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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1906
Page
2
Joseph B Bowles discusses drawing education linking simple forms to composition and expression. He analyzes King Alfred and the cakes, King Canute, and Thirst in the Desert to show how proportion balance and point of view aid student imagination and clear written and visual expression.
A reformed green goods man and gold brick operator explains his past schemes and describes a summer country venture buying fake farm goods from traders while planning to sell gold bricks in his neighborhood before returning to crime.
Nina May Challen Hd wards formerly of Toledo and actor James Edwards were divorced after a two hour marriage in Canton. On their honeymoon another woman encountered the couple, leading to a separation amid unusual circumstances two years ago.
A Washington Star quote shows Dustin Stax arguing that a man must know much to be valuable to a corporation while the counterpoint notes the need to forget much. The dialogue contrasts knowledge and discretion in business.
The Grand Magazine notes the left side is weaker in the lower limbs and torso for most people while the right arm tends to be stronger. It adds that many conditions affect the weaker side first, though pneumonia often starts on the stronger right side.
The article describes construction of Wisconsin river rafts at mills with 16 foot cribs layered like cob houses, seven per piece, three pieces lashed into a raft. It recalls their dangerous journeys past dams toward St Louis, including a raft colliding with the DuBuque bridge and near misses with steamboats.
The United States department of agriculture pushes farming toward science. Farmers study soil, select crops fit to conditions, and adopt profitable cultivation methods. By 1910 yields per acre are predicted to double versus 1900.
A Chung Hua Pao report from Fengtien cites a Japanese importer who began the month selling about 8,000 Japanese widows as domestic servants or secondary wives for 60 cents a catty. Buyers view photos, weigh the women, and calculate value, with a rule that she may return home only every three years.
In rural Britain many villages have full police phone networks while Bootland Yard, the heart of London’s detective service, remains without this essential line of communication.
A 19th century testimonial style notice promotes Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a universal remedy for backache, irregular periods, and blues. It cites Mrs Holmes of North Dakota and Mrs Cottely of New York City and urges women to seek Mrs Pinkham’s advice at Lynn Mass.
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