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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1930
Page
7
Winter cooking calls for richer foods like pork sausages suet puddings and baked Indian pudding. The article gives a recipe for a baked pudding with corn meal brown sugar kidney suet and raisins and describes chestnut croquettes chestnut puree soup and an oyster sandwich idea suitable for a late supper.
A humorous description of small trained creatures in Copenhagen snuff factories used to test samples for uniform quality. Young animals are exposed to red pepper and lutefish to toughen sneezing nerves, triggering a sneeze that dumps snuff into containers. The sketch shows a snoofer on a hunt for something lost.
A quirky description outlines a paper-shell pegan head with split bean ears and clove nose. The body is a peanut, feet are split almond kernels, legs and tail are toothpicks, and the tail tassel is a star macaroni, attributed to Metropolitan Newspaper Service.
Frederick Dellenbaugh found an 1857 Beale expedition article describing camels used to cross the Colorado River. Beale led a camel into the water and it swam 290 yards, with others crossing in small batches. The account contrasts Huck's claim that camels cannot swim.
A city man in a small town discovers how quickly neighborly habits shape character. The quote notes that fault appears where it is not and a man believes others see him as better than he is. In two weeks, a visitor can absorb local manners and tastes.
KNOWING THE TREES discusses the LIQUIDAMBAR styraciflua or sweet gum tree. It highlights its height 30 to 70 feet, furrowed bark, corky twigs, star shaped leaves, and its beauty as street plantings. It notes tender roots, resinous sap used in chewing gum and medicinal value for catarrhal troubles. An aside mentions the electric refrigerator as a joke about a live wire in the ice business.
A nine year old king Michael refuses throne and longs for play. The article argues that freedom and simple happiness outvalue royal pomp. The piece reflects on values and childhood honesty over authority and display.
The piece urges frugal living and debt avoidance, praising modest finances and savings for hard times. It contrasts wealth with the idea that true riches lie with the poor, noting children learn money discipline and that debts diminish real wealth. Also included is a brief note about the California mountain beaver, a small 12 inch animal that climbs and carries twigs to its burrow.
Human wants drive economic activity and keep the world in motion. The desire for finer clothing and goods spurs variety in silks, laces, furniture, books, and art. As wants increase, trade expands and the overall price level tends to fall.
A short aphorism from the Grand Rapids Press notes that people with free hours often choose to spend them with someone who has little free time, highlighting social exchange and shared moments.
A vignette notes a superstition about lifting a highball with the left hand as bad luck, attributed to Brother Bil and shared in a light, syndicated column by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
Memphis station employee J. W. Herrington had a brief scare when the tail of his shirt caught fire. The station manager quickly pulled the garment away, leaving Herrington with only fright and no injuries.
In Yonkers Nellie Koteley fifty seven or forty seven? stabbed her husband after five months of silence. The couple quarreled five months ago and he refused to speak. She followed him to a dance hall and stabbed him near the heart. He died en route to hospital.
Albert Vincent, twenty eight, is arrested in Raxon Falls on murder charges in the Trudeau case. Detective Sergeant Jargaille, of Quebec provincial police, traced a 500 mile trail, linking two Alexander apples found in Trudeau’s cellar to Vincent who left Trudeau’s employ days before the crime. Vincent awaits trial at Sherbrooke.
A Berlin businessman obsessed by a house burglary dreamed of his wife’s jewels in a pawnshop. He located the shop and, after recognizing the pawnbroker in person and the jewelry, the authorities traced the burglar, a repeat offender, and he was jailed.
An off duty Paris detective aiding a pedestrian lighting a cigarette spots a known crook on a boulevard. The man, wanted by police, is pulled aside and taken into custody awaiting trial.
A steam whistle from a locomotive passing under a viaduct blew three boards off the sidewalk above while whistling for a crossing. Police referred the matter to the commissioner of public works but, before contact could be made, a cruising squad replaced the boards after confusion over authority.
Beatrice Wolfe charges her husband the lightweight pugilist Jenn Wolfe with beating her as part of a pattern of domestic violence. She files for divorce citing repeated assaults and threats in Memphis.
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