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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1920
Page
7
Canada dominated the International Live Stock Show in Chicago winning sweepstakes for all wheat and multiple prizes across cattle horses sheep and hogs. Alberta farmer claimed Grand Championship in grain, with Canada also excelling in Durum wheat Flint Corn and Belgians Shorthorns and Yorkshires.
A witty exchange from the Boston Transcript notes that Rex proposed to the speaker but was too rattled to speak. The reveal is that the proposal was effectively communicated by the suitor’s money.
A Boston Post report explains baseball zeal through brain activity and physiology. It describes Babe Ruth’s home runs triggering anticipation in fans, causing nervous system arousal and hormonal responses that amplify the crowd's reaction.
In a small town school children respond strongly to Armenian orphans relief. Miss Katherine Reynolds McGormick of Near East Relief spoke to students, sparking a local drive that raised 554 dollars in two days for the fund.
Yale coach Billy Lauder plans a ten to fourteen day Easter training trip for the Blue. The squad will stay in one location for baseball prep with no leisure activities, and any feasible games will be arranged with big league teams.
Dr. George W. Orton of the University of Pennsylvania relay carnival says he sent formal invitations to the athletic directors at the University of Paris inviting a French track team to compete in the meet at Franklin Field next April.
Michigan boxing commission chair Tom Biggers ruled infant rattles are athletic apparatus after Superintendent Montgomery sought a base of baby rattles for the State School for Orphans at Coldwater. The commission administers funds to supply athletic goods for schools and to requisition water equipment for young athletes.
Prof Alexander Siiverman unveils a new microscope illuminator delivering strong light to reveal surface details on opaque and translucent objects. It aids metal testing by exposing blow holes and pits, helps textile experts view fabric threads, and assists bacteriologists. Across domains it enhances viewing from multiple angles.
A playful item notes a wedding described as a flivver by the Buffalo Express with witty exchanges about its quality and tone. The brief highlights a lighthearted social anecdote without further details on participants or location.
The director offers a minor part to a dramatic star who has played kings and princes. The star balks at the notion of a nondescript miner role while the director explains a small princelet part as Yorick in a revived Hamlet style comedy.
A columnist argues that honesty without constructive purpose harms the speaker more than others, criticizing those who insist on telling truth merely to provoke. The observation cautions against truth without restraint or responsibility.
A sedate middle aged man misreads a theater lobby exits, exits with his wife, drops something on the sidewalk, a newsboy pockets it, and a quip about an orchestra follows. The exchange includes Mrs Gaddy and playful banter about conversation.
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