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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1920
Page
6
Major bids for ships Leviathan and De Kalb top overseas items. Census counts lift Birmingham Alabama and Red Bluff California figures. Warns of fires, earthquakes felt in Alaska, and political shifts in New Jersey and Washington amid treaty debates and violent incidents.
Slover McCague, night watchman at a Norwalk department store, was found with a bullet in his head. The store doors and windows were locked and no burglary was reported. East Liverpool police seized three copper stills and three kegs of raisin mash. three men were arrested.
The livestock market has slumped with cattle 50c to $1.50 lower and hogs down about 50c. Sheep and lambs fall as much as $2 to $8 from week’s best, with 52 000 head in two days dampening trade. Liberal receipts and money stringency weigh on dressed beef demand as holiday shipping tightens supplies.
The State Fair Price Commission fixes profits on eleven lines of wearing apparel with a general 30 to 35 percent margin over merchant costs. Lower priced items carry smaller margins while higher priced items have larger profits. work shirts, overalls at 25 percent and millinery up to 45 percent. The ready to wear list covers suits, hosiery, hats, gloves, underwear and furnishings and takes effect immediately as the first in a series of such lists. A grocery, meat, shoe and restaurant list will follow.
Admiral Bristol reports an American destroyer has been sent to Mersina to press for release of Mr and Mrs Paul Nilson of Illinois held by Turkish Nationalists. French authorities hold Turkish hostages in Constantinople and Americans at Hadjin surrendered to Turkish Nationalists. News cites April 99 as latest Hadjin to Constantinople report.
The strike by Hawaiian sugar plantation workers that began January 10 ended, the Hawaiian Labor Association reports. About 5,000 Japanese workers are affected by the decision.
Chicago railroads received notice from the Commerce Commission that 27 750 empty grain cars had been ordered delivered to the Western roads by the Eastern lines. Initial deliveries include 1 800 to the Santa Fe 1 200 to the Soo line 800 to the Wabash 800 to the Chicago Great Western 300 to the Chicago and Northwestern and 1 200 to the Rock Inland System. Deliveries also set for the Northern Pacific Great Northern and Union roads.
A playful tale imagines counting money from a fairy offering a Dillion dollars. It shows at 100 bills per minute, one day yields 60 000 dollars, a year 18 720 000, and counting to a billion would take 45 years 241 days 6 hours 40 minutes. The piece notes the mind and body strain and impracticality of such wealth.
A man who has fished all day without a catch returns home cheerful only to challenge a scarecrow in a field. He proclaims that no fish of that size has ever existed, condemning the scarecrow as a liar. The scene shifts from riverbank to dusk as he sings, bottle empty by the rushes.
Admiral Sims warned that remedies for social unrest are “deep and menacing.” He likened them to a boy named Johnny Jones who claimed a foolproof method to tell mushrooms from toadstools. The tale underscores that misidentifying dangers can lead to violent outcomes and madness.
A tall man in New York stares at a map with a puzzled look. A passerby offers help and the man with gold teeth admits the mix up as he realizes the map is for Chicago.
The Cincinnati market page lists prices for corn, oats, wheat, butter, eggs, and live stock. It records No 2 white and yellow corn, No 2 red wheat, various oats grades, butter fractions, and live cattle and calf values across quality ranges.
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