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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1929
Page
3
The article highlights the rising trend of dramatic back views in gowns and suits, with deep backs, capes, lace, and scarf collars. It notes elaborate back treatments, finetuned with bows, trains, and jabots, emphasizing back decoration over fronts in fall looks. Julia Bottomley reports on 1929 fashion notes from Western Newnamer Union.
Lynn Welling arrives in Washington to start a job in the Department of the Interior but battles flu like sneezing fits and homesickness. John Winton arrives at Blossom Place, helping her through illness as they grow closer amid the Potomac setting and dreams of a new life.
John B. Perrett, a veteran prospector, found a ten-ounce gold nugget in Potato Creek west of Spearfish, valued at $250. The nugget measures over four inches long, about two inches wide, and nearly half an inch thick, claimed to be the purest from the Black Hills. Perrett notes miners also wash out tin, tantalum, columbine, copper, tungsten, shelite, and mica for grub stake.
George L Quackenbush a Virginia millionaire farmer denounces arrogant politicians while urging government aid for farm hardships in Richmond. A lighthearted aside follows with a child asking to watch as an ice cream soda trip is described.
European insurers explore policies to cover women who fail to marry. Reports say inquiries in Paris and London consider such coverage. A London firm insured a glass eye for a woman at 1.85 dollars yearly for 15.75 dollars upon loss. Polaire, famed as "The Ugliest Woman in the Stage," holds a policy payable if she becomes beautiful.
John, a Bible school attendee, recounts a tale from Samson and Delilah. While playing on the lawn after school, he suddenly flopped down as if exhausted. A girl asked why, and he replied he had just left the barber shop and lost his strength.
Jinks notes that locals know many city points of interest and welcome many out of town visitors. The exchange highlights familiarity with local sights and visitor interest in the town.
A rare 1 cent British Guiana postage stamp, claimed to be unique, is on view in Le Havre with an estimated value of $50,000. The exhibit highlights this single known specimen, drawing stamp collectors and curious visitors.
The Cincinnati Enquirer quotes a playful exchange about being liberal in views and in generosity with remarks on sticking to old time religion and humanity. It contrasts a boy’s willingness to work with a notion of gun hero potential.
City children delight in ducks in a pond until a duck sinks from a nose dive and a boy cries for help. Archdeacon Malcolm Graham of Stoke-on-Trent, aged seventy-eight, abandons painting with blotting paper after an exhibition of watercolors earns praise. A heat wave in Ontario prompts a Tillsonburg man to stroll in blue shorts and sandals, asking the police chief if he will be arrested, and learns his attire is legal.
A Paris World War era anecdote recalls a graybeard challenging President Hoover that young men lack experience. Hoover replied the value of yesterday’s weather knowledge is minimal, implying practical insight matters more for youth.
In a brief exchange, a woman asks if he will remarry and he replies he has become a pacifist, reflecting a lifestyle shift featured in Pathfinder Magazine.
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