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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1909
Page
6
Maitland fights off a jewel theft plot by a woman in gray aided by the burglar Anisty. Maitland feigns trust, discovers the scheme, and Anisty reveals plans to use the gems for a future crime ring. The confrontation centers on holding the gems and identifying Maitland’s true ally or foe.
In a tense confrontation a woman battles a threatening man in a shadowed home. He corners her as a cab rumbles outside and a plan unfolds to seize a dangerous object, while she fights with desperate, frightened resistance.
Maitland hails a cab amid a chorus of night riders, pleads for five minute delivery to his address, while police and a pursuing officer close in as the cab speeds along Manhattan avenues toward Twenty-ninth Street.
New York Bradstreet weekly report notes colder weather and holidays boosting retail trade while hindering country trade by poor roads. It cites tighter wholesale activity due to high cotton prices and rising prints, strong industrial output in iron and steel, and steady finished goods buying. Wheat and corn exports show declines from last year in the latest totals.
A weekly trade review notes sustained favorable conditions and rising production across industries. Steel demand remains high while woolens and worsteds stay active. cotton prints gain a higher base, and leather and hides markets hold steady despite softer activity in some sectors.
Flour market shows steady pricing with winter patent at 5.60 to 5.90 and rye 4.60 to 4.80. Wheat fair and steady with No 2 red 1.24 to 1.26. Livestock receipts: cattle 1014 head, calves firm, hogs 3873 head, sheep 688 head, with varied price ranges across classes.
Mrs. Rachel Ivie of Henrietta Texas credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing fifteen years of kidney trouble and two years of immobility. She says the pills restored her health allowing her to work like an average woman at nearly eighty years old. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Go Buffalo N Y.
Special tuberculosis open air schools have been set up in Providence Boston New York Rochester Washington Hartford Chicago and Pittsburg with New York and Washington each hosting multiple schools. Plans to add three more in New York City and similar institutions in Detroit Buffalo Philadelphia Cincinnati Newark are underway. Early results in Providence Boston New York show clear benefits for treated children retaining schooling without endangering peers.
A Walker County Messenger correspondent recounts a criminal court trial where a defendant named Crum was found guilty of bigamy. Judge McReynolds reportedly told Crum he could only give the minimum sentence, prompting Crum to plead for mercy and prefer prison over a harsher outcome.
The writer explains that in many cases the so called single thought behind marriage is the wish to be single again. The piece argues that heartbreak or desire for independence often influences couples toward separation.
The excerpt cites Wesley's advice to preachers to avoid overestimating praise and to limit conversation with those who favor them. It contrasts childhood punishments with the lasting pain of aging and weariness.
A Memphis wife recalls her husband’s illness linked to coffee and credits Postum with restoring health. After stopping coffee and boiling Postum fifteen minutes, he gained weight and his stomach and heart troubles faded. She urges others to try Postum and mentions a booklet titled The Road to Wallville There’s a Reason.
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