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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1922
Page
6
Dorothy and Ted uncover a thirty year feud between Grandfather Alden and Grandmother Alden over dining room decor. After illness brings the couple to reconciling, letters reveal a shared compromise: carved oak with Spanish leather, chosen as a middle ground among family plans and memories.
Lord Clarendon among English elites who smoked cigarettes from his Madrid ambassadorship era, a habit noted by biographers as a quiet staple of his papers routine. The third duke of Sutherland stirred society by strolling Hyde Park with a cigar, an act seen as a social crime in mid Victorian days and the first to openly defy such unwritten rules.
The passage from J W Robertson Scott's The Foundation of Japan tells of a peasant in famine who owned the village’s sole unbroken bale of rice. He starved himself rather than waste the grain, hoping for sowing in spring, and died with the bale unopened, a potential hero in history.
A playful quip from a Boston Transcript excerpt shows a father and son discussing why the earth behaves like a school state. The punchline notes that boys and girls multiply on it, reflecting a lighthearted educational joke from the era.
A brief excerpt from the Louisville Courier Journal features dialogue with a minister and references to a rascal and conduct. It presents a playful, ironic exchange embedded in a newspaper page.
Vacation wardrobe advice favors light travel with minimal luggage. Frocks in organdie, swiss, voile and sheer fabrics dominate, with two stylish outfits shown. White organdie with dark blue swiss and a navy twill suit illustrate cool color combos and versatile travel wear for summer journeys.
C G Abbot assistant secretary of the Smithsonian discusses the habitability of worlds in the annual report. He says Venus may support life and could reflect light with clouds and moisture, while dismissing Mars life claims and noting likely nonhabitable Moon Sun Mercury. He outlines which planets might host life and cites Mars as a frigid, desert-like world. He notes outer planets are gaseous and Mercury is too extreme to support life.
George Kennan interviews tenement boy impressions of E H Harriman the railroad financier. The youth calls Harriman a great man and notes his wealth a couple thousand and a house all to himself implying luxury beyond the boy’s view.
The National City Bank analyzes 1920 census figures showing more factory workers than farmers for the first time. It argues farming gains from a rising rural market and becoming a bigger buyer of manufactured goods, urging discouraged farmers to stay in agriculture.
A bright three year old on a westbound trip to visit her grandfather witnesses a tense spar between taxi and hotel drivers in a Middle West city. She whispers to her mother a sly call to “Muaver get daddy let’s win” implying a veiled insult about a man who won’t go to his house.
A humorous exchange from the Boston Evening Transcript notes Mrs Gabbins at a crossroads after her two daughters marry. Each son in law prefers a different city for her, Springfield for one and Brooklyn for the other, with the Brooklyn son-in-law secretly favoring Springfield and vice versa.
In London Answers a reader notes that fashionable people wear last year’s clothes and advises tailors to place patches in new raincoats so they remain discreet.
William Richard former American Numismatic Society vice president asserts he owns a Tanjur or Sacred Book of Doctrine of the Tibetans printed over 1 000 years ago with movable type thus predating the Gutenberg Bible by centuries He reports discovering it in China San skrit Devanagari manuscript and a single other Tanjur exists in the American Museum of Natural History The value varies by ink with red black silver yellow or gold editions and a 1796 Kienlung copy was once valued at 6500
A Chicago Journal quip ties soda fountain chatter to fashion, noting that straws reveal which girls attract attention. The soda-fountain boy observes pretty painted lips and clever straw use as a signal, suggesting the poem about a prettiest girl drinking soda through a straw began with this idea.
Fraulein Dr. Munk of Berlin appeared as defendant counsel in a German criminal court, the first time a woman acted as attorney in such a case. Her performance sparked debate on women lawyers, with some predicting gentler courtroom exchanges and others suggesting sharper repartee.
Peru shows rising industrial activity led by textiles. Local cotton and wool production supports profitability, with cottonseed oil, soap, and cocaine manufacturing also important. Mills produce sailcloth, filerpress cloth, towels, and other heavy goods. 1015 looms yield about 15 million yards annually. woolen industry expected to grow.
Progress dialogue notes signs of improvement in Crimson Gulch with thieves and robbers shifting roles as Hoss thieves vanish and taxicab robbers appear. The exchange highlights a frontier town tone and evolving crime landscape.
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