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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1914
Page
2
Kate narrates perilous voyage from Spite House to Vancouver as Polly schemes and Jesse Smith battles crime and love. A rugged Yukon style tale tracks Polly’s duplicity, a drowning attempt, rescue, and a hopeful marriage between Jesse and Kate amid storms, bandits, and a new road project.
A terse devotional fragment expresses thanks to God for the sender, gratitude for earthly sons, and a note that neighbor angels understand how mothers miss their sons. The piece conveys a motherly sentiment of longing and spiritual consolation.
Several gray haired businessmen recall their fathers shaping behavior with a simple nightly question after grace. The man-to-man moment at the dinner table, a steadying ritual, kept them from straying as they grew older.
Newspaper men visiting Washington park zoo watched hippo Rip the Hipp bask in sun. A mother scolded her daughter for pointing at the animal, striking the girl's arm and angering onlookers.
The Saturday Evening Post notes that spark gaps using metal spheres yield more accurate voltage readings than needlepoint gaps. Large spheres must match the expected jump size, with 600000 volts breaking down when spheres are a bit over 15 inches apart.
An article notes that skim milk is used to produce piano keyboards as a substitute for real ivory due to ivory shortages. It states the hardened milk resembles ivory in appearance and is a little known delightful music source of the day.
A humorous anecdote from Sunday Magazine notes Baron Assebach impressing Miss de Millyans with wit. She asks if he ever visited a fortune teller. he recalls only the probate court to learn about his grandfather's will, claiming the last visit was the best.
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