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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1926
Page
3
The Home Seeker offers a free Fred copy listing farm owners, land prices, and descriptions for any chosen state. Readers are instructed to deal directly with owners with no charge, mailing address at 880 Peoples Building, St. Louis Missouri.
The St John district in Quebec moves to create a new city named Arvida in connection with the Chateau Caron water power development. Officials anticipate a population of at least 30,000 upon completion.
Advertisement urges readers to add Cuticura Talcum to toilet requisites praising its powder and perfume for face skin baby and dusting. Promotes Cuticura Trio Soap Ointment and Talcum priced 25c each available everywhere.
A satirical riff exposes a smooth talking swindler pitching a Golconda oil stock promising a 30 day fortune. Festus Peters dismisses the scheme, reflecting a skeptical investor mindset. A health ad for Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills at 372 Pearl St New York closes the item.
A buyer and seller dispute a land sale described as meadow. The buyer asserts land is unusable due to stones, causing hens to have sore feet. The Vancouver Province frames it as a sharp exchange over property quality. The quote highlights misleading characterization and practical impact.
A Canadian farmer and inventor, Murray Compton, who created the improvised China Wall to protect troops near Ypres in 1916, dies after a swift fall from hero to condemnation. His device reduced casualties but later brought harsh scrutiny as the war effort faced a deadly German offensive.
In the Ypres defense a Canadian officer named Compton led a reserves unit behind a wall of sandbags. The German bombardment shattered the China wall and killed or wounded nearly every defender. Compton survived the onslaught but suffered lasting nerve damage and later died after returning to Canada.
Los Angeles reports Dr. Thomas A. Jagger, government volcanologist, unveils a home earthquake annunciator. A simplified seismograph sits in a basement with a visible indicator at a convenient location, enabling early tremor alerts to mitigate damage.
Vancouver readers learn the Kootenay headwaters area is returning as a premier big game region. Wardens report elk moose deer caribou mountain sheep goats and multiple bear species attract sport hunters within six to eight miles of the Banff Windermere corridor.
The French term bifteck on restaurant menus is commonly believed to mean beefsteak but actually covers a range of steak preparations. The note highlights how diners encounter the word morning and night, inviting clarification on its precise meaning.
Provincial game wardens taught fear of the law and the result is a wildlife surge unseen by old settlers. Elk and caribou numbers rise as game multiplies. The infamous blue moose, bought by William II before the war and now in a German museum, was slain in this country.
Scores of visitors at a prominent New York hotel stepped over more than $2,600 in bank notes dropped in the lobby. F H Maguire, a racing man who misplaced the money, notified detectives. they found the roll untouched.
William B. Leeds of Del Monte California, a millionaire, has received a $199 telephone bill after a 29 minute call to his wife Princess Xenia of Greece who is in New York.
Japanese researcher Dr Onaga reports parathyroid extract may accelerate bone repair. swallowed or injected, the extract is claimed to raise calcium and phosphate in blood serum, aiding bone formation and possibly mending fractures in elderly patients.
A Kansas City woman golfer recounts sparing a meadow lark nest on a difficult shot. The anecdote humorously contrasts the bird’s nesting site with golf etiquette and the narrator’s sensitivity to the situation.
A five acre El Monte California lion farm houses about 75 lions planted among tropical shrubs. The lion farmer sells his stock on the hoof to motion pictures, zoos and circuses, making the operation one of the most interesting farms in the United States.
The quotation notes that a writer craves publicity but prefers it to come from readers themselves. It implies endorsement and lasting visibility achieved by audience engagement rather than external promotion.
At the Roechling steel works in Wetzlar Germany artificial diamonds are produced with some economic success. They measure 9.9 on the hardness scale versus 10 for natural diamonds and are made from an alloy of wolframite. The artificial gems compare well in work and luster to genuine stones and can be manufactured at a reasonable cost on a commercial scale. A man's task is always light if his heart is light.
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