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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1918
Page
7
Readers glimpse spring hats with abundant trims as Paris signals wartime confidence. Crepe georgette and georgette braids shape the three featured models with raspery russet shades, blue and rose color contrasts, quill bead accents, and fruit motifs like apples and grapes decorating brims and crowns.
The Red Cross urges ongoing kit production for soldiers and sailors overseas. A Chicago woman has turned in 500 kits while managing housework. The bulletin calls for skilled labor in shipyards as space for Red Cross supplies shrinks and highlights the Emergency Shipping program in Washington and St Louis.
A town tale shows adults and a child discussing government control over daily life. A girl at Rich ards' is warned that the government will act against what it deems illegal, reflecting prevailing concerns about oversight and compliance.
In Seattle federal court Judge Cushman questioned an applicant for naturalization about his stay in the country. The applicant replied he had lived in the United States ten years, except three months in Tacoma. The judge, himself from Tacoma, deliberated several minutes before granting the papers.
A dialogue notes the son is progressing well as he continues prosecuting his studies in law.
If a man empties his purse into his head he will keep it, and be able soon to refill his purse. The saying links thrift to learning as a means to future financial recovery.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger piece recalls a mother who raised thirteen children and plowed with old methods, contrasting her hard labor with modern tractors. The speaker credits her with heroism, noting she did not complain despite the difficult work.
Former vice president of the Confederacy Alexander H. Stephens, long elected Georgia congressman, objects to a newspaper’s claim he weighs 90 pounds. He insists weight is 94 pounds and cites his editorials as reason the scale misread. The paper refuses to retract, joking that Stephens had one of his editorials in his pocket.
Mrs Newlywed serves her first plum pudding to Charlie who questions why it contains no plum. Charlie jokes that plumb is spelled plumb meaning a lead mass, sparking a lighthearted exchange about etymology and cooking.
A reflective note on the unpredictability of people and outcomes. The speaker rejects sensational labels and warns that today’s solid state may flip tomorrow, using the idea that “Sometimes” is an island in the Sea of Uncertainty.
A new optical instrument uses a high powered incandescent lamp placed in a patient’s mouth to transmit light to the eyes. The device shines through the retinas to illuminate the eyes for exam through the pupils.
A worried youth voices alarm at a perceived mobilization and urges immediate departure as tension rises. The speaker notes a plan in motion feared by the family.
A brief exchange notes future antitrust laws will have teeth and prompts a witty remark about biting sarcasm. The dialogue hints at skepticism toward stronger enforcement in a concise, dry-boned tone.
A long running household remedy claim for Green's August Flower targets constipation indigestion nervous dyspepsia and liver trouble. It promises quick relief with a gentle laxative effect and urges readers to ask their druggist, noting sale in all civilized countries.
A clerk tells his boss he cannot live on his salary. The boss replies he will try to be patient and wait rather than fire him.
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