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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1916
Page
2
Mothers favor California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative that cleanses the stomach liver and bowels without griping. A teaspoonful helps pass foul undigested waste and bile within hours, with directions for all ages on the bottle, sold for 50 cents.
A witty quip explains that the term shower likely comes from the driver shoving pedestrians off the street as they pass. The remark reflects playful street slang about early motor car usage.
Sir Thomas White outlines wartime tax plan taxing profits above seven percent for incorporated firms and ten percent for unincorporated ones with a quarter paid to the government. Transportation, banks, mining firms are included. life insurers and small agriculture or stock-raising entities are exempt. An apples and oils tariff increase is proposed, farming spared from direct taxation to fund war costs.
A dubious product named True Mustarine from Rey Medicine Co. of Roch claims fast asthma relief with rubdown over the chest at numerous instances. The ad markets the pale yellow box for about 26 cents and also touts uses for lumbago neuralgia and general aches.
An old newspaper ad promotes Grove's Tasteless Tonic claiming quinine boosts the liver blood and builds the whole system. It emphasizes tonic properties and lists a price of 50 cents.
A man smokes cigarettes and wears distinctive spex in a scene that hints at a dramatic mood. No further details or outcomes are provided in the readable text.
Ohio counties will form junior contest clubs for corn and domestic science. Clarke, director, calls meetings April 22 at 10 a.m. to elect two representatives per county to join the state fair week in Columbus. Elections set for July 15 and clubs aim to promote civic, economic, and farm life education statewide.
A comprehensive flood protection plan for Dayton and the Miami valley was presented to the Miami Conservancy Board. Led by Ed ward A. Deeds Gordon Rentschler and Henry Allen the project by Morgan Engineering costs about 23 million dollars and spans three years. It outlines five detention basins at Taylorsville Lockington Englewood Harshman Huffman and Germantown with drainage assignments for the Miami river Mad river Stillwater and Twin creek.
Circleville Ohio Sears and Nichols Canning Company of Chillicothe filed incorporation papers for 1.5 million dollars with 1 million in common stock and 500 thousand in preferred. Incorporators include Wayne Caldwell James Reichelderfer Walter J Sears Clarence Sears F M Nichols and J A Poland. The new firm will purchase Sears and Nichols at Chillicothe Scioto Canning at Ashville Ohio and Newcastle Indiana.
Charles F F Campbell executive secretary of the state commission for the blind outlined a comprehensive survey of Ohio blind work before the Cincinnati Blind Conference. He showed over 100 stereopticon slides including Cincinnati scenes to illustrate how the welfare of the sightless is being advanced.
In Portsmouth Ohio thirty Portsmouth high school students walked out after the faculty refused a holiday celebration for winning the Southern Ohio basketball title. The strike led to suspensions for the rest of the week and police were summoned to disperse the group as they tried to recruit the full student body.
The Ohio branch of the League to Enforce Peace was organized in Columbus with Dr. W. O. Thompson of Ohio State University as president. Arthur B. Morgan serves as secretary and Stephen F. Weston as treasurer. Former President Taft is president of the league. Executive committee members include James Kilbourne, David Davis, Samuel Mather, Charles P. Thwing, H. C. King, Gen. J. Warren Kiefer, William Rodgers, J. D. Schmidlapp, Judge J. M. Killitts, F. H. Rike, Joseph G. Butler Jr., Myron T. Herrick.
In Cleveland two hundred forty city waterworks laborers walked to city hall demanding a minimum wage of 2.50 dollars per day. The roundup of reports also notes Hooven industrial leader John Clinton Hooven’s death in Hamilton and other Ohio items from Toledo to Dayton including an electrical accident in Youngstown and a moving picture theater ruling in Chillicothe.
The state spends about two thirds of its budget on charities hospitals penal and correctional institutions and on highways. Revenue mainly comes from business taxes 18 percent property taxes 14 percent liquor and cigarette taxes with the rest from miscellaneous sources. The state board recommends pardons and reforms affecting inmates and mentions related cases and ongoing investigations across Franklin Clermont Cuyahoga Marion and Guernsey counties. Conversations also cover mothers pensions and child support rules as interpreted by the attorney general.
Mrs. G. O. Lowery of Denison Texas reports severe female troubles with chills hot flashes and dizzy spells she says Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound improved her condition after three doses and she credits the remedy with ending her affliction and improving her life.
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