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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1920
Page
7
A patient recalls severe female troubles with displacements causing fainting and disability. After consulting doctors, she sought Lydia E. Pinkham remedies and reports feeling better, asserting surgery was unnecessary. The letter cites numerous similar testimonies urging readers to request Pinkham medicine guidance.
In a blunt exchange a restaurant patron complains of higher steak prices and smaller portions. The manager cites meat scarcity as the cause, reflecting rising costs affecting dining in Buffalo.
Advertiser touts Cascarets as a gentle overnight laxative that cleans liver and bowels, relieves head dizziness coated tongue bad breath and sour stomach. Claims to be milder than Salts Oil Calomel or harsh pills and works while you sleep.
A playful exchange centers on a remark about a man being a worm of the dust. The dialogue contrasts romantic interest with eccentric ideas, highlighting the caller’s witty line about a worm with the dust and the partner’s indifference to such notions.
A long list of Ohio events includes a murder sentence in Youngstown, a 103rd birthday in Elyria, a fatal fall aboard a Lima to Cincinnati engine, bank box heists near Hamilton, rate talks for Akron telephone service, and various legal, political, and criminal items across Toledo, Cleveland, Columbus, and beyond. The roundup covers fires, accidents, retirements, and local developments.
A vintage ad promises Diamond Dyes for all fabrics and items from dresses to feathers with a guide inside the package. It touts a guaranteed rich fadeless color and offers a Diamond Dye Color Card and dealer demonstrations.
A satirical dialogueQuestions the claim that women vote as their husbands do. It notes that the argument assumes married status to predict women voters, suggesting non married women would not follow such influence.
An advertisement promises instant relief from head colds and catarrh by applying Bly’s Cream Balm in the nostrils. The antiseptic cream allegedly soothes inflamed mucous membranes, clears air passages, and ends snuffling and dryness with a small bottle bought at a druggist.
A fragmentary item notes someone warning about alarming symptoms described as meretricious to Ma and asks if it is catching. The brief indicates a domestic scene with anxious chatter and a concern about a contagious condition.
A testimonial ad from Terre Haute in Indianapolis area claims Milks Emulsion cures stomach catarrh indigestion and constipation. It promotes appetite restores bowel action and supports strength with a spoonable emulsion. money back guarantee offers six bottles. Sold by druggists nationwide.
A playful exchange centers on a baby’s resemblance to the mother, with one speaker remarking the baby has the mother’s nose. The other replies the infant should refrain from poking into others’ business.
Advertisement promotes St Jacobs Oil as a quick remedy for rheumatism and sore joints. Claims it penetrates to ease pain instantly without internal treatment and urges readers to try a small trial bottle from any drug store. Also says it has cured millions and helps sciatica, neuralgia, lumbago, backache, and sprains.
A fragment from a marriage exchange shows a husband noting he did not suffer dyspepsia after their wedding and a wife claiming she liked his cooking enough at that time. The lines imply tension and consequences arising from the earlier union.
An advertisement touts Calotabs as a cure for flu and colds. It promises quick relief with a single bedtime dose and a refreshed liver next morning, claiming a five cent sealed bottle price and a money refund option.
A quoted reflection by Samuel Smiles praises cheerfulness as an essential wintry quality and the bright weather of the heart, framing it as a steady virtue guiding daily life.
A garbled home remedy claims to darken gray hair by mixing water glycerine and various powders. It markets a cheap mixture said to gradually stain and coat hair without greying, though the text is unclear on exact ingredients and instructions.
A Wilkes Barre convent fire killed one nun and seriously burned or injured nine others among sixty four residents. Mother Theresa died from burns as the blaze struck a three story stone building opposite St Marys Church. Sister Casimir saved the Blessed Sacrament by clinging to a ledge until Firemen rescued her.
Samuel Gompers, writing in The American Federationist, says labor will focus on defeating candidates hostile to labor. He pledges a truth and reason based campaign to safeguard democracy and the welfare of the nation, and decries abuse of injunctions as a threat to labor rights.
In Newark two gangs led by Arturo Papalardo and Patsy Benenanto clashed in a local restaurant. Both leaders died as a result of the gun battle. a third participant was hospitalized in serious condition. Police note long standing enmity between the factions.
The National Inter-Church Committee announces a coalition of about twenty Protestant denominations controlling 70 percent of the movement will spend over 10 million dollars to combat Red doctrine nationwide. Former Secretary of State Robert Lansing serves as honorary chairman.
A violent rainstorm and unprecedented hail battered Havana, flooding homes in lower districts and stopping streetcar service for about two hours. The Spanish liner Cadiz broke from its moorings but was saved by prompt aid. The storm marked a record for hail size in the city.
An antiseptic external ointment marketed as Roman Eye Balsam provides prompt relief for inflamed surfaces and is described as an ointment rather than a wash.
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