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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1914
Page
3
Bobbie reports to Mrs Brown's mother that Mrs Brown is dead after another visit. The scene records a tense family moment as a last word is confirmed.
Father questions size change as the son returns from college. The boy asserts he already had two feet, urging readers to ask for Red Cross Ball Blue. The ad claims it makes white clothes beautiful and promotes purchase at grocers.
In a brief exchange from the Boston Transcript, the saying highlights a delay in planting due to continuing use of Folsom’s garden tools by the Bradley family. The carpentry of daily life delays trickle into farming schedules.
Ambrose Bierce offered political definitions during a Washington dinner. He called a conservative a statesman enamored of existing evils and a radical someone who would replace those evils with others.
A rural dialogue scene unfolds with a mule and its keeper. A man at the riverbank asks if the mule kicks, learning the reply that the animal has no cause to kick while the owner frets over his own troubles. Jinx and his wife are teased as an ideal couple after a recent quarrel.
A Paris museum of criminology founded by M. Charles Perchard, ex police chief, features a hollow wax baby used to smuggle brandy into the city. A woman posed with the baby daily, but the infant never grew, leading authorities to uncover the fraud.
A dialogue reveals belief and surprise as a character dismisses a newspaper as a dialect story, only to discover it is a Russian publication. The exchange highlights a moment of misperception and linguistic curiosity.
The article recalls perilous moments from F C Selous and others facing charging lions and a wounded elephant. It details Selous outlasting a herd of five lions and a trampling close call with an elephant, plus Greenfield, Hindlip, Campbell, and Jackson surviving lions, a bear and other attacks in Africa and Arctic regions.
A fragment shows a distressed wife confessing her troubles to a grocer, lamenting misplaced trust as she speaks of being imposed upon and deserted. The brief dialogue captures a domestic conflict in sharpened, everyday language.
A woman expresses affection tied to how effectively a man can provoke her anger. The remark frames romantic attraction as dependent on emotional challenge rather than harmony.
An overlong fable contrasts Lib and Angie, two young women who share secrets and a vow of friendship with two men Otis and Wilbur. The tale traces failed romances, lavish pretenses, and marriage plans gone awry amid social critique. A late moral notes wealth invites publicity more than virtue.
One hundred years ago Andrew Jackson was appointed major general in the United States Army to fill a vacancy from William Henry Harrison. The Mississippi territory legislature awarded him a sword and many honors followed. He commanded the Army of the South at Fort Jackson on the Mississippi River and negotiated the Treaty of Fort Jackson with Creek chiefs after diplomacy.
A fragment shows Mama asks why she was detained at the door as Mr Spooner left. Ethel replies nothing to speak of with a calm, evasive tone.
A dialogue suggests uncertainty about Jiggina’s use of a new car with a claim he has not been arrested since obtaining it for speeding. The remarks imply possible concern over road conduct and legal status.
A terse dialogue features a wife telling her husband to stop spouting philosophy and to follow demand. The exchange centers on obedience and domestic shout. The line hints at gendered power dynamics within a domestic scene.
A notice offers a free trial package of Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder to ease tight or new shoes. The ad urges no substitutes and directs readers to send for a trial at 8 Olmsted, LeRoy, N. The item includes a humorous anecdote from the Quincy Ledger about a Greek grocery abbreviation.
A vintageLaundry ad touts Red Cross Ball Blue as a stain fighter for white clothes. It highlights grocers stocking the product and targets homemakers seeking crisp laundry results.
Fraulein Darmer, a renowned actress, was killed at the Theater of Varieties in Berne Switzerland after a defective stage trap caused her fall of six feet. She died before help could reach her as the curtain fell on the closing act of The Pride of the Third Company.
A wedding celebration at Passaic Metalware prompted seven minutes of whistle blasts in Rutherford Nutley Belleville Garfield and Clifton. Fog hindered location finding delaying firefighters for about half an hour before identifying the source. Miss Sallie Karp of 217 Brook Avenue Passaic wed Michael F Bernan.
Joe Uhl of Omaha Nebraska reports severe eczema on hands neck and arms caused sleepless nights itching and burning. After trying remedies he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and was completely healed in five to six weeks. Advertisement notes Cuticura sold worldwide with free samples upon request.
A judge quips about a bowling alley worker who earns about $6 a week by picking up pins, joking that the habit is a silly superstition yet profitable for the man. The exchange highlights daily quirks in a lighthearted community moment.
In Berlin the church notes that horses are banned from street railways and roads while Gotham quips they persist on menus as a culinary nod.
The Rose Garden Mrs Woodrow Wilson planted at the White House is praised as equal to those she planned at Princeton and elsewhere she has lived. She and her daughters supervise and work in the garden, while a quip about marrying an angel hints at disguise becoming permanent.
Adrian Michigan woman suffers from backache and fatigue then credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring strength after three months. The ad highlights women workers and urges use of the remedy for female ailments.
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