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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1910
Page
3
An ammonia storage tank blast triggers a collapsing brick canopy burying a firefighting crew. Rescuers rush to the scene as casualties occur, with reports indicating multiple deaths and injuries amid ongoing response efforts.
Fire at Morris & Co beef plant in Chicago’s stockyards kills Chief James Horan and three other officers among 60 feared dead, with 2,600 workers aiding in the blaze. Ammonia fumes and tank explosions threaten nearby Armour & Co as rescuers race to reach buried firefighters and recover bodies.
Rescue parties labored through the night at the Little Hulton colliery after a December explosion. They were unable to reach the level where 320 men remain entombed. In Hamburg a French steamer Savona believed lost with 21 crew aboard while en route to Naples, sister ship to the Palermo.
A harmless customer flirts with the new cashier at the cigar counter and jokes about money. He pays his dinner bill while the cashier retorts that money is meant to be spent, not held.
Charles H Rosenberg from Bavaria arrived on the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria with lumps on his body that proved to contain money. The doctor initially doubted the origin, but Rosenberg explained the lumps held 500 dollars each and totalled 11 000 dollars. He planned to buy an Oregon apple orchard and was admitted to the United States.
Aged Miss Mattie entertains a distinguished guest and instructs Tillie the maid to fetch water and announce baths. Tillie relays the scene and the guest laughs at the formal greeting, while Miss Mattie’s affectionate note to Mr. Firman leads to a humorous exchange about washing.
A humorous exchange umaired in Mack's National Monthly features a resident asking who is the town’s best whitewasher. The colored elder praises Ale Hall as a skilled whitewasher but doubts his suitability for a chicken house, labeling him mighty queer.
The verse muses that contentment and optimism soften misfortune. It speaks of constant springs of happiness within human hearts, sunny gleams, golden dreams, and the warm lovelight that grows as years pass.
In a skitched exchange the landlady doubts a new boarder being a foreign nobleman. He dismisses the claim as bogus but suggests the possibility, noting the boarder has not paid any rent yet. The dialogue hints at suspicion and curiosity about identity.
Grouchly claims saving $2,190 by denying himself three ten cent cigars daily for twenty years. Moxley questions the amount. Grouchly confirms the behavior and then asks for a bite of tobacco from Moxley.
In a vaudeville performance a blackface comedian is loudly applauded while Uncle Hiram and a city man discuss the act. The city observer calls the performer a self-made Negro amid the crowd’s reaction.
The article notes Indians have a per capita wealth around $2,130 while other Americans average about $1,300. It highlights oil, timber, and mineral riches on Indian lands, millions in agricultural land value, 500000 head of livestock managed by lessees yielding over $272000 in tribal revenue, and asphalt deposits on Indian terrain.
A chummy customer in a lunchroom uses slang and wordplay about breakfast eggs and phrases. The waitress decodes his banter, noting a seller's stubborn stance as they adjust to modern plain English in dining rooms.
The League of Politeness is formed in Berlin to cultivate manners among residents. Initiated by Fraulein Cecelio Meyer it follows an Italian motto Pro gentilezza and will award a medal as a talisman to deter discourtesy. Any polite person may join.
A recent Gazette issue reproduces an order in council barring ordinary interments in the churchyard identified with St. Giles’ Stoke Pages Buckinghamshire, echoing the elegiac reference to rural graves. The measure imposes a prohibition on typical burials in the yard.
A mother relates her three children as she compares their progress. John lagged, Tom improved, and Edith, the baby, learns fastest, prompting John to joke that Edith thrives because she has them and they did not have us.
A Gainesville man recalls former Georgia Governor Allen D. Candler who quit cigars for a pipe at the year's start and kept the resolve, claiming he saved $208 by the end of the year. The anecdote highlights Candler’s famed quaint humor and practical thrift.
The Christian Herald recounts Moslem customs for Ramadan noting the Qur anic revelation to Muhammad, prophets receiving divine guidance, and spiritual practices in Mecca's cave of Hira with heaven doors open and devils chained.
Two doctors advised different treatments after a late consultation. The patient reports a deadlock, but they ultimately recommended mixing the two approaches to form a compromise. The exchange highlights practical improvisation in medical decision making.
A Cumberland Gap bus climbs steeply while riders debate the rear door noise causing a mare to grow anxious. The driver hushes them as an Irish dialect narrator explains the horse’s reaction to doors closing.
On arrival in New York Sara Bernhardt jokes about age and says she is a great grandmother. She notes she works constantly and blends humor with remarks on public crowds and accidents, contrasting Paris boulevards with American streets.
A conciliatory man tells a remark about a mam pig and 40 cents a pound was inappropriate. The vindictive person agrees there is no value in implying the pig is worth that much, prompting a rebuke and clarification.
A light exchange centers on a groom’s calm reaction to proposing. Mr. Meekton admits he felt no nerves at the moment but would have avoided the next decade if he had foreseen it. The remark nods to long marriage years with a wry, humorous tone.
Mr. Sirius Barker advocates framing his daughter’s education around singing while dismissing art and literature as waste. He argues singing offers a temporary atmospheric disturbance rather than lasting impact, contrasting with his stated goal of an artistic education.
Mrs Bossim asks about the moment her husband awoke during the quake. He recalls the vase striking him, a chair whirling toward him, and several books and a framed picture falling in the room. He notes his mind first turned to her despite the chaos.
A new stained glass process colors glass with mineral pigments before firing at intense heat to fuse color with the glass. The result is a pebbled surface that yields soft mellow light once installed. Panels for large windows are separately molded and bent, then assembled in a metal frame.
A speaker muses on conversational soprano tones heard from young women on a train at a major station. He notes their loud talk and group seating as they share apples and daguerreotypes, contrasting with sweeter singing voices and vowing to tell the truth about what he hears.
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