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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1912
Page
7
De Wolfe Hopper recounts a backstage joke about a husband whose wife, rich and fairly attractive, attracts another actor. The wife’s admirer is caught in an ardent, stealthy kiss and the husband, shocked, exclaims with feigned mercy that the rival “didn’t even have to.”
A newspaper man pressed Representative Slayden of Texas for access to the Democratic caucus on the Henry resolution to probe the money trust. Slayden declined saying it would be against his principles and that he never kiss and tell.
A twelve year old named Naturally Robert puzzled over a civics exam question on succession. He answered that the undertaker would officiate if the president vice president and cabinet members all died, a witty recall cited from Woman's Home Companion.
A California wife recounts how she abandoned coffee for Postum, noting improved sleep and nerves after months without coffee. She cites a friend's remark about headaches ending after stopping coffee and claims weight gain and insomnia eased after switching. The letter promotes Postum Co Battle Creek and the book The Road to Wellness.
A collage of brief items from Ohio towns: Joshua Smith dies at 76 on his Findlay birthday anniversary. Lorain women push suffrage society. Norwalk resident Matthew Grimmer dies after a fall. Akron raises wages for conductors and motormen. a Ravenna carriage train crash kills Sage Hurlbert and injures his wife. Portsmouth man Edward Toben drowns after job loss. Uniontown farmer Samuel C Young killed by straw stack collapse. Lancaster defense fund for Ruth poisoning case. Marysville Eveline Sands dies from burns. Steubenville accident injures Willie Harris. Mount Vernon sentences for Clarence and Charles Foster in burglary/larceny. Columbus treasurer returns conscience money. Elyria man saved from carbolic acid. Bowling Green fire devastates Pitkin & Brooks factory. Pomeroy death of Mrs Baer found. Youngstown to fund playgrounds with bond issue.
Attorneys for Senator L. R. Andrews who was convicted of accepting a $200 bribe from Burns detective Frank Harrison Smiley prepare to take the case to the Supreme Court if a new trial is denied by Judge Dillon. They argue entrapment of public officials is not clearly defined by the high court and distinguish this case from a Gal llpolis councilman decision. The defense says there is no evidence Andrews solicited a bribe and that entrapment rights do not extend to suspects not shown to solicit crime.
Bellefontaine Herman Pash, 21, shot and killed his father Henry Pash, 60, at the family farm west of town after a struggle in a bedroom where Mrs. Pash and three children were hidden. A revolver misfired before Herman grabbed a shotgun and fired, hitting Henry in the neck and severing the jugular vein. Herman is jailed. police say no case against him.
Light rain in Massillon led to costly derailment on the Pennsylvania lines. Two locomotives slid on a slick B&O crossing as an eastbound freight collided with a standstill train, rolling into a ditch and blocking both tracks, delaying all passenger trains for four hours including the 18 hour limited from New York to Chicago.
Mrs. Annie Raznor cared for her five children and dying husband in Youngstown after a seven month battle to provide medicine and food without asking authorities. A representative of the poor directors found them too late to save the husband.
Wooster reports Julius Jacot superintendent of Artesian SD learned his home burned this morning and his four children Julius 6 Ruth 4 Mary 3 Verna 111 months died in the blaze. No other details available. Mansfield inmate attack shows George Fletcher and William Jones slashing Frank Taylor at the Ohio State Reformatory. Taylor to recover.
In Columbus Judge J F Billingsley ruled that the estate of the late Gen James W Reilly of Wellsville Columbiana County valued about 150000 escheats to the state of Ohio on second decision. No appeal is expected by the heirs.
A medical advertisement extols Resinol Ointment as an instant remedy for eczema and itching eruptions. It cites a Dover New Hampshire physician praising the product and notes a 50 cent jar cured a patient who had spent $100 elsewhere. The ad promotes Resinol Ointment and Soap for skin inflammation and invites free samples from Department 85, Resinol Chemical Co., Baltimore, MD.
Sunday evening train ride crowds filled the cars as a boy named Tony Spurs stands by. Mrs. Jones helps him onto her knee and asks his age and name. The boy replies Twenty five and the scene ends with a jockey Tony Spurs collapsing to the floor to a scream.
A Chicago man confused by the program at Orchestra Hall, mistaking Mendelssohn's Wedding March for a familiar tune. A knowing woman corrected him by identifying the actual piece as Maiden's Prayer, revealing his limited classical knowledge.
Patrick, famed for a tightfisted boss, quips about a new suit. A wag taunts him, asking if the boss gave a brand new outfit. Pat replies that only part of a suit was provided, specifically the sleeves in the vest.
Fragmentary OCR passage blends remarks on a political candidate and a dentist with flippant social lines. It advertises Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets claiming to aid stomach and bowels, alongside musings on age and marriage.
A fragment discusses a product named Bromo Quinine as a laxative with claims of curing a cold in one day. It mentions a signature and attribution to B. W. GRO and asserts widespread use. The text includes quoted motivational lines and an unrelated Ruskin quote.
A witty exchange on women humorists and the comic voice compares a female writer to Artemus Ward. The joke centers on a typewriter spelling humor as sharp as Ward’s palmiest days, highlighting female humorists' rising presence.
Advertises Murine Marine Eye Remedy and Marine Eye Salve for eye irritation and granulated eyelids. Claims oculists compounded, not a patent medicine, sold by druggists at 2c and 50c per bottle and 25c and 50c for salve. published by Marine Eye Remedy Co Chicago.
A humorous quip contrasts Jones’s airship with past failures while a Paxton Toilet Co remedy promotes Paxtine antiseptic for pelvic catarrh. A saying about hay and umbrellas and a quip about Millennium era faiths close the snippet with a church sermon joke.
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