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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1920
Page
3
An advertisement touts Danderine as a hair tonic that promises longer, thicker, shinier hair and restored color and vitality for lifeless, thinning, or scraggly tresses. Priced at five cents, the bottle is marketed to refresh scalp and prevent hair loss.
An old advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a harmless rheumatism liniment to rub on the affected joints muscles and bones. It claims quick relief from pain stiffness and conditions like sciatica lumbago backache and neuralgia without internal treatment and urges readers to try a small bottle from any drug store.
A fragment discusses Polson's wife as an awful talker and his skill as a good listener. It includes an ad urging a Roman Eye Balm for eye inflammations and a humorous line about a wife praising a husband who finds his slippers.
An advertisement for Hall’s Catarrh Medicine touts internal use to cure catarrh by improving mucous membranes and overall health. It promises a $100 reward for any case not cured and provides testimonials and credit to J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. A separate quip on men's vanity appears after the medical copy.
An advertisement promotes Cascarets as a mild natural tonic that supports liver function and cleanses the bowels without harsh laxatives. It claims the product works while you sleep, costs little, and targets constipation and related ailments, noting twenty five million boxes sold annually.
A short exchange captures a lively morning mood with Maud praising the keen air and a four year old feeling, while Belle remarks on appearance. The Boston Transcript notes no excuse for the dyspeptic person with Garfield Tea accessible at every drug store per the Advertiser.
A light exchange notes the strategy of delaying snow removal until warmer weather allows a thorough thaw. The conversation hints at practical limits and timing for city maintenance.
Seek the Bayer Cross on every package and tablet to ensure genuine Aspirin. The ad claims Bayer tablets are safe for colds headaches toothache neuritis and general pain with proper directions, sold in tins of 12 and in larger packages by druggists.
A witty exchange plays on hair color and crow imagery with a jab about crow’s feet. The remark uses playful contrast between dye and aging lines to tease a companion.
Advertisement urges readers to use Othine double strength to remove freckles A nightly and morning application promises fading or removal of all freckles The ad notes most cases need only one ounce and guarantees money back if the product fails to remove freckles
United States Department of Agriculture data show 78 cooperative bull associations were active on July 1, 1919, up 34 from 1918. The South leads in new formations with twenty associations. Mississippi and North Carolina follow, reflecting strong dairy herd improvements through cooperative purchasing of high producing bulls.
A National Geographic bulletin notes reports that Bolshevik forces have taken Bokhara, a strategic khanate in central Asia famed for its 364 mosques, ornate bazaars, silk robes, and a long railway link toward the Afghan frontier. The city, busy with ceremonial mullahs and vibrant crafts, sits as a key Pan-Turanian center second only to Baku.
The caretaker of a dairy herd should recognize common cattle diseases and may use home treatment with vet help when needed. Observation helps detect illness early, allowing simple remedies to prevent progression. Prevention is cheaper, and keeping drugs and equipment such as Epsom salts and a milk fever kit is advised.
The notes stress proper feed induction to boost milk, emphasize caring for a bull, and claim feeding and tending a bull can be as valuable as a cow. It urges thoughtful calf pen placement to minimize temperature variations and notes milking is dirty but cautions against letting dirt enter the milking process.
An artist notices a striking portrait in a park corner and asks whose picture it is. A woman replies it belongs to her husband, then deadpan quips that it too was hung with fatal effect, prompting the artist to stop his observations.
Early rubber goods faced problems from heat causing expansion or contraction. Daniel Webster who helped Goodyear in patent cases joked about a cold weather India rubber cloak left on the porch with a hat on it, mistaken by passersby for the Sage of Marshfield.
Corn prices ranged from No 2 white 1.65 to No 3 yellow 1.58 while No 2 mixed 1.58 and white and yellow ear quotes 1.56 to 1.60. Hay prices steady at 32 per ton and oats mixed around 0.94 to 0.95. Butter and eggs firm with various fresh dairy quotes and live poultry and cattle ranges listed with exact bid prices for steers, heifers, cows, calves and hogs.
In a playful exchange, Hewitt asks about untold wealth while Jewett recalls dreaming of being rich enough to sandbag a man with sugar, a surreal image framed as a light conversational vignette.
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as the easy solution for dyeing any fabric. It promises rich, fadeless color on wool, silk, linen, cotton, or blends and notes a direction book in the package. The copy urges buyers to view the Diamond Dye Color Card at the dealer.
A harbor porter finds romance during shore leave but is thwarted by a bluecoat's ban on public affection. The scene shifts to Pennsylvania Station and street crowds in New York and Philadelphia express crowds as the couple bid each other farewell. A bystander in the crowd cautions the gob about local trains leaving.
The Government of India has asked chambers of commerce to help maintain seven aircraft centers in Bombay Calcutta Madras Karachi Delhi Nagpur and Rangoon. These centers would support all air routes across India and Burma.
A witty comparison notes how winter days vanish swiftly with comments on time moving as quickly as a ton of coal.
A home hair darkening remedy mixes Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine with water to apply twice weekly. It promises gradual shade changes, soft glossy hair, and a non greasy finish. Also notes Russians avoid pigeons for religious reasons and promotes Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills for stomach liver and bowel regulation.
Ancient mummy dubbed Old Jimmy lies behind a Mansion House church door. The rector seeks ideas on disposal as provenance remains unclear after being moved during the 1666 Great Fire to avoid danger. The preserved figure shows eyes hair nose teeth and ribs, with a glass lid once opened.
A woman asserts a cloven breath implicates a figure linked to a scandal function called pink tea Eva, a sobriquet for the event, in a case involving social intrigue and alleged misconduct.
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