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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1910
Page
3
The county treasurer will sell all taxed tracts and parts to cover taxes and penalties at the courthouse starting January 18 at 10 AM. Sales continue daily until all parcels are sold or offered. Joseph L. Larkin, County Auditor, January 5, 1910.
A rain day leads a young lawyer to a broker's office where he spots silhouettes of a couple in a private room. He recognizes his wife in a familiar profile and bursts in to find her discussing speculation with the broker. The broker asks about the lawyer's eye ailment, revealing the scene as a mistaken impression.
In Guerrero territory around Chilpancingo many natives build large tree homes woven from reeds and grasses to resist quakes. Elevated houses with two to three rooms stay intact as trees sway, offering protection from wild animals and avoiding ground shaking damages during earthquakes.
A book agent knocks on the door of an Irish widow. She replies she is not engaged and condemns the stranger as an intruder, slamming the door. The agent retreats to the street, puzzled by the language. Judge.
The excerpt notes Texas unique status among states, claiming it separated as a nation before union entry, reserved public land ownership upon admission, and secured congressional consent to subdivide into multiple new states, with Vermont and Maine as possible exceptions.
Bacteriologists describe tears as a public antiseptic for the eye, arguing that crying cleans the face and helps sterilize the eye by washing away bacilli with the high salt content of tears. They claim the salt solution in tears neutralizes harmful microbes.
A guest asks about Rome while the hostess, newly returned from her first trip abroad, humbly confesses she did not plan the journey. Her husband had always bought the tickets, revealing a playful travel mystery at tea.
A Yale professor reports that among 171 essays by seniors and juniors only 25 were correctly spelled. Four hundred forty three misspellings were found with six words repeatedly troublesome. The piece argues current curricula and phonetic trends worsen basic literacy across universities.
At one a m in a quiet hotel corridor a man searches doorways for a landmark trunk that has disappeared from the hall. He slips along the long hall, checks doors, and opens a room, then returns to silence as a foghorn and distant snores echo.
The article describes a Nubian solar tree that emits flute like sounds in the wind, debated as spirit voices by locals but perhaps caused by holes bored by insects. It also mentions the Canary weeping tree that drips water from leaf bases, providing fresh water in dry weather.
The article notes white remains formal and ideal for country houses seen from a distance, while yellow or gray with white trim suit plain pitched roofs and square colonials. Grays and browns soften unsightly exteriors, and white contrasts well with surrounding trees and flowers to sparkle against walls.
A recently appointed Brooklyn patrolman found a large dead dog at the corner of two streets. He started a notebook entry at 1 46 a m noting the location. He then dragged the dog by the tail to the intersection of Keep and Kent streets.
In Pittsburgh, editors pitch a tale about a young man who runs off with a chorus girl. The Night Editor dismisses it as cliché, but the City Editor insists the plot remains an absolute novelty despite the lack of wealth or famous name.
A reflective column argues the world grows better and women and girls contribute decisively to progress. It praises rich and poor alike, noting daughters defy snobbery, mothers benefit from workers' earnings, and many women choose family care over bold ventures.
District Attorney Jerome at the Union Club praised a resourceful actor who once faced a taxi fare shortfall. He described the ruse of stopping at a nearby doctor with a feigned baby emergency to secure a ride, then diverting to a critic’s address to avoid a roaster.
In New Orleans retailers revisit lagniappe after a year of abstention. About two hundred grocers resumed giving bonuses to customers while others vow to boycott wholesalers supplying those shops. The root issue is customers expecting lagniappe as a revenue share, not a gift.
An English traveler at a Danish railway station asks for directions and refuses a guide. A local man insists and reveals he is not a guide but the bishop, confirming a humorous misunderstanding. The exchange highlights clerical status in a casual street scene.
Andrew Hale, a recluse who recently died by his own hand in Lebanon, owned a house with about twenty additions. Each small room housed the spirit of a departed friend, and the house overflowed with curious items to amuse them. A stockpile of shoe strings, clocks, musical instruments, and various articles filled the rooms, likely costing Hale more than 2500 dollars.
A humorous exchange notes Mr Guzzler's excess at the dinner last night as Nell explains his behavior. The tease mentions the charlotte russe as the moment he tried to blow froth off, illustrating a playful inebriety reference from the Philadelphia Record.
Residents on Knockscalbert hill witnessed numerous tiny herring fry scattered on the grass near Summerhill after a rain shower. Similar cloudfall events have been reported in other regions, with water spouts believed to lift fish from water and drop them over land. Frogs and insects are also known to be transported this way.
A girl guides a group away from a frightened sparrow on a sidewalk while a boy casually offers to care for it. She suggests giving it milk, provoking the boy to mockingly shout Milk and streak away with the bird. The girl mutters about the boy’s unmannerly laughter.
An office in New York prohibits elastic bands due to slipping hazards on oily floors. A female employee suffered a serious fall from such bands, injuring hips and spine and facing long term incapacity, possibly permanent.
From Baily’s Magazine a tale of a priest known as The Fighting Parson. His great grandfather’s electioneering days featured a chaplain famed for his fists. A courtroom moment sees counsel Mr Dauncey test the witness and the divine offer to prove the name by his own hand.
McClure's notes that England remains free of fires as a result of its cleanliness and tidy streets. The piece argues England has reduced flies and filth over 50 years, contrasting with the United States, and credits sanitation for fewer fires.
A short excerpt presents a tense exchange where a man asserts victory by proving a point, while a woman dismisses the clash as foolish. The pair trade sharp lines, revealing gendered attitudes and unresolved tension.
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