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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1915
Page
7
For garden color, plant large masses of single species and mass carnations or roses in vases. Choose strong single forms like lady's breastpin and chrysanthemum flowered asters for cutting. Select one or two best colors rather than mixed packets and ensure a steady supply of cut flowers through the seasons.
J M Bennington advises watering to moisten soil deeply for gloxinia and other plants. Do not water sparingly, save wash day suds for irrigation, and provide sturdy four foot tall supports for dahlias. Tie stalks with broad cloth to prevent wind damage.
One shaded garden corner becomes a herb bed. The author lists useful herbs to add this year and notes when to buy starter plants. Three sage plants, three chive clumps, two lavender plants, six mint roots, and one package summer savory are suggested for planting.
Excerpted from The Freelands by John Galsworthy in Scribner's Magazine, the piece celebrates this land's ever changing beauty. It evokes spring saplings summer warmth autumn gold and winter quiet, praising the land and its flora fauna and seasons in lyrical prose.
A discussion on how free medicine samples mailed to people prompt risky self dosing. The piece notes many take samples without knowing what they contain and cites cases where recipients, including workers like a colored maid, suffer fatal outcomes. The tone critiques gullibility toward offered remedies.
Boston church member complains to pastor about neighbor’s singing in front pew. Pastor laments lack of tact then suggests the neighbor join the choir to address the disturbance.
A New Yorker back from Boston reports a six year old boy sitting by the drawing room fire with a pencil. When asked if he is drawing an engine the child replies he is making a picture of a locomotive, noting it would take a strong boy to draw an engine.
In a playful exchange Uncle George asks how many pancakes his nephew could eat in a sitting. The boy recalls his top effort of twenty four and notes his mother would not permit attempting a record.
A doctor praises apples as health boosters, noting his habit of recommending them to patients. The waiter in the quote points out the ancient origin of such advice, referencing the Eden story to imply the idea is hardly new.
A brief civic column urges patience and listening during chaotic days, suggesting stillness helps discern truth. Experts cited emphasize reflection before action, framing quiet as a productive civic virtue applicable to community decisions and personal conduct.
A prominent Cleveland businessman who "got religion" recalls his constant battles with sin. He claimed conversion but Often fell from grace and blamed the devil. When a neighbor asked why he blamed Satan, he quipped that the devil exists to take the blame for his wrongdoings.
The indeterminate sentence allows imprisonment not for a fixed term but as long as conduct warrants. Recall enables removal of an official by special election if the demand of a prescribed portion of voters fails to secure a majority. The ruling extends recall to officials and includes judges among those removable.
A spinster in a justice of the peace court overhears wedding preparations and scolds the laughter in the office. She declares marriage is serious like going to church in a high pitched warning.
An English visitor sought the famed echo and heard only silence until the guide revealed the joke. The Scot quips that the echo is not missing but the lassie with whisky approaching, delivering the drink instead of an echo.
In a brief exchange, two speakers discuss a wife who keeps items in her left hand, noting Mrs. Smith acting independently with a playful remark about gendered habits. The dialogue centers on habitual left-handed usage within a domestic context.
Comic exchanges unfold in a dining room with a joking waitress and a self confident patron. A mother seeks health tips for Clara insisting on tonics while a father proposes iron in a flat iron to boost her strength.
A playful note recalls a dream of taking the classiest campus queen to the prom. A separate line notes cottonseed meal growing in popularity as cow feed in Canada.
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