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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1938
Page
6
Richard and Elizabeth share a glittering supper with Old Harry and Herrick amid Old Masters and tapestries. Plans loom of a London visit and a jewel reset while a gunless raid hints at danger as Raven fades into night.
Harvard Stillman infirmary technologists endorse bed rest as the best treatment for the common cold. An old St. Louis Dispatch editorial notes this echoes Hippocrates and mocks scientific overconfidence while acknowledging no perfect remedy yet. The piece mocks reliance on lab breakthroughs and remains hopeful for a future sovereign cure.
A captive balloon broke free from its moorings at Manston England and drifted across the English Channel dragging 10 000 feet of cable. It evaded a Royal Air Force plane ordered to shoot it down and caused a blackout in Audruicq Calais Boulogne St Omer Bethune and surrounding French towns. The Audruicq post office was set ablaze but the balloon remained unaffected by the high voltage.
The article promotes a small hanging bag pattern by Ruth Wyeth Spears, noting a yard of bright ticking, French seams, and a center top hole for a hanger. It suggests uses as a pattern or sewing room organizer and mentions gift books by Spears and a free Crazy Patch quilt leaflet with orders.
A shop discussion on pillow prices and changes in product descriptions. A customer questions cost while the assistant explains the shift from down to up and the curious nose comment reflects light humor.
A light hearted exchange around a codfish aristocracy joke unfolds at a fish ball. A detective contemplates ancient castles while an escapee complains about being washed and clapped in irons, joking about a police station turning into a laundry.
A truck driver crashed into a house where a woman ironed. Nervous, he asked for directions to Detroit. The woman coyly answered you go straight past the sideboard then left past the piano.
A customer questions a head waiter about whether the waiter who took the order left any family. The dialogue dwells on a joke about a dress and an improvised address to a women's club. The humor hinges on a misheard or mistaken reference to the wife and her busy schedule.
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