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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1906
Page
3
A New York World report from Portland, Oregon describes Miss Bossy the red Jersey cow at the county poor farm repeatedly turning on the hydrant to drink. The matron, observing a daily pattern, saw the cow push and horns at the faucet, then drink, briefly solving thirst by keeping water running at all times.
Notice that all parcels or parts thereof to cover taxes and penalties will be sold by the County Treasurer at the County Court House on Tuesday January 15 1907 at 10 am and continue daily until sold or offered for sale.
Walter Scott's camp has been located about 12 miles south of Willow Creek by prospectors. Two nearby caves require a 200 foot ascent. a diary in Scott’s handwriting records large gold take and orders for whisky and cigars, dated April and August.
The Austrian supreme court ruled that a telephone conversation can be treated as public speech and upheld a fine for slander in an Ehrenbeleidigung case. The decision prompted minister Forscht to inspect offices and issue a rule prohibiting operators from listening to calls, labeling overheard talk as service secrets.
Canneries rise at Chiba and Noyaga as Japan seeks profitable use for surplus sardines. Government rebates on imported olive oil could boost industry against Mediterranean rivals, with taste and quality likened to European product.
Mr. J S Sargent recalls a Paris dinner where an elderly near sighted man describes a person as a white shirt front and flesh colored face. The artist laments his pupils lack of such impressionistic vision.
Clergyman and author Madison C Peters tells a group of young men that many wrong acts are tied to forbiddenness. A park anecdote shows a guard explaining that "Keep off the grass" signs aim to make people cherish being on the grass more.
John Philip Sousa recalls a humorous incident with a bored opera patron who hummed every passage from Wagner. He joked that he paid for the performance but did not expect to hear the man sing along.
A passenger on a train in England boasted of a 22 story building started and finished in a month. A burly Yorkshireman replied that at home foundations for a row of houses are laid in the morning and by night residents are turned out for back rent.
Life notes Shakespeare talking to a friend about MacBeth and the future use of stage swearing to elicit laughs. The playwright argues the day will come when audiences laugh at a character’s oath and he wants the play to include some comic touches.
The piece notes a monthly’s cover claim This magazine opens flat and mentions a writer consulting a solicitor. It likens the Strand tailor who boasted Our fancy trouserings Will not last more than a week to urge immediate purchase.
In a dusty scene Tete de Veau smiles as L Oignon points out the fined driver. The man boasts that a speeding charge spurred him to sell his slow back-entrance car at a profit to cover the $50 fine and still gain extra.
The Gold Coast Leader notes the sudden death of Madame Yarwah on Saturday the 16th while preparing fufu. Her remains were interred on Sunday the 17th.
Mrs Swellman says her husband bought a large quantity of the king’s wine in Spain last year. Mrs Noriteh reacts with disbelief at the idea of buying second hand wine.
A terse exchange reveals a dramatic domestic dispute. A man threatened self harm if his partner refused him. She refused, the threat was not carried out, and the incident ends unresolved in the report.
Fragmentary dialogue shows brief exchanges about Graphter and Jenks with Knox signaling confidence about not owing anybody and being gone. The text hints at a guarded departure and social perceptions among acquaintances.
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