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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1909
Page
3
The California Fig Syrup Co asserts its exceptional equipment and chemists enable a pure Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. Only the genuine product uses the original method and real plants, and buyers should look for the full company name on the package to avoid imitations.
A dramatic testimonial from Mrs. Wm. Hunt Newark New Jersey 1908 credits Cuticura for healing extreme eczema after years of pain. The ad notes Cuticura Ointment Soap and Resolvent and promotes the products with multiple lines about relief healing and renewed hair growth.
The piece argues the United States cannot lag as England Germany Japan and France expand navies. It criticizes Congressional delay and treasury fears, urging a logical automatic policy guided by self defense and the armaments of other powers.
Chicago News argues that federal authority supports postal savings banks via banking or post office powers or the borrowing power. It notes the Supreme Court historic backing for a national banking system and suggests postal banks could enable direct government borrowing from the people.
The New York architectural club calls Roosevelt a gargoyle on the floor of congress, praising his two terms for warding off misrule greed and social unrest. The piece argues the nickname suits him only as a guardian of the temple, predicting critics will fail to disparage him further.
The Woman's Home Companion praises President Roosevelt for stimulating active public discussion on neglected questions. It credits him with publicizing the Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes, promoting honesty, and refreshing civic concern, while noting he made some mistakes.
At age 64 Elihu Root becomes a United States senator after serving in New York state constitutional framing. He is praised as a great man of the McKinley Roosevelt Taft era whose intellect, character, and restraint set him apart from peers in national affairs.
The piece recounts Taft’s outreach to the South after the Civil War era, citing weddings of southern women to Union soldiers and southern reception of Taft. It notes southern openness to northerners, Taft’s pre-inaugural mingling with the region, and the political shift toward harmony in the states. It contrasts steel market recovery with past panics and mentions Atlanta’s Taft dinner and southern voting context. It also previews Taft’s Panama Canal visit and reliance on a engineer staff and impartial briefings.
A tall gray haired Southerner at a renowned New York hotel complains about city life. He recounts subway seat snubs and Broadway bumps, stating New York’s rudeness and lack of apologies force his return to a warmer, more courteous land. The tale is sourced from the New York Press.
An Italian speaker laments global aid after a disaster and argues that sympathy should extend to suffering locals in the East Side. She recalls Ellis Island and compares the crisis to a sinking ship abandoned by nations and rats. The piece condemns neglect of domestic breadlines and poverty.
The Philadelphia Record notes Canada’s trade with the United States rose by less than 6 million from 1877 to 1887, then over 28 million in the next decade, and 202 million in the decade to 1907. Trade with Great Britain grew by about 8 million in the first decade, 17 million in the second, and 109 million in the third.
In a dinner toast, Choate compared Chief Justice Shaw of Massachusetts to a Chinese idol noting his plainness yet greatness. He quipped that the heathen worships the idol despite ugliness, while Choate acknowledged Shaw as a great jurist.
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