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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1918
Page
7
The piece urges mothers to outfit schoolchildren for the new term with an emphasis on home made garments. It notes remodeling woolens saves energy, promotes patriotic thrift, and highlights blue serge with linen accents and simple needlework. Collars cuffs and vestees in linen pair with wool for durability and washable options.
Readers explore fall motor headwear focusing on staying put in wind and speed. The Blue Devil silk tam wins with a secure fit for youth, while a Dutch inspired corduroy bonnet uses elastic to hug the head. Adjustable chiffon cords offer easy wear and removal.
Fashion notes highlight charming bridesmaids in organdie gowns this season. Delicate frocks featured light, airy fabrics and refined styling, showcasing timeless elegance for wedding parties.
J P Rice reports an Angora cat drove an electric coupe along Union Boulevard at night. The vehicle rear-ended Allen W Clark’s car after the kitten moved the power lever, then fled as Clark stopped the car. Rice says the cat was not his.
Newspaper men in the St. Regis lobby attempted to guess nationalities as a woman and two boys entered. The boys dressed in English fashion appeared English, then the group spoke German, then French, until a man from a dining room prompted the boys to shout Hello revealing they were Americans.
Gulf coast residents from Louisiana to Mississippi link specific mosquito breeds to a looming fall storm, with Crabbers and oyster men noting summer swarms. They recall a powerful hurricane in September 1915, though business leaders dismiss the forecasts.
A drill division at the Mexican border used rotating cooks and salty beans sparked a laugh when a tester exclaimed they were salty yet good. In another item Bobby from Muncie, six, collects Thrift stamps and recently asked for “a Thrift stamp's worth of pop” for his friends at a refreshment stand in a playful exchange reported by the Indianapolis Star.
A wry exchange notes that one class of workers the players fear losing to a strike are baseball batters. The remark hints at tensions between players and management over labor actions.
Market report lists hay timothy and clover prices in No 1 to No 3 grades. oats and corn prices by white and mixed grades. butter eggs and poultry quotes with fresh creamery and prime firsts. live stock calls for cattle, heifers, cows, hogs with price ranges. hogs and pigs prices shown for various weights. overall reflects daily commodity trading in Cincinnati markets.
The United States Department of Agriculture outlines breeding principles for large producing dairy cows. Focus on purebred bulls with high producing ancestry and select the best heifers from top cows as dam candidates. A sire’s value comes from lineage and daughters’ performance, with options to buy a young high milk stock or an old proven bull, both from healthy disease-free herds.
The buyer should favor bulls with uniformly high production records among female ancestors. Dams and daughters offer stronger indicators than distant pedigree. Cooperative bull associations let 15 to 80 farmers jointly own five bulls, dividing breeding blocks to prevent inbreeding and extend use of good bulls for ten years or more with minimal cost.
A terse dialogue hints at a woman named Mrs. Houlihan Wan living a double life. The Boston Evening Tran script conveys a snap of domestic tension and possible separation.
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