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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1921
Page
2
A conference in Omaha with 100000 union packing house workers voted on a wage and condition cut. New York Central to revise wages for about 43000 employees starting April 16. Postal savings deposits top 163.35 million by March 1. Harding asks Shipping Board to stay as if fully organized. Several nominations to commissions and budget cutbacks cited.
President Harding directs inquiry into wage and hour dispute involving packers and pack house unions. Secretary Davis telegrams to send two representatives from each side to aid the labor department in preventing a strike. Former War Secretary Newton Baker made a colonel in the Officers' Reserve corps judge advocate department.
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports Triest's Keblinger left for Triest awaiting State Department guidance after Fiume authorities refused to recognize the American consul. He was informed the move did not imply U S recognition of the current government.
Announcement that a block of stolen Liberty bonds worth 50000 dollars was sold for 25000 drew comment from Kings County District Attorney Lewis. He said such transactions have depressed regular market prices for Liberty bonds over the past two years.
The Airedale known as Newsy was the White House messenger at breakfast with President Harding. The dog, called Laddie Boy by some, carried the morning newspapers during a staged stunt that had run for several days. The dog’s flawless delivery made him the proudest pup in Washington.
Court of Appeals reverses Judge Levine ruling finding Safety Director Sprosty in contempt for allowing Cleveland firefighters to exceed an eight hour day. The appellate decision upholds broader discretionary scheduling by the department.
In Richmond on Broad street a fatal blaze at two furniture stores claimed five firefighters with four bodies recovered and one unidentified. More than 15 people injured and the property loss is estimated at about half a million dollars.
A Mexico City dispatch reports a special emissary from President Harding has arrived to present to President Obregon the conditions under which the United States will recognize the Mexican government.
Diplomatic exchanges with the American and Japanese governments on Yap Cable Center status leave the situation unchanged. It remains for the Harding Administration to dictate the next step.
A mob of about 50 men from Midway seized a jailed Black man from Woodford County Jail near Versailles Kentucky and hanged him from a tree two miles outside the city after forcing the jailer to surrender keys. The man had been charged with the murder of two white men at Midway. Four mob members reportedly entered the jail to awaken the prisoner.
St John Ervine argues in the New Republic that American minds show stronger literary appreciation than English minds. He notes Americans read more, farmers in the U S read widely, and English authors like Hardy Shaw Conrad Wells Bennett and Galsworthy hold strong appeal in America, while Dickens remains popular with older Americans but wanes with youth.
In a London Tit-Bits anecdote, Sergeant Parry once defended a cook charged with poisoning her master and won acquittal. The woman praised Parry as kind and vowed nightly prayers, while the eminent lawyer retorted that she may pray for him but will not cook for him.
Mrs. Flatbush suspects the maid may have violated a commandment. Her husband jokes that if she has not broken any it would be the only one she hasn’t broken. The dialog reflects a playful domestic tease.
In a tense exchange, the bailiff questions how to prove the defendant's insanity while Counselor Cubicle asserts his own proof is limited. He reminds Jimmy that he has appointed Cubicle as his attorney, signaling a pivotal moment in the trial.
Joseph A. York of Portland Maine says at sixty nine he gained sixteen pounds on Tanlac and now eats three meals daily for the first time in two years. He reports improved digestion nerves and strength and credits Tanlac with a new lease on life after other treatments failed. Tanlac is sold by leading druggists.
Senator Sorghum says he was not shocked by the principal witness's language and will not be swayed by the incident, insisting he remains unmoved by the charges and the inquiry. He dismisses nerves being wrecked by a conversational disturbance during the probe.
Lulu writes Horace to stop calling after warning that her father is cleaning his gun. The terse note implies danger or threat while stating the request clearly. The content centers on a personal confrontation and potential risk.
Grain and livestock prices listed for Cincinnati markets detailing Corn No 8 white 71 cents, oats No 2 white 48 cents, wheat No 2 red about $1.83 to $1.84, butter at 48 to 54 cents, hay Timothy around $17.98 per ton, clover mix $16 24, cattle prices by grade from steers to canners, calves, sheep and hogs with various values.
A landlord recounts a dream of owning the earth in a Boston Trans script, finding the idea impractical as tenants continuously leave and a rule against taking in babies fails to work.
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