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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1928
Page
6
The London Observer cites Lloyds statistics showing mid ocean as the least dangerous region for sea travel. The article notes prayers for travelers and asks why, given the data, voyages are undertaken despite risk.
The article argues sea travel is safer than land travel, noting modern wireless navigation and radiograms reduce danger. Lloyds analysis shows ship accident risk at 1.2 percent per voyage and passenger fatality risk at 0.2 percent, meaning two deaths per 10 000 travelers in a casualty on a voyage.
A family poem recounts a young speaker presenting a colorful bouquet to his mother. It lists many blooms from their garden including hollyhock rose dahlias nasturtium red clover black eyed Susan white daisy and others. The poem notes every flower asked to come to the gift.
Workmen stripping plaster from St. Helen's church in Darley England uncovered a well preserved painting of a Roman galley with rowers. The church dates to 1060 and the artwork is thought to have been concealed for at least five centuries.
A 1928 Western Newspaper Union recipe feature outlines buttermilk bread with steps for a light batter and a stiff dough, plus a coffee custard pastry filling and a calf's liver with onion dish. It notes rising times, temperatures, and quantity specifics for several preparations.
Porky Pig and Miss Ham banter about spring and mud in a playful scene. Porky defends his truthfulness while debating springtime and his poetical musings. The pig recites a mud themed poem as Miss Ham tolerates the interlude in a winter shed.
In an unusual dispute a resident seeks relocation to end a neighbor's claim of living next door to idiots who obstruct move plans. The article notes tension over social reputation and housing steps.
The columnist Meditative Meg notes ambition without enterprise is useless, likening it to owning an automobile without gasoline. She argues action and effort turn dreams into progress.
Article notes Ur excavations uncover ancient rouge boxes and lipsticks proving beauty pursuit is ancient. It argues women sought husbands through appearance, compares past and present, and says cosmetics reflect fashion not morality, concluding modern women are educated and capable.
FOR THE GOOSE OVE in order to keep alive has got to be fed with hope or fear. A misshaped apple might not stop a passin automobile but that ain t altogether a misfortune for the apple. A sprinklin of masculine traits makes a better woman. Anything more than a sprinklin makes a misfit. FOR THE GANDER A fool can t be made mad and a smart man won t. A guy that s got too many irons in the fire might find himself sooner or later among the irons. Bein afraid or not bein afraid is no more a man s fault or to his credit than likin pineapples or not likin em.
Anna Moon Mooney fifty five of Hubbardston visited Hubbardston area then asked Dr Raymond R Whitten to mark her heart with chalk After the marking she shot herself in the heart at Ionia Death was instantaneous She leaves a brother John and a sister Mary of Crystal
Severo Rodriguez, 52, a butcher, was sentenced to 180 days in the city jail on two counts of malicious destruction of property. Within 30 minutes, prosecutors filed seven complaints, leading to 13 additional charges of malicious mischief. He admitted the attack on Mrs. Myrtle Roberts's dress and was blamed for numerous torn dresses during a city parade and on a crowded streetcar.
Brooklyn junkman George S Bryce bought a horse named Bill for 12.50, kept him despite the horse's decline. When the animal lay down, cruelty officers intervened. Bryce chose 20 days in jail over a fine, but after half an hour he asked to be allowed to shoot Bill, professing affection for the aged horse.
Clyde Short serving a forty year sentence for robbery confessed with a companion to murdering Luther Bishop Oklahoma detective in December 1926. A letter from Stillwater prison warden to Assistant Attorney General J Berry King disclosed the confession. Bishop was killed in bed with his own pistols. his widow faced jealousy allegations but was acquitted.
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