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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1920
Page
6
A roundup of events from across nations notes Baron Desborough rumor refuted, population shifts in East St Louis, Wilson mediating Armenian crisis, U S legal steps on stockyards and immigration, train robbery aftermath, and various political upheavals in Europe.
Census Bureau data show 3808 traffic deaths last year with a rate of 14.1 per 100 000. New York City led in deaths with 780 and Chicago reported 428. Youngstown Ohio has the highest rate, while Richmond Virginia posted the lowest. calls for stricter traffic controls and license penalties are urged.
In Ft. Hamilton Brooklyn hundreds of homes faced heavy shell fire from six and ten inch ordnance as the steamship Amac kisaan burned at the Army Reservation wharf. Residents fled in panic toward safe zones believing the naval arsenal at Ft. Lafayette was afire. Four people were injured slightly with no deaths reported. A ten inch shell flew 400 yards over the reservation into a house on Fulton Parkway.
Deputies fire into a mob at Wise near Bristol Virginia Tate Blondell a chauffeur is killed and several men wounded during a battle sparked by an attempt to storm the fall to seize a Negro named Williams accused of assaulting and robbing Creed an aged merchant of Appalachia
Evansville Indiana Walter Woodring 19 a pallbearer at the funeral of Dennis Ruben 0 a taxicab driver was arrested in connection with Ruben s murder police say the death occurred nine weeks ago.
Federal agents seized 5000 gallons of whisky in Whitley County Kentucky during a raid described as a South America district operation. The encounter involved about 80 alleged moonshiners and 14 agents, with four suspects jailed in Pineville. Warrants issued for 11 others linked to the moonshine operation as marshals pursue them.
The tale recounts Eulenspiegel arriving at Nuremberg with a fake cure all, posting proclamations, seeking a hundred downs from the sick fund, and planning to powder one patient after ordering all others from the hospital. He then surveys patients, coerces a mass exodus, and leaves with his payment after the group flees.
In a New York Sun vignette two girls in a cinema engage in a tense, teasing duel as one mocks the other's look and ambition. The observer follows them over three nights, noting sly glances and a cutting remark about not having the right coiffure.
Ancient records mention tin use but finds are rare as tin decays under a process that alters its crystal structure turning it into fine gray powder. The decay occurs faster at times and may spread from one tin piece to another, puzzling archaeologists.
Market quotes for corn and oats with grades such as No 2 white No 3 yellow and No 4 mixed vegetables. Hay prices listed for Timothy clover and mixed mixes. Wheat butter eggs poultry cattle calves lambs hogs and hog categories with price ranges and quality terms across market segments.
In a woodland tale, evergreen trees chatter about being chosen as Christmas trees or used as decorations and wreaths. They tremble with joy at the prospect, imagining tinsel, candies, and presents, while North Wind and Breeze brothers recount children’s world during the season.
A brief dialogue depicts a father reassuring a boy about coffee, noting no harm and expressing relief as coffee spills onto a tablecloth, revealing a domestic moment. The exchange captures a light, everyday scene likely from a family setting.
Advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood medicine and stomach alterative that clears skin and improves complexion. It claims pimples and eruptions vanish, urging readers to ask druggists for tablets or liquid, or send 10 cents for a trial package to Buffalo, New York.
Doctors say an active liver helps prevent influenza and pneumonia. One Calotab tablet at bedtime with water, no salts or nausea, then the next morning the cold symptoms begin to fade as the body recovers.
An advertisement claims Bulgarian Blood Tea cures stomach bowels blood and rheumatic ailments with a single trial package. It touts relief from constipation headaches fatigue appetite sleeplessness liver and kidney troubles and urges families to keep a package on hand. It also suggests using it steaming hot with lemon to fight colds influenza and pneumonia.
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