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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1918
Page
3
The piece explains how Swift & Company bears costs for running plants, freight, refrigerator cars, and branch houses, delivering meat to retailers nationwide. It notes profits are a fraction of a cent, with earnings reinvested to expand plants, improve service, and boost the company’s usefulness to the country.
A child named Harold whispers about no chicken left at a friend's dinner. His mother reassures there will be some for manners. A man reaches for the last piece and Harold laments that Mr Smith took manners and all.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a pure kidney liver and bladder remedy made from vegetable herbs. It promises purity strength and excellence in every bottle and offers a sample for ten cents by mail from Dr Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY.
A fragment recalls a question about a military dinner and a cautious reply describing only a suggestion of the military while noting that the nuts were shelled. The tone hints at restrained dialogue during a tense period.
A satirical item notes crowds voting with a wry line about pretty girls and turnout. It includes a cryptic remark about a girl not graduating until learning to stab a pickle with a hat nin, suggesting a playful political vignette or cartoon caption.
A lawyer questions the free will of a woman signing a deed. The florid wife denies compulsion by her husband, calling for her meek husband Frederick to compel her, in a tense domestic moment.
A party misstep leads to an awkward moment as a man apologizes after mistaking a stranger for his wife. The exchange ends with a lighthearted quip about sometimes confusing a son by the ear, leaving the matter settled.
An old advertisement promises $100 for any case of faery that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It claims the remedy is taken internally and works through the blood on mucous surfaces. Sold by Grugeiate Lint for over forty years, J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
The exchange recalls a warm send-off for Jimsy with optimism of a future return as participants joke about a comeback. The tone captures playful sports or community chatter.
An old remedy notes that infections or inflammations of the eyes are promptly healed by using Roman Eye Balsam at night upon retiring. The brief suggests nightly application for relief.
A terse opinion notes that it is better for a man to do a little kicking than to become a devoted football player. The remark contrasts physical sport with broader human development.
A fragment of opinion notes that constant flight from responsibility may not yield the best outcomes in life. The musing contrasts perpetual motion with steadier, deliberate living, suggesting permanence over haste.
A string of deaths and injuries across Ohio includes Mrs. Clayton R. Truesdale in Fremont from a sudden illness, a boy burned in Napoleon, a fatal auto train crash near Bellefontaine, and a football injury in Columbus. Fire losses hit Hamilton, labor shortages persist, influenza cases rise in multiple counties, and a Cleveland streetcar strike paralyzes commerce.
An old advertisement claims Mrs. Gaddy asserts she made her husband and that he was made a fool of. The ad promotes Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills for relief from acid stomach heartburn and nausea and invites readers to send for a trial box at 872 Pearl Street New York.
A civilian asks how the soldier got the wound stripe and the private replies that his heart broke when they did not march to Berlin, reflecting on wartime bravado and loss.
Undigested food causes lumps of pain belching gas acids and sourness. A tablet or two of Papes Diapepsin gives instant relief stopping indigestion distress. The disordered stomach feels fine at once. Pleasant harmless tablets cost little at drug stores.
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