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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1906
Page
6
The 1906 Michigan bean crop is expected to exceed the 1904 estimate of 3,000,000 bushels. Widening topics note Naples churches with cats to control mice and Italy allowing women to vote at polling booths. Additional data cover U S wheat and flour exports, railroad miles, and submarine cables.
Seven months ago a Canadian man owned a small vein of silver ore costing 5 dollars and sold it to a Broadway banking house for 135000. A few days ago the largest smelting firm in the United States offered 235000 for the property, which was refused.
A Philadelphia factory boasts the world’s largest plant for artificial teeth. Its products are shipped globally from Japan to South America and beyond, even aiding cannibal chiefs in their meals and aiding Boer fighters in masticating rations during colonial conflicts.
1905 returns indicate a small rise in horses and cattle by 2 percent to 6,987,000 head. England reports 50,000 fewer sheep at 15,000,000, while Wales and Scotland gain 45,000 sheep. Hog numbers keep falling. Despite improved horse breeds, Britain still imports horses and meat stock to supply daily needs.
The United States once destroyed 4,000,000 telegraph forms due to a single misspelled word. In 1883 several hundred thousand greenbacks were canceled before issue for the same reason. An employee was convicted of trying to steal notes to sell to collectors.
The Census Bureau Bulletin 23 reports a single count of teachers across schools and colleges in 1900. It shows 140 teachers per 10 000 males aged 5 to 25, about one teacher for every 71 potential pupils, and notes the supply has more than doubled in 30 years.
Estimates from the mint director show Colorado produced 26,333,300 in gold and 12,704,919 fine ounces of silver in 1905. Colorado led gold output among states and ranked second in silver, with nationwide gains of about 6 million dollars in gold and 1,000,000 ounces of silver from 1904. California incurred a gold loss near 1.6 million due to drought, while Nevada and Utah rose about 400,000 and Colorado gained roughly 1,000,000.
Dr. Thomas Dunn at Fordham hospital New York used exposure to cold air to treat pneumonia caused by cold. He kept patients in an open tent at 80 degrees saying every patient recovered where pneumonia complicated by other conditions.
A broad summary of political and international events including Congress adjournment in honor of Rep. Patterson, Roosevelt veto on Texas district, Senate actions on a railroad rate bill and a statehood conference, ambassadorial appointment, Ohio River survey for an ice harbor, and a range of domestic incidents from murders to labor strikes and natural disasters.
Reports note Capt Ludwig Keifer's death and Charles H Francis named US ambassador to Vienna. Russia rejects a true constitution in its manifesto while Notovitch is jailed in Saint Petersburg. Roosevelt opposes a third term and labor talks proceed. Carlisle Indian school honors 30 graduates. Orr denies Life Insurance rebate claims. A Moroccan port proposal and a Poplar Bluff hanging are also reported.
Washington reports orders to New York and Brooklyn postmasters to block mail ads for 52 illegal medical offices and to reject mail to assumed names used by operators. Inspectors have uncovered appalling conditions and connections to dope use and criminal records. Boston links to the Susan Geary suitcase murder are noted, with fears on the true death toll and a high-volume, high-income operation.
Columbus physicians report Gov. Pattison more restless at 10 30 Sunday night with pulse 108 respiration 24 and temperature normal. Family encouraged but doctors offer no hope of recovery and say prostate cancer claim is unconfirmed while kidney trouble is a complication of the underlying illness.
Bituminous coal operators and miners in the central competitive and southwestern districts seek a April 1 wage scale. Miners demand a 5.55 percent rise equal to the 1903 scale. F L Robbins for Western Pennsylvania operators offers the advance and warns Ohio Indiana and Illinois operators that he may abandon the interstate agreement if they do not concede.
A blaze at Julian Hawthorne's Yonkers home damaged or destroyed original manuscripts of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Several works were burned or water damaged.
Two additional bodies were recovered from the Century mine in Wheeling West Virginia raising the death toll to 26. The funerals of twenty of the dead minors were held Sunday afternoon.
Professor A H Smyth of the boys' high school is designated by President Roosevelt to speak for the United States at the Franklin bicentenary event to be held in Philadelphia on April 20.
Seven members of a single family across three generations were killed when struck by a train at Hart crossing on the Philadelphia and Reading railroad. The mangled bodies were found after the collision.
A 19th century advertisement invites women to consult Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts about female troubles. It stresses free advice from women to women, confidentiality, and the option to write for guidance or purchase Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. It appeals to modesty and urges immediate action for relief.
The 1904 Switzerland exports of machinery and implements were about 9.6 million dollars, led by electrical machinery. The 1905 American imports of durable foreign goods reached 648 million, with 530 million in free goods. US sugar use tops world production, cane sugar growing share. US foreign commerce in 1905 totaled 2.806 billion with a 47.603 million trade surplus and four year gains near 1.743 billion.
A railroad worker details years of indigestion from irregular meals and fatty foods. Since adopting Grape-Nuts, he reports no stomach distress and sharper, clearer thinking, noting readiness for work and steady sleep.
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