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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1934
Page
2
Peter Rabbit and Jenny Wren discuss a sharp song from the tree top and identify Rosebreast the Grosbeak singing above them. They compare voices with Mr Wren and Welcome Robin as Peter spots the striking rose red and white breast of the bird in the tree.
A collage of humorous snippets defines boners as tiny missteps in exams and essays. The item lists quirky misstatements about names and places, such as New Zealand as an island off Maine and Lenin as cloth, attributed to teachers and readers in Western Newspaper Union material.
Fragmentary report notes a discussion on weather and saving for a day with a skeptical tone about rain events. The quoted line suggests concern over a raincloud, but the fragment provides no clear names places or dates to anchor a full item.
Comic short piece noting a girl and her friend puzzled by the postman handing out this year’s Income tax blank. Bell Syndicate WNU Service offers light humor about tax season and the grins of postal delivery.
The Bee laboratory states the common honey bee is not native to the continent and was first introduced to the United States in Massachusetts between 1638 and 1640. Earlier reports of apiculture introduction into the Southwest by Spaniards lack verification.
A quirky note from Mottiegs Cook Book offers modern uses for macaroni spaghetti and noodles. It suggests preparing spaghetti then mixing shredded salmon with onion lemon juice and celery for a fresh dish.
A pastoral poem describes sheep on a hillside battling rain and travelers struggling to reach a hilltop. The narrator finds kinship with the sheep in the storm while awaiting the shepherds blessing and the sun to end the tempest.
A clock dated 1515 in Rye Parish Church England is cited as the oldest public clock still in service. The mechanism reportedly used cannon as weights. The note references a Sultan of Egypt to Emperor Frederick II clock as a prior example.
London derives from Liyndin meaning town on the lake. Romans rendered it Londinium, adapting the native term to Latin, with the modern form evolving later.
A writer laments tax excess and public extravagance while railing at how the rich bear the burden. He recalls a tax sale that dispossessed a man with eight lots, argues for farmer rebellion against government theft, and cites historical rogues and Victorian moral contrasts to critique society.
A crash between a hearse and a doctor's car in San Francisco revealed two dead men inside the hearse instead of one. Dr M R Gordon confronted the driver William Birnbaum of Oakland and learned he had died at the wheel from a heart attack.
New York report details Kings County Hospital operation on Miss Mabel Wolf of Brooklyn who swallowed 1203 hardware items in one week five years ago while working in a Manhattan hardware department. Doctors staged removal revealing tacks screws bolts beads glass and other pieces. she recovers with rest and a normal diet.
University of Cincinnati student Joseph Kalavoda kept a so called World War I era tear gas bomb as a souvenir. When fraternity brother Robert Hawley tried to examine it it exploded. Both men were unharmed but sneezed and had tearing eyes. A fire alarm was rung by the landlady after smoke filled the room.
Teresa Dunn, a maid employed by Garrett H. Van Gastel, filed in Common Pleas for 5000 as a result of being shot at 8 a.m. at the Van Gastel residence after returning from an evening off. Dunn claims she was struck by a bullet while four bullets were fired. Van Gastel contends she was mistaken for a burglar.
Common Pleas Judge Samuel H. Silbert faced possible resignation to serve as juror as the jury commission selected 6 000 potential jurors for ten day periods next year.
In Greenfield Indiana Ivory Deffenbaugh recovered a needle that had been sucked into his lungs but lodged in his arm for 33 years. Doctors at a local hospital removed it with a careful procedure. The patient reported relief after the operation and plans to return home soon.
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