Slow Growth of Civilization Aloft by Earnest Effort
A concise reflection notes that civilization advances at a gradual pace akin to a coral reef, with each diligent individual contributing a small but meaningful increment toward progress.
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1926
Page
7
A concise reflection notes that civilization advances at a gradual pace akin to a coral reef, with each diligent individual contributing a small but meaningful increment toward progress.
An advertisement urges buyers to look for the Bayer Cross on packages or tablets to ensure genuine Bayer Aspirin. It touts safety proven by millions and 25 years of physician use, warning imitators may be dangerous.
The article recalls a memorial to Camembert creator Mme Marie Harel near Camembert France and notes a postwar U.S. increase in French camembert imports. It explains the cheese mold origins in Camembert and Roquefort’s cave aging, and credits American science, large‑scale production, and marketing for cheese growth. It highlights Wisconsin’s output and Yankee leaf-wrapped cheese innovation.
A prominent American politician visits Washington and questions how to put holes in Swiss cheese. His staff discovers a four page report detailing Swiss culture bacteria that create holes, gas expansion, and that such cultures can be obtained from the Department of Agriculture and state universities. The department itself also makes Swiss cheese in its experimental dairy.
Secretary of Labor James J. Davis reports that the immigration service deported 9,495 aliens in fiscal year 1925, the most in its history. He notes many were blocked from lawful entry by restrictive measures and turned to back doors, with 1,169 deportations for entry without inspection and routes to Canada 1,921 Mexico 1,826.
In London a new line of washable lingerie featuring gold and silver thread is shown in stores. The United States now houses more than 15 000 motion picture theaters.
New York notes the carillon adaptation from Belgian Dutch origins into American civic music. William Gorham Rice cites only fifteen U S sets yet highlights the Rockefeller carillon in Park Avenue Baptist Church as largest. August Heckscher may donate a Central Park tower memorial.
A New York banker’s son, Gerald M Warburg, pursues classical music over jazz like Roger Kahn. He played cello at a family concert and wrote songs for a debutantes charity show. Also notes that thirty-five cubic feet of seawater equals one long ton.
A North side man recalls a Sun day misorder where six halves of oysters floated on a plate instead of six whole oysters inside a restaurant. Cuticura ad promotes dandruff relief with ointment and soap for clear skin and soft hands.
An advertisement notes Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills at 872 Pearl St. N. for indigestion relief. The ad mentions cravings for cakes and dresses as part of a nostalgic promotion in the Sheffield Telegraph.
The Carthage Press notes a social mood about fun and fear and questions why many women claim youth while knowing the old ballads. It hints at public taste and flirtations in local social scenes without detailing specific events or people.
Mrs Ella Kembel of East Broad Street Bethlehem testifies to relief after motherhood from a regimen including Dr Pierce products. She describes being run down and nervous before finding rest and healing with the treatments and lotions mentioned.
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