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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1917
Page
7
Kin Hubbard critiques the legal system asserting bias toward the rich and powerful. He cites Ike Soles’s six month sentence for alienation of affection and laments overbearing lawyers, pervasive ordinances, and a vanished respect for the law, referencing Newt Mapes’s manslaughter case and a new trial.
A feature essay contrasts the evening circus parade and crowded Main Street with rural pride at a state fair. It laments modern progress and artificiality while praising farmers, honesty, and simple manners amid economic change.
A discussion on Japan shifting from debtor to creditor, expanding manufacturing, and building commercial strength in the Pacific. It notes a large gold outflow from the United States to Japan totaling about 36 million dollars since 1914, with a 180 million dollar trade balance in Japan’s favor from August 1914 to March 1917, and argues Democratic tariff policy fuels Japan’s growing surplus and gold investments.
The piece argues American ships can be built and run as cheaply as foreign rivals if the government pays subsidies to cover the gap between high domestic land wages and lower international sea wages. The subsidy would go to mariners, not owners, and is framed as essential for defense by preserving a trained merchant marine and a protective tariff.
A policy critique argues income tax is fair at high earnings but burdensome for the poor. It urges a distinction between labor income and investment income and calls for relief for families with dependents during tough economic times.
The Chicago Journal protests the revenue bill noting oppressive postal rate changes and partial internal tax hikes. It opposes a revived tariff policy and questions the overall tax strategy and fiscal wisdom.
The piece argues deathbed repentance is a comforting but inadequate doctrine for national faith. It says only substantial action can unite the country and condemns Bryan and Bryanites for opposing efforts to prepare the nation for ongoing peril.
The speaker argues Mr. Wilsons cabinet was not a war cabinet and failed to reflect national wartime command. A reconstruction focused on wartime needs could improve efficiency and national resolve, aligning the administration with a higher tone and public confidence.
Reports from Canadian bank managers declare the farm as the chief wealth source, with high food demand and wartime gains. They urge securing land and expanding farm operations in Canada and the United States to meet future needs, promising opportunities in free and low priced lands. Canada promotes land acquisition to aid national recovery.
A fragment suggests a remark about a friend with high ambitions being an aviator, attributed to a Baltimore American context. The readable text centers on a persons ambition and occupation without further details.
An advertisement notes Cuticura products relieve sore hands quickly. It advises bathing hands in Cuticura Soap, rubbing in Cuticura Ointment, then removing surplus. a free sample offer and booklet are available by mail from Cuticura Dept. L Beaton.
Ridgway Penn a woman reports relief from seven months of backache and side pain after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. A Tennille Ga resident credits eight years of ill health and ulceration improvement to the remedy and praises its life saving effect. A note from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co invites readers to write for confidential advice to Lynn Massachusetts.
A dialogue recalls Mandy stating her husband claimed exemption from war service when registering. She explains he told officers that if drafted he would have no one to handle her weekly washings at home.
Indigestion prompts uneasy symptoms. Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills are advertised to stimulate digestion to function naturally. Ady.
The director asks if the actor registered and the actor replies yes and jokily adds on reel life. The passage features a few garbled phrases about housekeeping and business principles and miscued word fragments.
A New York artist visiting a former friend sights Hal Steins and other cattle. He admires the black and white pattern then asks if an all black Halstein would still be a Halstein or a Halfstein when fully black.
An unnamed observer notes that if Awan cannot account for his life setbacks he may turn to disinterested neighbors for enlightenment and guidance.
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