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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1921
Page
6
Washington moves toward a 150,000 man regular army after a Senate majority vote. Congress advances a $113 million appropriation bill, while a naval court is ordered to probe a Mat tice Ontario clash. A prohibition enforcement bill fails by 115 to 12 in the House. other actions update grain, prices, and war-era policies.
A Cairo dispatch to Central News at London describes a severe fight between Bedouins and Druses in Syria with Druses said to have suffered 1 500 killed. Other items note Russian Bolshevik troops withdrawing from the Georgian frontier, the wounding of William McGrath in Dublin, and a Paris senate reelecting Leon Bourgeois as president.
Intense opposition announced at Ohio Tax Commission hearings on reappraising real estate in 61 counties not revalued since 1910. Citing debt limitation law, spokesman C A Dyer of the Ohio Grange and Farm Bureau says tax sprees must be checked, with potential court actions and political pressure. He warns of reduced duplicates and possible tax relief loss as valuations shift, adding reports of land purchases foreclosed to avoid higher taxes.
Dr. Elias L. Solomon, president of the United Synagogues of America, urged resistance to blue laws calling them anti Jewish and un American. He warned anti Semitism is rising in the land and that blue law Sunday would increase hardships for observant Orthodox Jews amid a 600 delegate gathering.
A storm in Cleveland produced winds around 55 mph causing thousands of dollars in damage including a temporary front blown out at Duelid avenue and forty-ninth streets and damage to several autos. Later reports indicated the probable fatal injury of a woman and a girl in traffic accidents attributed to the storm.
The city upheld Sunday sales of food and coal after an opinion by City Attorney Kittredge to Commissioner Ray. Wood and coal dealer Robert B. Lee complained the policy burdened poorer residents who buy fuel by the day.
A Moscow dispatch reports a bomb thrown from a house aimed at Lenin as he left the Kremlin for the Eighth Soviet Congress. The blast struck the guards and bystanders, killing six guards and three other people. the assailants fled.
More than 200000 Armenians in the Kars to Alexandropol area are dying from hunger and lack of fuel as transport stops and winter intensifies the crisis. The warning comes via Paris and Near East Relief and cites M Ahronian, head of the Armenian delegation, sending January 7 messages from France.
The aged historian Gibbon enjoyed fine food and avoided exercise. Doctors urged activity, but he refused, declaring life worth living only while it is pleasurable. He died later from weight, a beacon for the view that punishment ruins value of life.
A stranger recalls a past favor done ten years earlier and visits the grateful man to repay it. Instead, he seeks a new favor, saying he just arrived in town and thought of the man immediately.
A short postal card from a Brooklyny address requests samples from Garfield Tea Co in Brooklyn New York and promises repayment for the samples.
A quotation contrasts court design with liberal doors, arguing they should be wide to admit conviction. The remark frames access to justice as a mechanism for accountability and truth.
A settlement house committee in the Polish district spent weeks making dolls for a Christmas tree. Children were gathered in the gym when a girl rejected a doll with a snide “Ye gods, what a mug” and tossed it to the floor.
The article explains Rocky Mountain sheep and goats visit mineral salt clay licks during summer, especially in June and July, traveling weekly or biweekly to feed on alkali magnesia salts and other minerals.
A fragment from a humorous column notes the phrase not worth a darn and its oddity with socks. It then briefly mentions constipation and an advertisement for Indian Vegetable Pills as a remedy.
A dialogue fragment shows a weather remark about drizzle as a street car scene unfolds and a character asks if it rains. Another character replies it is not a tax rain, hinting at a humorous or coded exchange.
Advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine, a tonic and blood purifier, treats catarrh by acting on mucous surfaces to ease symptoms. It stresses that catarrh worsens when run down and asserts nationwide distribution by B. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio.
A nostalgic exchange recalls the old volunteer fire department with red shirts and glazed helmets. It notes a married man could answer alarms several nights weekly with little dispute, reflecting Birmingham Age-Herald memories.
A witty dialogue asks why musicians grow long hair and answers they need plenty of locks to match their keys, playing on wordplay about musical terms and hair.
Market listings show grain and hay prices, with corn and oats per bushel, wheat red varieties, butter eggs poultry rates, and beef, sheep, hogs values. Readings include Gorn-No 8 white 75 76e, oats No 2 white 51 52, butter 46 50c, live poultry rates, cattle ranges, calves, sheep and hog price bands.
Aesop responds to a question about animals speaking with a joke about telling a whopper to seize attention. The exchange highlights the parable maker’s playful view on storytelling.
An advertisement extols Cuticura products for itching scalp and dandruff relief. It recommends daily use of Cuticura Soap with hot water and Cuticura medicated ointment for clear skin and soft hands.
A succinct proverb reflects caution as eighty people express willingness to share burdens rather than accumulate trouble, highlighting communal readiness and wary individual risk.
A compact line notes that a single woman brings life and warmth to a home while a group of men may form a club. The quote emphasizes gendered roles in creating domestic spaces and communal bonds.
Lieutenant Governor Channing Cox notes the high cost of living in France with examples from Paris. A young American briefly vacationing there overstayed to a point where friends in Oshkosh would not lend him money, revealing his reliance on local support.
A contemporary discussion questions whether an engagement ring increases a girl’s standing among friends. The fragment notes that having a ring is viewed as advantageous, reflecting social expectations and status signals within circles.
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