nursing staff and hospital service personnel may now be eligible, as well as civilians of either sex serving under armed forces orders.
In a stage chatter, an actor who played the fop was called a dandy. The remark captures local theater gossip about performance style and character depiction.
A reflective line notes belief held by many girls about ideal marriage. It hints at social expectations and self-perceived readiness for husband and home, suggesting a cultural standard influencing personal choices and aspirations.
A Terre Haute high school class presented a parting gift to a beloved teacher during her farewell speech. The scene revealed a boy named Jim crying not from leaving her but from bidding 50 cents for a present goodbye, a detail revealed by another student after the ceremony.
A wife confronts her husband about economy and spending, noting he saves less on cigars and personal pleasures when she trims expenses. The Boston Transcript cites this domestic quarrel as a humorous exchange about money and expense priorities.
Dialogue exchanges present a fragmentary exchange about capability and effort. The lines juxtapose a prompt to act with a cynical reply on exhaustion. No clear event, person, or place is established in the readable text.
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