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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1919
Page
7
Two close friends in Indianapolis share confidences about suitors. Alice has a temperamental admirer who bids her farewell and then returns with peace offerings. The other girl witnesses a dramatic scene as the poem is torn up, only to reveal blanks by a prepared cheat. The tale ends with amused disbelief at the clever deception.
A vegetable laxative tea praised for prompt bowel relief and gentle action. It is sold by druggists, with a small price per package, and suggested for fever, cold, sick headache, biliousness, dizziness, and liver sluggishness. The ad cites g C Wells & Co of Le Roy New York as the source.
A witty exchange from the Birmingham Age Herald notes a long dark hair found on a coat. The dialogue reveals the hair as horsehair from a car seat cover worn through, with stuffing exposed.
An advertisement extols Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root for kidney liver and bladder ailments praising its gentle healing vegetable formula. It claims rapid relief and urges trial bottles with a ten cent temple bottle offer via Dr Kilmer Co. Binghamton New York.
A war sufferer discusses wartime suffering while a porter voices agreement. An act from vaudeville recalls a German dialect monologue and a failed booking during the war. An advertisement promotes Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills as a vegetable tonic and purgative.
The United States Shipping Board halted further work on one concrete freighter project in Oakland California amid debate that the stone ship design may die. Yet the steamer Faith has demonstrated that such a vessel can be structurally feasible and navigable.
An advertisement promotes Green's August Flower as a remedy for constipation and digestive troubles. It claims the laxative regulates digestion, cleanses the alimentary canal, and stimulates bile flow, boasting wide household use for over fifty years and urging readers to try a bottle from druggists and dealers.
That gentleman who just entered is a free thinker. Oh indeed is he a bachelor or a widower. Philadelphia Record. Cuticura for pimply faces advertised. To remove pimples and blackheads smear Cuticura Ointment. Wash off in five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water. Once clear keep skin clear by daily use. Include Cuticura Talcum.
A noted English inventor mounts a tiny electric lamp in the razor handle prompting Green to remark that the device may only promise a lighter shave.
Local column reports on Mrs Jibway amid rumors of spiritual communion. The piece hints a cure linked to Papa Jibway’s discovery that rising dues of the spook club would force a quit to smoking, reflecting community talk and eccentric behavior.
Ted Meredith changes retirement plans and begins training under Lawson Robertson at Penn. The former world half mile record holder shows surprising speed in his first workout and has accepted invitations to several indoor meets this winter.
Sam Crews who pitched a no hit game for Birmingham against Mobile on May 2 may stay in the Southern league for another season. His season work was excellent but not enough to attract a major league club. The end of the draft system left him disappointed as an ambitious young pitcher.
Stable boys at Lafitte Chantilly and Longehatino tracks demanded fifteen francs daily for food and wages plus 1 percent of stable stakes, four hours Sunday work, and one day off monthly. Some tracks halted racing as owners refused these terms.
Sherman Landers returns to the University of Pennsylvania track team boosting coach Lawson Robertson. With mile star Shields back and promising quarter-miler Maxam, the Red and Blue may regain some of its lost laurels in 1920.
The piece notes four figures outside the Reds associated with the pennant outcome. William F. Baker, John McGraw, Barney Dreyfuss, and Charles H. Ebbetts are cited for actions affecting player movements and salary disputes that influenced the Reds.
The piece surveys New York indoor skating, boxing profits for charity in Toledo, and public interest in football in Cleveland. It lists baseball home games for Annapolis in 1920, harness racing dates in Syracuse, and remarks on wrestlers versus senators. It notes Dundee’s earnings, historic boxers going into film, and the Browns' Lefty Leffield in baseball since 1902. It mentions Tait considering a relay team and a general reflection on football’s close finishes. It also covers Mishu’s English tennis surprise and Chick Hantman set to manage Newark Bears next year.
Alumni association plans a new concrete Franklin Field stadium to seat 50 000 as current wooden stands prove inadequate with 30 000 clamoring for tickets while only 25 000 can be seated. The design intends to echo the Stockholm stadium.
A look at pennant history shows six straight seasons with no repeat winner and no team claiming two titles. The sequence moved from East to West with the Cubs and Reds finally taking honors, while Pirates and Cardinals face long odds to break the chain.
San Saba Texas earns national fame as the home of the paper shell pecan with 1919 called the banner year. The season yields an estimated 50 to 60 carloads of pecans with trees producing about 800 pounds each. A single tree can gross 45 dollars unthrashed while nuts retail from 17 to 25 cents per pound. One buyer has 350000 pounds on contract.
A humorous overheard exchange notes a cook Subbubs married has left him, with the punchline attributing the departure to habit. The brief item mirrors light social chatter in a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper style.
Record shows football coach Henry Yost at Michigan since 1901 with periods of undefeated seasons and 124 wins, 20 losses, and 4 ties. The text mentions his legal practice in Nashville and oil holdings in Kentucky.
An old remedy promises warmth and circulation boost for lumbago relief without rubbing. It claims rapid, clean aid to aching backs and also helps external sprains and strains.
Haarlem Oil capsules promoted as a 200 year remedy for kidney liver bladder and stomach ailments and urinary system disorders. Ad lists symptoms such as weariness sleeplessness backache and rheumatism and asserts the capsules drive out poisons and restore health with ongoing use to prevent recurrence.
On a West Indianapolis streetcar a conductor shorted a passenger a dime and punched a transfer incorrectly. A sudden car lunge injured a passenger's corn while the conductor, after apologies, claimed to have a green motor man running the car. The passenger woman verdict says he is like most men, too timid to talk about himself.
A Louisville Courier Journal snippet quotes a man saying women accused him of responsibility for a marriage not succeeding. The line reflects social blame dynamics in arranged or proposed nuptials.
The statement notes that twenty million children participate in Sunday school across the United States, signaling broad engagement in religious education. It highlights the scale of religious instruction among American youth without specifying organizations or regions.
An ad touts a simple cold and cough remedy claiming relief for adults and children alike. It emphasizes safety for kids and markets a bottle for purchase, presenting a confident, businesslike tone.
Ad copy promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a remedy to improve bowel function and cleanse the system. Mentions vague benefits like relief from indigestion dizziness and headaches in a terse promotional pitch.
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