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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1920
Page
3
An advertisement promises instant transformation of hair using a small bottle of Danderine. It claims to add softness shine and fullness while removing dirt and oil and improving scalp health and hair growth.
An advertising notice promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a leading remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims quick mild healing effects and invites readers to request a sample by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York. The blurb ends with a proverb about barking dogs.
An early 20th century ad touts Cascarets as a gentle bowel cleanser that purifies the stomach and liver, removes undigested food and foul gases, and works while you sleep without griping. It emphasizes low cost and quick morning relief.
An old advertisement promotes Hy's Cream Balm to relieve nasal congestion from head colds or catarrh. It claims the antiseptic cream clears air passages, relieves swelling, and allows easy breathing with instant relief.
Numerous items cover college and pro sports from 1920. Penn wrestling titles and intercollegiate events. Yale Harvard rowing June 25. Rutgers football at Lincoln Thanksgiving. George Gibson Pirates manager. Benny Leonard earnings in 1919. boxing scouts Dan Doyle joined Detroit. Sam Rice bid from Yankees. Naval academy expands boxing. Joe Guyon signs with Atlanta Southern league.
A celebrated early eighties ruse at the Polo Grounds featured Buck Ewing and George Gore engineering a trap on Pop Anson. Gore slid to second as Ewing threw, catching Anson off base and securing a clever double play that stunned the Chicago leader.
Two of the speediest ice yachts race on the Shrewsbury off Red Bank New Jersey with the river frozen solid and excitement among year round ice yachtsmen ready for racing when conditions permit.
Dr. H. L. Williams, head coach of the University of Minnesota football eleven, has signed a new contract at a salary said to be 5000 dollars a year. University officials stated his pay is 1500 dollars more than in 1919. Williams will have a strong array of veterans in the 1920 squad.
The Antwerp stadium track measures 410 meters in circumference, about a quarter mile per lap, and twelve meters wide. It allows twelve runners in sprint heats, with a 120 meter straight run in front of the tribune. The swimming pool is 100 meters long.
The Chicago Yacht Club recruits the Royal Canadian Yacht Club of Toronto for an international race. The 1914 war halted Chicago’s bid to reclaim the Yacht Racing Union trophy, last held by Patricia after defeating Valiant in Chicago in 1912.
Roy Thomas, long time NL standout and former Phillies outfielder, will not be retained as coach of the University of Pennsylvania baseball team. His tenure is noted for his on base antics when with Philadelphia, remembered as wearing kid gloves while running bases.
Definite announcement that the Navy football team will play at Princeton in 1920 with a return game in 1921. The arrangement has received the sanction of Secretary of the Navy Daniels.
Herbert Hoover's plan to send food aid to Poland Czecho Slovaki Austria and Germany advances as ships reach Hamburg with condensed milk beans bacon and cotton seed oil for Jews. Major Alan G Goldsmith oversees Hamburg operations and Francis Wickes takes over transport duties with safer routes via the Elbe and Danube.
A special House committee will accuse Secretary of War Newton D. Baker of incompetency after a lengthy probe into the army camp and cantonment construction during the war. The findings criticize the Council of National Defense and detail millions in losses under the cost plus contracting method, noting half of spending could have been saved by outright contracting.
In Memphis a poisoning at a club women's luncheon at the Wankannon home has killed Carrie Ivy age 10 and Max Vankannon age 41, with Uzell K Ivy and Mrs Uzell Ing also critically ill. The olives, bottled in Los Angeles, Cal., are blamed for the illness spreading through the Vankannon and Ivy families.
One man died and three others were seriously injured when a fire leveled the Barnett Hotel in Logansport Indiana. The fatality occurred when a guest fell from a fire escape landing on the fourth floor amid the blaze. Estimated property loss pegged at about $500000.
A fire of undetermined origin destroyed two buildings and damaged several others in McKeesport near Pittsburgh, causing losses estimated at 8.9 million dollars. Firefighters fought the blaze through the night, with surrounding structures threatened but no immediate reports of injuries.
A short advertisement describes a hair darkening solution using Bay Rum and a compound to darken gray hair. It promises a non cooling, non sticky, non rubbing-off effect that makes hair softer and glossy.
A humorous exchange about paying off a mortgage and planning to take on new debt including a motorcar, reflecting a light domestic moment from the era.
Better general health is promised from using the natural Herb laxative Garfield Tea. The advertisement claims it corrects constipation and promotes well being.
A river anecdote notes fish running well with large catches. A notary public has set up a shack on the river bank nearby, reflecting unusual local activity as fishermen report strong runs.
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