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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1921
Page
2
Marie Curie arrived in Pittsburgh ill and exhausted. Henry B. Ledyard, Detroit railroad leader, dies. Presbyterian assembly supports a ban on Sunday amusements in Indiana. Rail wage disputes surge as 5,000 cloth-hat workers see pay cuts. Gompers warns of sales tax alongside indignation meetings nationwide. Tennessee election pageantry and international tensions color a week of strikes, riots, and diplomacy.
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports a White House dinner where President Harding and Cabinet advisers aligned with leading bankers on deflation relief. They anticipate Federal Reserve policy changes, expanded credits, and possible repeal of rediscount penalties to allow greater credit and relief for agriculture, exports, and business.
Philadelphia authorities seize all Grover Bergdoll property and that of his mother Emma Bergdoll and brother Erwin Bergdoll under a new ruling allowing seizure from those who forsake allegiance. Mrs Bergdoll has five days to report Grover's U S property to local Alien Property Custodian officials.
Chicago report says sixteen more labor union leaders were named in true bills charging graft in building construction. The special grand jury, reviewing evidence from the Daily Joint Legislative Commission, voted with prior weeks to deter threats reportedly received by members.
Ten thousand rounds of rifle ammunition consigned to Sid Hatfield in Matewan are held at the Bluefield express office. The embargo was requested by Governor BE F Morgan to curb arms shipments into Mingo county.
Chicago police report another death in the Nineteenth Ward political feud as saloon-keeper Michael Lazari was shot on a street. Lazari, lieutenant of ward boss d Andre, had moved from the ward after a recent murder on his home steps to escape death threats.
The Navy announced four Marine Corps bombing planes will test land plane accuracy against the radio controlled battleship Iowa off the Virginia Capes on June 28. The Army will deploy seven seaplanes and four airships in the experiment. The War Department had decided to withdraw its land planes unless the Iowa remained within 30 miles of shore.
The report notes Robert Bruce's heart found in Melrose Scotland, prompting an Italian paper to recall Galileo's finger and thumb relics. Exhumation in 1737 moved Galileo to Santa Croce Florence. Marquis Capponi claimed the digits as sacred trophies, later ending as museum pieces.
Producer Hal Roach recalls Harold Lloyd finding a melee between two darkly dressed extras. A belligerent fighter fled the scene across the lot after a rough burst of blows, prompting Lloyd to confront the incident with disbelief at the runaways claimed cowardice.
A Lane G Golfer reflects on decades of effort in golf. He acknowledges not becoming amateur champion but plans to enjoy breaking a hundred now and then, seeking personal comfort through improved rounds.
Joseph G. Cannon, later speaker of the national House of Representatives, began work in 1850 at age fourteen as a grocery store clerk. He delivered parcels and wrapped goods, working sun to sun, winter hours from before sunup to sundown, for a weekly wage of $1.50 with board and clothing expected to come from the pay.
The Cincinnati markets list prices for hay and grain including corn varieties at 66 to 66 2/3 cents, oats 41 to 48 cents, butter at 30 to 26 cents, eggs for extra firsts 21 cents down to 19 1/8 cents, live poultry with broilers at 50 cents per lb, fowls 22 to 28 cents, roosters 12 cents, cattle prices from 4 to 9 dollars, calves up to 10 dollars, sheep and lambs ranging from 1 to 14 dollars, and butchers stock varying by grade.
A fifth grade teacher aiding a movement against smoking asks boys to surrender their tobacco as part of an affection driven scheme. The tale links a rumored romance with the young principal and notes Marguerite Wolf predicting France’s future kings and gods reincarnated in leaders and writers.
In a brief exchange Mabel recalls doctors saving her life nine times while Eva jokes that she always believed Mabel was a cat, highlighting a humorous dynamic and shared bond between the two.
More than 5000 pieces of a meteor that fell in Iowa were collected following its explosion. Residents reported a bright flash and scattered fragments as authorities coordinated the cleanup and assessed any damage.
A humorous exchange notes anxiety about playing bridge to avoid someone playing the piano. The line conveys tension and a lighthearted push-pull between players and a pianist.
A compact reflection on how boasting of humility reveals deeper pride. The saying suggests true modesty resists declaring itself and values measured self awareness.
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