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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1927
Page
6
An enormous octopus, over six feet across, seized fisherman Grant McGregor on the steamer Chelsea near Kodiak while the ship fished off Alaska. Crew freed him from the creature’s entangling tentacles and prevented strangling injury.
Theresa Weiner, a New York sister, quit her job and became a detective to aid her brother Robert Weiner, condemned to die for the Tombs prison murder of Warden Peter Mallon. She gathered testimony, found a taxi driver chauffeur, and financed a lawyer in hopes of a new trial.
Coffeyville pilot Johnnie Howe, 23, clung to a shoe string when his parachute failed to open during an air derby over the fair grounds. With shroud cords tangled and the bag only partly open, Howe wrapped the string around his hand, climbed to the wing, and made a perilous final ascent to safety. He was exhausted and carried to a car after the landing.
In Sacramento a peace loving setter named Toodles refused to leave the yard with his owner Joe Vanek. The dog repelled a vegetable peddler and a neighbor, and Mrs. Vanek later found the purse their yard containing 140 dollars left by her husband.
John Kubuck, an Indian from Sib ley township, fired once and killed two wolves in a single shot as they trotted along a trail in Port Arthur Ontario. The incident set a local record for simultaneous wolf double kill.
After months of marriage Mrs Clarence Johnson learned her husband had a wooden leg. She testified that he used it as a weapon to beat her, prompting her to seek a divorce. The disclosure came during court proceedings.
The piece notes velvet prints as stylish savings for a coordinated wardrobe. Feathered hats and feather accents are rising in Paris fashion, with toques and turbans in bold hues and pastel shades enhancing velvet dresses and blouses for midwinter wear.
The article notes that air washing and cooling units are increasingly installed in banks, theaters, homes, and other buildings. A unit capable of cooling 80,000 cubic feet per hour is three by five feet in size, using brick baffles and water to wash air, with a motor-driven fan drawing air and distributing it via pipes.
Medical researchers have identified the bacteria responsible for infantile paralysis and classified them despite never having seen the organisms. The study of their growth is advancing the understanding and progress of this work.
A novel camera uses plates receptive to invisible light rays to photograph through dense fog, enabling capture of images in poor visibility environments. The device promises clearer pictures where conventional optics fail, highlighting a breakthrough in imaging technology.
An old advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a preventive remedy for colds grip or influenza. The box bears E. W. Grove signature. A separate quote reflects on tyranny and misery, attributed to Hooker.
An advertisement touts Muco Solvent as a fast cure for deep seated coughs with one dose, priced at 75 cents a bottle. It also promotes Muco Salve for head colds at 25 cents, claiming pleasant fumes clear the head and ease inflamed membranes.
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