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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1910
Page
7
Judge Kinkead ruled that several large Buckeye Lake islands do not belong to Ohio. The decision followed a test case by Margaret Fenn who built a $12000 summer home, with dispute over title dating to 1838 grant versus 1852 perfection. Other islands affected by the ruling.
WM B Poland of Cincinnati is reappointed foreman by State Printer Crawford. Samuel T Wagner of Dayton becomes district examiner, succeeding William V R Coon. Col William Curry funds Mexican War volumes. Troop B Ohio National Guard conducts Marietta reconnaissance. Ohio medical board requires diplomas for admission to medical colleges. Mayor Gaynor may visit Ohio to back Col Thos I Gaynor for Clark County sheriff. Columbus plans police platoon costs and realty appraisals add to its budget and contracts.
Melville Weston Fuller former chief justice of the US Supreme Court was interred at Graceland cemetery beside his wife. The Chicago service at St James church included a Protestant Episcopal ceremony led by Rev James Freeman of Minneapolis. Governor Hughes of New York and Justices White Holmes Day and McKenna attended along with other judges and prominent legal and business figures. State courts across Illinois closed in tribute. The services in Sorrento, Maine, preceded the Chicago interment.
New York reports a prolonged clash as cloakmakers strike halting 25 percent of Greater New York trade. Abraham Rosenberg aims to borrow 100000 dollars from undisclosed bankers to push the fight. Manufacturers convened two meetings vowing to oppose the strikers to a finish. Of 1500 manufacturers more than 100 already agreed to demands, with others expected to follow.
Washington reports an unprecedented boom in illicit moonshine whisky in the fiscal year ending June 30. Prohibitory laws in the south and higher corn whisky prices to 2.50 dollars a gallon spurred demand, causing moonshiners to expand operations and double or triple output, boosting revenue service activity.
The Waters-Pierce Oil Company agreed to pay 75000 dollars and cease unlawful practices in Oklahoma. It will not enter into any agreement or restraint of trade in petroleum products in the state.
In the Charles T. Yerkes estate settlement Chicago, Clarence A. Knight is awarded 260000 dollars as his three year fee for straightening out a legal snarl in Chicago courts.
The nominating committee of the Ohio Bar Association names Allen Andrews president Gilbert H. Stewart Jr secretary and A R Gilmore treasurer Simeon Johnson is chosen as judiciary chair The report is approved Lorain notes oldest acting Lorain school teacher Hannah Barrett resigns after 26 years of service in the district.
A letter complains about submitting poems to seventeen magazines with no success and mocks a new monthly’s poem on page eleven titled pome modeled after Kipling’s Vampire. The writer vows to quit poetry and even study the psychology of the ax in frustration.
The text warns that strong ads cannot sell worthless goods and praises Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a merit-based success fueled by persistent advertising and word of mouth. It cautions shoppers to beware of lookalike fake tablets and not to accept substitutes from well advertised national products.
A minister speaks about a vital organ as a gas meter in a Sunday school, prompting a child’s quip that the meter is the thumping heartbeat of life. The exchange blends humor with a lesson on life’s unseen rhythms.
A humorous advice note describes roaches invading kitchens and suggests using Easy Task soap to scrub sinks and cracks. The piece claims the soap forces roaches to flee and also repels moths when used in laundry.
A humorous exchange shows a husband presenting a large diagram filled with dots curves and diagonals as his map of Halley’s comet. The wife meanwhile misreads it as the dressmaker pattern for a new shirtwaist.
A five year old asserts that he and his father know everything and that Asia is one of the things his father knows. The exchange features playful banter between a young boy and his companion as cited by Harper's Bazaar.
He remarks on naming his needleless button product the Bachelor’s Button but worries the title would imply too much restrictiveness. He expects wide appeal and plans to market to both married men and bachelors.
A humorous paraphrase recalls a past engagement four seasons earlier at a summer resort, with a playful exchange about recognizing each other and confirming a former engagement.
Mrs A E Fulton of Portland Oregon reports swelling and bloating from kidney trouble improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. The ad urges attention to urinary changes and promotes the product available for 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
An aspiring statesman asserts he wants the office if he is the people's choice. His campaign manager counters that securing popular approval costs more than entering as the compromise candidate.
A Yonkers Statesman quip notes Gotham’s neighbor plays the cornet with remarks. The piece ends with a reflection that the morning after often spawns many good resolutions.
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