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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1913
Page
8
Batavia area items include visitors from Cincinnati Norwood and Madisonville. Boss Kramer bakery ad and various money loan offers. Att yd group notes Camp Perry return Walter Lopert Batavia Miss Wilma Brown and Miss Leona Craver visits. Local attorney ads and Doan's warning.
Card of thanks from B. B. Holmes and daughters expresses gratitude for help during illness and death of Olivia B. Holmes. Local notes mention ponies in Batavia, visits from Carrie Mittendorf and other residents, Chautauqua travel schedules, and business ads for Burdock Blood Bitters and Foley’s products. Also covers obituaries, health tips, and local society chatter.
A Tuesday afternoon blaze at the Amelia Coat Factory, caused by a gasoline iron explosion, left about $2000 in damage. The proprietor sustained severe injuries and was hospitalized while around 20 workers were employed at the time.
A critic argues national and state laws are shaped by lawyers and teachers, not business experts. They urge lawmakers with real business knowledge and higher salaries so capable individuals can run, implying current legislators lack practical understanding of industry conditions and needs.
The article surveys taste organs in invertebrates noting uncertain locations and taste bulbs in animal tongues discovered in 1867. It shifts to announce the Ohio Rural Life Survey resumed at Miami University, detailing leadership, participating organizations, counties, and plans for future reports and conferences.
A Washington pension office affair drew attention as a chief clerk kissed a clerical assistant. The department docked the clerk one quarter’s salary, while readers argue the peeper and informer should face penalties. The incident underscores concerns over personal liberty and official propriety.
Dr. Galisch proposes a dietary plan for obesity focusing on large morning and midday meals with light evening intake. The regimen includes tea with buttered bread, an egg if hungry, a substantial midday plate, and modest evening bread and butter. Patients feel initial hunger but adjust with time and activity, and weight loss of one to two pounds weekly is reported.
In Prague a man pleads not guilty to forging baptismal entries claiming acts were done in a trance under an unnamed hypnotist. The family doctor induced a trance using a magic formula from a French book, shocking the court as the prisoner froze with arms outstretched while needles were applied and later awoke when the doctor breathed on him.
Germany shifts from beer to brandy as wine distillation climbs from 90 to 169 in five years. Critics say much of the brandy goes abroad in disguise. In New York the church property boom tops 4.5 million dollars this season, excluding the Malacaopal Cathedral project.
A stream of society items includes Mrs. Maude Stephens inspecting a chapter, initiations, visits, entertainments, and numerous hometown names. The New York food committee report follows, noting city food spending and per person daily costs with quantities for eggs, meat, fish, poultry, milk, potatoes, and bread.
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