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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1921
Page
6
President-elect Harding plans to compose his inaugural address during a stay in Miami Florida with Frederick W Upham a Republican veteran aiding the effort The note also mentions Harding no longer publishing a newspaper and references other political and business figures and events from 1920 including Edsel Ford and Walter B A Ziegler among others.
Advices from Baku report Bolshevik troops crushed an Armenian uprising at Deltjan near Alexandropol with bloodshed. Sinn Fein clashes near Dublin killed seven constables and injured others after ambushes, while a Dublin Castle statement confirms a separate incident at Glenwood.
A plan to investigate West Virginia coalfield strife, including the Matewan shootout deaths, centers on Mingo county cases. Senate inquiries will examine industrial relations as 24 defendants, mainly miners, face murder charges after a May 19 gun battle that killed ten, among them Matewan's mayor and seven Baldwin-Felts guards. Sid Hatfield, Matewan police chief, is linked to the incident.
A west side Springfield fire confined to the Commercial block along Limestone Street from Main to High destroyed Mickler Brothers Kuffman store with 250000 value stock and a 5 and 10 cent store. Total loss around 400000 with about 200000 insured.
Kentucky Governor Edwin P. Morrow announced an instant investigation into night riding in Bath and Fleming Counties. He instructed Bath and Fleming County officials to conduct thorough inquiries and report back, stating there will be no night riding while he serves as governor. He declined further comment until details are clearer.
Fire destroyed quarters of President-elect Warren G. Harding, with losses estimated at $8,000 and fully insured. An overheated furnace caused the blaze, damaging a mass of campaign records and other correspondence. Custodian Charles Patten, 70, was overwhelmed and took an hour to locate a telephone.
Nine men halted a fast freight by cutting brakes near Buffalo and Bear Forks. They forced the conductor flagmen and brakeman onto the engine and ordered the engineer and firemen to disconnect the caboose and drive toward Depew. Police hunt across the country for the bandits.
Cleveland bankers acting through the Clearing House voted to accept Canadian money only at a 20 percent discount. Earlier a committee of bankers agreed to discount silver and paper money alike.
Fourteen hundred members of the demobilized Polish army are to be repatriated aboard the transport Preament Grant. The ship will sail from Danzig on January 25 and is expected to arrive in New York on February 6.
An extensive fire swept through the town of Killeen five miles north of Florence nearly wiping out the entire community. Five stores the post office and three lodge halls burned with the origin of the blaze undetermined.
Captain William Finch of the Whitt Star fleet ends a 46 year maritime career upon docking in Liverpool. He served under Admiral Dewey and Captain Gridley in the Pacific, commanded the Asiatic Fleet, and carried notables like Admiral Evans and General Pershing. He survived the Arabic torpedoing in 1915, saved lives on a raft, and received the British Empire order in 1918.
The article notes Hindu mentality resists orchestral harmony as the group often blends into a single note or diverges to individual parts. It argues that Indian minds rarely conceive a unified harmony with distinct roles, illustrating dense individualism in India.
The Sphere (London) offers instructions for stain removal. Saturate a cloth with hot water, rub the soiled surface briskly with it, and expect even the most obstinate spots to disappear unless the color has been taken from the fabric.
The earths atmosphere holds at least four trillion tons of nitrogen directly accessible. The nitrogen in the air above one square kilometer of land could enrich the entire world for twenty years at current consumption rates.
A Detroit Free Press item notes English scientists experiment with a walking fish. The piece humorously quips that the world is full of such creatures, but most survive on land. The tone is skeptical yet amused about the novelty of the idea.
Market notes list grain and hay prices in Cincinnati including corn and yellow varieties with No 2 white at 46 to 47 cents, No 2 yellow at 72 to 78, sound hay at $20 per ton, clover mixes at $20 to $25, and soy-like figures. Wheat quotes show No 2 red around $1.97 to $1.99. Livestock: cattle, calves, sheep, hogs with ranges for steer, heifer, and common grades. hogs priced from $9.00 to $9.60 with packsers and butchers at $9.50.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine is promoted as a tonic and blood purifier that acts through the blood to cleanse mucous surfaces. The ad claims catarrh worsens when the person is run down and asserts the medicine restores normal conditions. Circulation is offered free, with Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio.
A provocative comparison ponders a beauty doctor peeling away the society queens’ complexions. The speaker questions the likeness while another image suggests the doctor is peeling the belles, echoing a macabre wit.
A quotable note on clarity urging writers to ensure readers understand the material regardless of their willingness to engage. It emphasizes obligation over reader will.
The Verdun monument scene is described as shellicles with bayonets fixed in the air as shells fell in June 1916. The note recalls Franklin D. Roosevelt’s doubt about being youngest VP at 38. It also traces John C. Breckenridge becoming VP at 36 in 1857 and his later roles before death in Lexington, Kentucky in 1875.
A provocative quote contends that freedom of speech allows a person to harm themselves metaphorically by taking offense or retreating from dialogue. The line critiques self censorship and the burden of outspoken views.
A curio note describes temptation as an open box of chocolates resting on a parlor table inviting guests to sample and savor. The playful line links desire to temptation with a domestic setting.
A humorous dialogue fragment shows Aw asking about family roots and a genealogist replying that the crop was a failure indicating a failed family line.
Report notes Spanish toreadors on strike demanding higher wages. Informed sources say there is talk of a six bull week as potential impact of the dispute.
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