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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1916
Page
2
A health ad promotes drinking hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims daily internal cleansing prevents constipation bilious attacks and nervous days and suggests a quarter pound of limestone phosphate for demonstration of cleansing effects.
The Horseless Age notes only five automobiles in British North Borneo and 2,400,000 in the United States. This contrast explains the absence of gasoline millionaires in North Borneo, as reported by the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
An ad touts Cuticura skin remedies with free samples by mail and guidance to clear pores, followed by light humor lines about actors and a Hanford’s Balsam of Myrrh sales note. It includes a brief exchange about seasonal activity and a cartoon caption from the New York Sun.
An old time laxative ad promotes California Syrup of Figs as a gentle, effective bowel cleanser for children. It claims to spare protests of castor oil and calomel, promising a 50 cent bottle with full dosage directions for all ages and even adults.
Lima officials face a clash over treatment for drug addicts as State Hospital for the Criminal Insane capacity stands at 1000 with 684 inmates. Inspector Harrington urged opening the facility to treat and cure users, while Superintendent Clark argued the hospital cannot expand and would be overwhelmed by a larger patient load. He noted the need for individualized care for violent offenders and the impracticality of doubling up.
The Newark convention of the Young Men’s Christian Association adjourned after two days with an address by Dr. Emory W. Hunt of Newton Center Massachusetts. The executive committee will choose next meeting location. Five fiscal trustees were elected led by W C Thomas of Ohio State University. Ten state committee members were named including Foster Copeland Columbus and H A Worcester Cincinnati.
Gordon Rentchler and S. M. Goodman met with several individuals to discuss the probable value of property to be acquired for the flood prevention plan widening the Miami river in Hamilton.
In Springfield Ohio a fire at the Inskeep Glove factory sent four women leaping from a second story window. Esther Ellis Mrs Clara Horn Myrtle Brumson and Mrs Ethel Strawser suffered serious injuries including a broken hip internal injuries and leg injuries.
Beginning March 1 employees in Marion and nearby Marion Ohio will receive a wage increase in the mechanical department of the Erie railroad. Boilermakers machinists pipe fitters car men coppersmiths and tinsmiths will gain about one to two cents an hour. About 350 workers are affected.
Mr and Mrs G H Cater of Port Huron Michigan were found dead in a Piqua boarding house from carbon monoxide poisoning. They had slept in a room with a natural gas fire burning. Cater was son of Captain George H Carter of the Pere Marquette car ferry service. The couple married only a few months ago.
W J Mortal, publisher of the Somerset Press, was re-elected president of the Buckeye Press Association at its annual meeting in Columbus. Re-elected officers include W R Cochran of Dresden as secretary and Olive B Mackana of Plain City as treasurer.
Two hundred delegates from the Central Electric Railway association and allied supply concerns attend the Dayton convention. President Charles L. Henry and City Manager Henry L. Waite speak on public utilities and government relations. Henry predicts a rosier future for electric railways despite jitney competition and tight business conditions.
The Ohio Hardware Association with about 1500 delegates opened its Cleveland convention with a reception and a hardware show. Col John J. Sullivan gave the welcome, followed by remarks from President H B McGrath. Other speakers included C A Jewett and Lleweylyn E Pratt. An executive session featured Charles W Burrows on the National One Cent Letter Postage.
Chris Bevan, 31, struck a match to light his pipe and caused an explosion from a cellar gas leak that destroyed the Steubenville home. He and his wife saved their two children, ages eight and four, from the blaze despite severe burns to Bevan.
Buckeye brevities recounts injuries from street car collision in Dayton with five hurt. Prohibitionists plan a July state convention to pick delegates for St Paul. A boy, eight, revived after canal immersion near Massillon. Riverside blast furnace to restart in Steubenville with 850 men. Mingo addition to begin in March. Denison fraternities confined to home due to Scarlet fever. Carnegie Steel to restart Riverside plant and add blast furnace at Mingo. Youngstown rioters from Pittsburg & Lake Erie arrested plead guilty to rioting. Blakeslee village votes 38 for sale of intoxicants and 28 against whetted by Beal law.
President Wilson defends American rights on the high seas against a proposed bill to bar travel on bel ligerent armed merchantmen. He warns that yielding would stain national honor and undermine international law. The letter to Senator Stone emphasizes peace, sovereign equality, and the need to avoid expediency in wartime policy.
British steamer Westburn captured by German raider Moewe outside Santa Cruz and scuttled by her crew after being ordered to leave Canary waters. German captain, with 205 prisoners, returns to port as internment looms.
David R. Francis, former Missouri governor and interior secretary in Cleveland's cabinet, told President Wilson he would accept the ambassadorship to Russia to replace the resigned George Marge. A Senate nomination will follow after Russian acceptability is checked. He met with Senator Reed and plans talks with Secretary Lansing.
Berlin story reports Admiral von Pohl died in the capital at sixty one, shortly after his retirement from command of the German high seas fleet due to ill health. The announcement said he had retired two days earlier.
In Laredo Texas on February 26 a pay car for the National railways was robbed of thirty thousand dollars. Several railway employees have been arrested on suspicion.
Amsterdam reports German losses on the Ypres front over the last three weeks totaling 17,000 men per the Telegraaf.
Mrs. Dewitt Sinsebauh of West Danby New York credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with steadying nervous symptoms and aiding four daughters. The ad touts sleeplessness irritability backache and other female derangements as helped by the tonic drawn from native roots and herbs. A separate quip notes a wrist watch being concealed up his sleeve in a light joke.
The quote contrasts public sentiment with a sharp remark about Wall Street, noting disdain for bullfights and bear pits in the country while suggesting financial markets resemble brutal arenas. The line frames economic critique through a provocative comparison.
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