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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1920
Page
6
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound for colds and grippe with dosing every two hours for three doses. It claims the first dose clears nasal passages and relieves headache fever sneezing and body aches, costs only a few cents, tastes nice, and contains no quinine.
A brief dialogue shows a woman insisting on being identified in a bank with her friend offering to introduce her, while the cashier doubts the need for verification. The exchange appears in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
For years druggists have followed Dr Kilmer Swamp Root a kidney liver and bladder medicine. It is a physician prescribed strengthening remedy that helps organs perform nature’s work. It has stood the test of time and is sold on merit. Send ten cents for a sample bottle to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY and mention this paper.
In a domestic quarrel a wife accuses her husband of always asking for money. He retorts that he already gives “so much,” which she says is precisely what she complains about as the amount is insufficient and habitual.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a safe laxative to flush a torpid liver and sluggish bowels. It claims users wake refreshed with clear skin and bright mood, contrasting with harsher laxatives. Also mentions Garfield Tea as a natural alternative and ends with a sharp notebook quip about missiles.
Directions on Bayer Tablets of Aspirin emphasize taking only as told by Bayer and claim safety for common pains and colds. The text notes the Bayer Cross as a mark of genuine product and mentions conditions like headache toothache and rheumatic joint pains. A stray line about Neuri and homesickness appears.
Brooklyn Eagle notes Young Bob Fitzsimmons, son of the former world heavyweight champion, avoids a boxing manager due to his late father’s warning to handle his own ring business. The 22-year-old light heavyweight is praised as a clever fighter whose Newark debut has boosted his notoriety.
The Carlisle Indians, famed as a top football draw, have passed from the scene. Thorpe Bemus Pierce Guyon Metoxen Mount Pleasant and Hudson were among their stars as the program’s era closes and the football world grieves.
L. B. Goodwin of the New York Athletic Club, who served as a war camp athletic director in the United States service during the war, has been restored to amateur standing by a Metropolitan Amateur Athletic Union registration committee ruling.
The clippings mention Tufts joining Rutgers football, 1831 English single sculls origins, Minneapolis forming a flyers club, Tigers sailing to Macon February 22, Browns pitcher Davenport in semi pro Ohio, Zbyszko touring the US, Antwerp 1920 Olympic expansion, Yale March 20 swimming championship, Washington Seattle baseball tour Japan, boxing in San Jose, Northwestern wrestling, Del Gainer and Paul Smith sold to Milwaukee, England fund for Antwerp 1920, McBride to manage Nationals, Brazill joining Mackmen, minimal AL trading, Australian cricket tour plans 1920-22, Lyne signs with Alfonso for 1920, and Magee waiver side effects.
Yale and Pennsylvania will not resume football relations next fall. The athletic council plans to play West Point on the 1920 schedule, and a Penn game would make the campaign too hard.
English clubs regret war era experiments with grazing sheep on golf courses. The London Field notes most clubs now oppose sheep on true links like St Andrews, though some help may occur on richer soils. Excess manure and top dressing harmed drainage and soil texture, with many courses becoming hard baked in summer.
Major August Belmont plans to race his own thoroughbreds again in 1920 under the Belmont silks. A 2-year-old named All Hours, brown son of Negofol and Hour Glass II, is entered in the juvenile and Keene memorial stakes for the spring meetings at Belmont Park. Hourless, his full brother, is a leading stakes winner now at stud with promising progeny.
Dick Hoblitzell of Parkersburg West Virginia, former Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds first baseman, is appointed manager of the Akron International League team. The move marks Hoblitzell as the club’s new manager after a long major league playing career.
During a honeymoon trip to Arizona the narrator and his wife consider photographing an elderly Indian woman selling pottery. The store owner defers to the woman, who speaks in clear English and declines the photo, saying she does not wish to be photographed.
A joking exchange flips a remark about digging for Trump into a pun about making it spades. The light banter shows a quick, witty jab without escalation or broader context.
A brief reflection noting how year dated resolutions vary mainly by the date line. The metaphor of roses and children suggests care yields better results, implying consistency over time.
A newlywed USC graduate attends a campus banquet with friends and omits notifying his wife. She confronts him in fury asking about his whereabouts. He explains he spent the evening with his Alma Mater, sparking tears as he clarifies Alma Mater is a venerable institution, not a vampiric temptress.
A pair of scouts on an overnight hike stop at a country store for small items. The proprietor, recently robbed by others nearby, warns they may be in the area. One boy jokes that robbers can have their smiles, since they can easily replace them with more.
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