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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1907
Page
3
A horticulturist derides robins as overrated pests noting they eat worms and berries, raid nests, lure cats, and observing their red breast is actually brown. He prefers the English Sparrow and argues robins threaten garden balance with extensive feeding and predation.
From Cape Town comes a report of widespread poultry killings in Stellenbosch when angry bees in Klapmuts attacked turkeys geese ducks and fowls after hives were attacked by a mothij. The farmer and workers endured a rough afternoon until sulphur smoke smoked out and exterminated the bees. One colored servant became unrecognizable in the melee and cattle and horses were safe in the veld.
The three month Torrey Alexander mission in Philadelphia cost 36365 dollars. Payments to Torrey Alexander and team totaled 4300 dollars. Rent for two armories and the Academy of Music was 10675 dollars. Fitting up armories amounted to 12258.29 dollars. Postage printing advertising stenographers and clerical work brought total to 36365 dollars.
Mr. 8 M Pickens ships 12 game cocks to Mexico at eight dollars each and has orders for 100 at five dollars and 50 at eight dollars totaling 996 dollars. He gathers 150 birds for the 996 order from his county stock. Breeds are Ginngrays and Warhorse, noted as excellent pit cocks bred to stand steel.
A home remedy recipe promotes Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla to boost blood supply. It advises shake and take after meals and at night, claims gentle action and quick relief for rheumatism and chronic backache, and notes ingredients are cheaply available at pharmacies.
An assortment of old advertisements touts Putnam faceless dyes for bright colors, Mrs Winslow soothing syrup for teething, bromide laxatives, Garfield Tea for digestion, Kline nerve remedy, and Allcock plasters. Also notes about Manila building permits and a courtroom joke about an exploded Runabout car. The ads push cures, tonics, and self improving claims with sensational language.
A reflective maxim contrasts pride's basis in self respect with vanity's drive for external admiration, noting that the latter may cost one's self esteem and dignity regardless of others' opinions.
An old advertised remedy claims to cure hot sweating calloused and swollen feet. Sold by druggists for 25 cents. Trial package is free. Address Allen S. Olmstead Le Roy New York. Also a quip on hospitality about inviting guests and having meals prepared.
James Grieve from Borchilly Glenquoich in Glengarry born January 1 1800 is described as Scotland's oldest living Scot. He was a shepherd until recently and recalls events from nearly a century. He married in 1822 and has 14 children, three of whom survive.
A Postum cereal contest offers 325 cash prizes for truthful letters describing experiences with coffee to Postum, methods of making Postum, and effects seen. Judges from outside the company will decide. deadlines set for June 1, 1997. prizes include gold pieces and greenbacks to top 325 writers.
Dr. Max Nordau writes on French Judaism, noting that the number of observant Jews may be small. He argues that if Judaism is treated merely as a religion, widespread indifference could erode Jewish faith in France.
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