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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1916
Page
3
An old style advertisement urges Cascarets to cleanse stomach and regulate bowels, claiming 10 cent boxes prevent headache biliousness and indigestion. It contrasts Cascarets with salts cathartics Castor oil and purgatives, and notes a pediatrician in Harrisburg, Pa.
Public notice for Cuticura emollients offering free samples by mail. Claims include skin freshness, dandruff and crust relief, and soft hands. Ends with address to Cuticura Dept. Ly Boston and note that the product is sold everywhere.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph item centers on a shopkeeper and a customer debating an antique’s age. The dealer protests the bidder’s suspicion as the date is revealed to be misread but corrected, noting an assistant’s error with 1219 versus 1912.
A constituent wrote daily for garden seed and peas. The congressman sent six more pea packages asking if the state would be planted in peas. The reply soon followed stating the seeds are for soup and requesting more.
A man recalls early coffee use by his mother and how caffeine caused nervousness and sleep loss until he switched to Postum. He reports improved sleep and no headaches after adopting Postum, praising it to coffee drinkers. Postum Cereal and Instant Postum are marketed by Postum Co. at Battle Creek Michigan with grocers selling both forms.
A compact verse fragment portrays Misfail Frewing with clear streamlike calm and a thrash like early call. It blends tenderness and elusiveness, suggesting a dreamlike humor beneath the surface.
The article recounts how the harp and the green flag symbolize Irish identity. It links the harp to Dagda and legends, notes its spread among freemen, and ties Ireland’s emblem to American history with early seal designs featuring a harp. It ends by associating Yankee Doodle with Irish folk tune tradition.
President Wilson faces pressure from peace and church groups amid a war stalemate. Critics doubt a peace push now would succeed as central powers gain from current gains while Allied nations fear territorial losses and prestige. Debate grows in Congress over diplomacy and preparedness, with a likely compromise on a larger regular army and a federally funded militia system.
British travelers at Saloniki may visit the birthplace of Alexander the Great in the nearby district. The London Chronicle notes only a lingering name of Pella, the ancient Macedonian city where Alexander was born.
A Derbyshire man in Ambergate trains foxes to catch rats claiming they outperform dogs. The article notes the unusual method and local interest in this animal training.
The text notes Hogarth visited the site in 1867 and found the plateau above the marsh now turned to plow land. Fragments of marble and moldings along with many coins have been turned up periodically.
A quip contrasts Nero’s rumored inaction during Rome’s blaze with the idea critics would be distracted by other matters. The remark suggests a provocative rationale for historic indifference and public spectacle.
An advertisement urges drinking a glass of hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate each morning to “cleanse” the stomach, liver, kidneys, and intestines. It claims this internal bath prevents headaches, digestive woes, and sour meals, and promotes overall health.
A dramatized dialogue notes misdiagnosed distress from poor circulation. The husband is a newspaper proprietor. The scene promotes Dr. Pierce's Pellets as a laxative and cathartic, claiming one pellet for laxative and three for cathartic use.
In a wry aside, a columnist notes one garment professional athletes should adopt but largely do not. The punchline rests on the idea that wearing jumpers would suit their needs and public image. It frames fashion as a practical athletic accessory.
Boston man George McLeod credits Varnesis with removing eight years of rheumatic pain after using the remedy. He says back pain, stiffness, and leg weakness disappeared after a few doses and urges others to try Var-ne-sis, advertised as a free rheumatism newspaper.
A humor notable exchange asks if a daughter's father was generous with his wedding gift and notes he gave three dozen eggs. A cover price of Robinson Crusoe for Prince John is listed at $150 and King Nicholas of Montenegro is said to have a fortune around $20 million.
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