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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1921
Page
8
Gen Charles G Dawes takes the budget post in Washington with a plan to draft leading businessmen to help him run the budget and cut billions in appropriations. Other Washington moves include Penrose pushing Treasury authority and Germany promising to release seized property.
Belfast reports a Ulster Cabinet meeting called by Sir James Craig to respond swiftly to Prime Minister Lloyd George’s invitation for a conference. Sinn Fein leaders in Dublin debate the letter while Cardinal Logue questions the usefulness of talks amid calls to release moderates.
Attorney General Price filed a suit in local County Courts against William H. Young road contractor and surety bondsmen Maryland Casualty and National Surety Companies. It alleges Young, on May 19, 1916, won a contract to improve a Guernsey County road for 105 541 dollars and that the state incurred costs totaling 279 076 dollars.
The League of Nations Council awarded the Aland Islands in the Baltic Sea to Finland. The islands will be neutralized militarily and population gain guarantees were recommended by the commission member Abram L Bikus of the United States. Hjalmar Branting of Sweden protested but agreed to recognize the decision.
Washington, President Harding, after greeting more than 1 500 delegates at the American Institute of Homeopathists convention, faced a proposed resolution to exempt future presidents from handshakes. The proposal was defeated as speakers argued the president should attend to his duties.
Washington report: House passes Senate bill to deposit government funds in Federal Farm Loan Banks to help them function, authorizing a fund range from 50 million dollars down to 25 thousand dollars. The measure aims to stabilize farm credit and ensure banks can operate efficiently nationwide.
Dr D D Murphy a negro religious leader of the Live and Never Die sect was killed on the third floor of a Disston avenue house after hours of a police siege. Two policemen and a woman Elizabeth Appelle were wounded as Murphy fired at officers before he was shot. firemen aided with water and bullets to the structure.
At a Hawaiian Historical Society meeting W D Westervelt argued for a common South American root for Hawaiians Bushmen Australians and Alaska Indians. He cited totem poles as evidence of shared belief systems and suggested early migrants traced tribal histories after wash ashore canoes.
Freddy Clyde waits on the front walk to watch moving vans. He asks for the mistress table Mrs Clyde mentioned, mishearing it as a “miserable table” and seeks to see it. The scene captures a child’s humorous misunderstanding during a family move.
The article explains steel rails expand and contract with heat and cold. An 80 foot rail can change length by about three quarters of an inch. The space between rail ends causes a clicking sound when trains move fast and is vital for safe railway operation.
A domestic dialogue features a wife admiring a skirt while the husband questions its length for a kilt. The light exchange centers on clothing style and cultural expectations within a casual home setting.
A terse exchange unfolds within Harvard Lampoon about narrowing minds and the call for reading broader works. The dialogue pits a paternal professor against an insipid instructor with Widener referenced as a backdrop.
The Cincinnati market lists prices for hay and grain including corn No 2 white 68 68 c and No 2 yellow 63 e, sound hay Timothy per ton 14, clover mixed 18, Wheat red No 2 1.40 1.48, eggs extra firsts 25¢, and dairy values for butter and creamery extras. Live poultry and cattle values show steers 7 to 8.25, heifers 6.50 to 8, calves 7 to 10, sheep 8.4 to 1.60, lambs 11.5 to 7.5, hogs 8.25 to 9, and sows 5 to 7.25.
Ohio items report Charles Tuthill, 14, drowned in the Scioto at Columbus. Jail escapes, a Youngstown electric death, Toledo hospital injury, and a fatal car crash are detailed along with political, legal, and civic events across Cleveland, Springfield, Newark, Alliance, and other Ohio cities.
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