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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1909
Page
6
A historical piece on U S egg consumption detailing daily and yearly totals, rising prices, and the role of egg corners in Chicago and across the nation. It notes fresh versus stored eggs, fraud risks, and the potential future dominance of egg production in national agriculture.
A bachelor, aided by Gateway, recounts a farewell supper tale. One man, drunkenly stumbling home late on a Saturday night, slept on the steps of his rooming house. He woke at nine with 84 cents in his hat and a curious line about Charitebly pane Sort.
At the Toledo board conference Secretary C C Probst was instructed to draft a bill to authorize a state laboratory for diphtheria and rabies antitoxin. The report notes court actions against five Chinese men in Toledo for opium sales and two pedl ers fined for cocaine, with jail pending payment.
The 140 girl decorators at Sebring Bros. potteries end a strike that halted work and left 900 unemployed. Oliver Sebring says plants will resume operations with workers earning their $1.25 daily wage plus a share of profits from a labor-saving device, about $1.50 daily total.
In Napoleon on June 19 James Gabriel found his Plymouth Rock hen laid a huge double egg. The outer shellmeasured 9.14 inches in oblong circumference with a seven inch middle. It weighed 7% ounces and contained a second large egg inside.
In Springfield on June 19 fourteen former saloonists and nine bartenders were arrested and charged in probate court under the Rees county option law. Accused of continuing beer service after saloons closed, they allegedly dispensed beer and near beer behind screens. Each pleaded not guilty and posted bail supplied by local breweries.
Wooster mourns Lemuel Jeffries 71 a 60 year editor of the Wayne County Democrat and former Wooster mayor for 10 years. He served in Company B Fourth Regiment O V I during the rebellion and was a well known printer, described as a man who never made an enemy.
About 5000 Turners from across the country camp in Cincinnati for a ten day annual turnfest. They reside in tents, and the city has erected a large tent city with 50 shower baths and sufficient kitchen facilities to meet army standards.
In Ashtabula on June 19 the oldest ad lists a single graduate from Grand River and Austin. The event marks the alma mater of T. B. Burton of Cleveland with a slate celebrating the class of 19, though the names and details are partly obscured in the OCR.
Broker Patten reports government wheat figures rely on inexperienced sources. He retells a Dutch sailor fable to illustrate misreading terms like vegetables. The tale ends with the sailor failing to load the ship and shivering at the workload.
A playful exchange features a caller asking to speak to a typewriter and learning it is engaged. He claims to be the person the typewriter is engaged to, adding a witty twist to the dialogue.
A short humorous quotation from a Cleveland Leader item noting a man’s claim that he never spoke ill to his spouse except once, with the wife’s supposed reaction. The quip highlights domestic humor in a period newspaper style.
A brief quip contrasts fishing methods with the season as a character asks Johnny about luck. The reply notes worms are preferred since the weather isn’t warm enough for flies to appear.
A garbled text fragment mentions health preservation and a reference to a female rater. The passage remains unclear on who authored it or its broader context. No identifiable events, dates, or organizations are present.
A fragment reflects on a woman's belief that her husband feels lonely when she is absent, linking emotional reassurance to separation. The remark suggests traditional marital sentiment and social norms about companionship and distance.
A Chicago reader writes that Teale KE Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her after doctors said death was likely from inflammation and a tumor. She credits the remedy with restoring her health after three bottles and urges others to try it to build up feminine health.
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