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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1924
Page
7
Massena New York Mrs Del Bert Bush reports horrible pains in both sides and fatigue on a farm life. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health enabling house and outdoor work. She urges other women to try the remedy.
A new windmill design provides residential electric light and power at minimal upkeep. A wire wheel backbone with curved steel blades drives a submerged dynamo in a weatherproof casing. The top pivots on a vertical spindle to face the wind, and a ground hand-control starts stops or regulates operation.
An aging performer who started in juvenile parts pivots to new dramatic opportunities. The article notes how early typecasting challenged career choices and outlines upcoming projects aimed at redefining the actor’s public image.
An inexpensive farmer made device stirs fresh milk automatically during cooling. A pine box on a center axle tilts as water flows alternately into two halves, driving paddles to mix the milk, per a Popular Mechanics drawing.
Iowa experiment station fed five Jersey and four Guernsey calves from about 50 days old. Over eight days on part milk then skim milk, calves received a grain mix and timothy hay. During three 40 day periods they ate silage plus regular feed, sliced beets, or just hay and grain, with silage reducing hay intake and speeding gains. No scouring occurred and costs were cheaper with silage or roots.
The passage urges providing clean drinking water and shade for dairy cows, adjust grain rations when pastures are short, and wean calves after four to five days. It stresses that bloodlines aid production but require ample feed, ongoing culling for improvement, and gradual, persistent tuberculosis control rather than a single eradication effort.
A wife awaits her husband as she hides a troubling confession. After attempted calls and a fear driven plan to flee, she tells him in the dark she has had her hair shingled, revealing a secret she could not voice aloud.
Deep sea sounding uses a mechanical reel with a thin piano wire instead of hand lines. Depth is read from reel revolutions. steam winds in wire for deep measurements. A 100 pound weight aids inhaul. bottom samples may be taken. Near shore, positions are determined with sextants from small boats.
The article recounts Eric the Red born in Norway around 950 AD who fled to Iceland after a homicide, then to Greenland where a colony flourished for centuries before vanishing. His son Leif Ericsson reportedly reached the New England coast circa 1000.
Hubl highlights how many everyday items and phrases trace to long forgotten origins. From heel safeguards to cuff buttons and wedding rings, objects once had clear functions now obscured by time.
Rye church bells dating from 1860 are to be rehung after a long history. They were taken to Normandy during a 1868 French raid on Rye, then recovered by Rye and Winchelsea men in 1878 and brought home in triumph. The bells have since called the town to worship each Sunday.
A lively tale recalls a wild party hosted by the Diddles with decorative misdirections and a velvet stair causing slips and embarrassment. The piece argues laughter fuels life, praising the playful crave for hilarity. It also includes a first hand note on a Black Widow bite from Idaho in 1917 with medical treatment and lasting scar details.
The Lewis and Clark cavern in Montana was found in 1895 by D A Morrison of Whitehall and became a national monument in 1908 under President Roosevelt. It overlooks the Lewis and Clark trail along the Jefferson river for about 50 miles and remains closed due to vandalism and lighting issues.
A seven year census in the region east of the great plains and north of Maryland reports more than one bird pair per acre. Robins are most common, English sparrows second. Near buildings 180 pairs nest per 100 acres. across whole farms about 112 pairs per 100 acres.
The eldest, fourteen, would buy a steam yacht and sail for Palm Beach. The middle son, twelve, would travel abroad to see the world. Ten-year-old Ralph, silent until then, declares he would buy an automobile and spend the rest in fines.
A teacher used a classroom ad writing task about a milliner job. A child Edith Brown writes a cheeky reply asking Miss Smith to hire someone else due to hating trimming and requesting an immediate reply.
Secretary Work and Indian Commissioner Burke oversee a campaign to wipe out trachoma among southwestern Indians. A July 1 start uses Indian school buildings as temporary hospitals with three field units led by special physicians and Indian staff. More expert groups will follow to extend efforts to other reservations.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments and urges readers to send ten cents for a sample bottle by parcel post while noting available large and medium bottles at drug stores. It cites sworn statements and testimonies of customers and a druggist praising its curative value.
A reflection on finding worth in all circumstances, noting that even in life’s bitterness there are cordial drops that can lead to contentment or resignation, as framed by Laurence Sterne.
The article states no one can be inaugurated president unless they are a natural born citizen of the United States and at least 35 years old. It notes any age could be nominated by a party and elected with enough votes.
The article notes Swedes favor light colored syrups while darker complexions prefer richer tones in sweets. It also remarks that people tend to resent those they have harmed.
A Century Magazine quote by Christopher Morey contemplates five minutes of warning before death. The imagined window prompts people to confess love to many others, revealing unspoken feelings and regrets.
To clean rusty steel ornaments and fire irons rub with sweet oil and allow excess to soak in. Cuticura soothes itchy skin in babies with hot baths of Cuticura Soap and gentle applications of Cuticura Ointment. A little Cuticura Talcum is dusted on at finish. 25¢ each.
Quote-based reflection notes that sharing grief reduces burden while sharing joy increases happiness, highlighting the social value of communication in personal well being.
A brief quip from Good Hardware notes the challenge of storing cold chisels in hot weather. The exchange humorously contrasts demand for cold tools with the impracticality of keeping them chilled.
A Louisville Courier-Journal item notes a man languidly beating a rug with a golf club when his wife scolds him telling him to use his driver. The moment captures a humorous domestic exchange centering on golf equipment.
In the Boston Transcript a humorous exchange questions virtue and golf prowess with a playful clash between a nephew and a relative, suggesting lighthearted social satire in a period newspaper tone.
A dialog about effort ends with a sharp exchange on life. A sideline fact notes U.S. presidents take office at an average age of fifty two years and eleven months.
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