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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1925
Page
3
The grasshopper pest drove planters to hire whip crews of white laborers in Arkansas cotton fields. H. K. Thatcher of the State Agricultural College calls the method astonishingly successful as hoppers retreated. Whately adds a reflection on training manly citizens.
New York Senator Copeland, a physician and medical professor, calls the Senate a death chamber due to no windows and inadequate ventilation. He cites over 20 deaths among current and former senators in seven years and urges plans drafted by the Capitol architect to bring fresh air and sunlight to the chamber.
John Liska of Wisconsin Rapids wins the H. B. Firestone four year university scholarship for 1924 after his essay topped the fifth good roads contest. His work represented Wisconsin in a national field of one entry per state and territory with 200000 students in the running. The highway education board conducted the contest with judges including J J Davis and Merle Crowell. Honorable mentions go to Richard Arimibu Hilo Hawaii H Harold Kelley Pittsburg Kansas and Viola Greene Willimantic Conn. Liska’s scholarship worth over 4000 will fund college choice and he was working in Chicago when announced.
Duke University may replace Trinity College as the Durham institution’s name to honor a $6 million endowment offer and future income. Dr Few notes Trinity’s 1838 establishment, 46 instructors, 1,232 students, and a $3 million endowment. Other colleges cited include Harvard Colby and Brown with donor-based name changes.
Alabama Senator Oscar W. Underwood becomes a storm center as the Muscle Shoals bill advances. He promotes government operation if no lessee is found and faces accusations about ties to Alabama Power, while Senator Norris denounces the measure as political.
Puzzle page explains an interlocking cross word with every letter of the alphabet except k. It lists horizontal and vertical clues for words, notes how letters fill white spaces toward black squares, and mentions the solution will appear in the next issue.
Comic exchange from London Punch notes a flirtatious remark about mistletoe from Christmas. A man brushes off a kiss with a joke about mistletoe presence last year. The line plays on social etiquette and festive cheer in a witty exchange.
Conversation features a teacher and pupil debating supply and demand in a humorous exchange. The teacher names three starch containing items and quips about cuffs and a collar as examples, reflecting a home economics classroom moment.
A vintage ad notes children suffer headaches fever stomach troubles and irregular bowels while often catching colds. It praises Mother Gray's Sweet Powders as easy pleasant and effective, used by many mothers and sold by druggists nationwide with free sample offers from the Mother Gray Co Le Roy New York.
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