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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1914
Page
3
The article centers on Serelda, a practical maid around twenty seven, who contemplates marriage but worries about leaving her good job. Her mistress questions her about marriage, and Serelda wavers about leaving for a potential suitor. The piece ends with a proverb about a wife boosting her influence by remaining discreet.
Castoria is advertised as a harmless substitute for Castor Oil Paregoric etc. It claims no narcotics, over thirty years of use, and benefits like relief from constipation wind colic feverishness and diarrhea. It touts its signature and cautions against counterfeit imitations.
A teachers meeting discussed scheduling harder subjects for later and Miss Wheeler argued that history is as difficult as science or math. The principal replied that as she teaches it no subject could be more confusing.
A Minnesota reader from Little Falls describes a severe skin eruption in a feverish child and credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with rapid relief and healing within three weeks. The letter also mentions sample offers and other advertisements from 1914.
A Paris correspondent in New York reports Metchnikoff, famed for sour milk, will celebrate his seventieth birthday in Paris. He claims age has not dimmed him since his sixtieth birthday and urges frugal eating, abstaining from alcohol, little meat, and lots of greens. He closes with a quip on good eating attracting pessimists.
In My Varied Life Sir George Honeyman sent a cryptic note to a leading Q C. The barrister could not decipher it and replied with a similar scribble. After court, the judge asked the barrister to clarify the message and he explained I asked you to come and dine with me tonight. Yes I should be extremely glad to do so.
A recent diploma recipient visits an office asking for openings. An office boy humorously notes that there will be one if the boss raises him to three dollars a week by tomorrow night. The quote captures a lighthearted commentary on entry level opportunities for graduates.
An advertisement extols Postum as a coffee substitute claiming headaches insomnia and other ailments vanish after switching from coffee to Postum. A user reports relief and weight gain after abandoning coffee and drinking Postum, with the product marketed by Postum Co Battle Creek Mich and promoting The Road to Wellville.
A detailed contrast of German and French military theories and practices notes the German emphasis on outflanking and rapid offense versus the French focus on flexible formations and reconnaissance driven planning. It discusses morale, modernization, and the potential outcomes as the Franco German frontier tensions unfold.
The article argues Japan spurred Russia to awaken its latent might after Portsmouth, noting Russia's total war strength around 11 million with 6.5 million organized and 5.2 million unorganized, vs Germany's 6.2 million, and observes St Louis parks crowded by sleepers during a heat wave.
The famous detective William J. Burns claims his removal from the police chiefs' honorary list signals graft-related exposure. He compares the guarantee of incorruptibility to a clothier's tall claim. Dr Edward L Trudeau asserts sanatoriums pose no health threat to nearby residents and recounts land values in Adirondack settings.
A Louisville man recalls a Sunday school convention in his city where state delegates spoke during roll call. When Texas was announced a large man boasted about Texas’s first white woman born and population, sparking a counter jibe to Idaho.
A reporter asks the bank president about the case of the cashier who stole $17. The president notes that the incident stemmed from a lack of implicit trust and implies deeper security issues.
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills promise quick relief and improved mood. The ad notes a social distinction, claiming a man earning $800 a year or more is called a gentleman in England and America.
An ad for Marine Eye Kemedy Co. of Chicago promotes a product while noting that about fifteen hundred people are killed and five thousand injured annually by fires in the United States.
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