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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1940
Page
3
A mother asks her 11 year old son Frank about the pie in his lunch saying he gave it to his teacher. Frank replies the teacher ate it, though she was absent from school that day. A pastor returning from abroad greets a crowd and jokes about addressing them as friends.
A conversation reveals the newborn twins are named Henry and Etta Henrietta. One twin is named Henry and the other is Etta.
A quiz with ten general knowledge prompts covering military ranks suffrage ethics weights apes naval naming lines poetry animals botany and thorn evolution. Topics include which states granted women suffrage first and why holly leaves vary with height plus trivia about Pershing generals and boxing classes.
The set covers topics from state names and officers to Latin terms and animal species. It lists Washington alongside Grant and Sherman, Wyoming as a state, and mentions chimpanzees orangutans and gorillas. It notes the flyweight class at 112 pounds and refers to phrases about the flag and botanic details of holly.
The quote contrasts hopeful resilience with despair, noting that hope sees no obstacle while despair declares it insurmountable. Dr. I Watts frames the tension between optimistic effort and defeated mindset.
A historical note on American pricing shows merchants once set charges by what the traffic would bear. Advertising helped push toward standardized prices, shaping the fixed costs consumers pay today.
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