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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1926
Page
2
ABOR champions peace as the democratic path to resolving national and international disputes. Workers, tragically affected by war, urge abolition of all war as the World War's horrors linger, stressing democracy and public conscience as keys to lasting peace.
The speaker argues strict divorce laws do not harm morals, citing Canada’s low divorce rate in 1916 versus the U.S. He defends mercy in law but warns that easy divorces erode marriage, family stability, and national strength, noting public notices of divorces from prominent individuals as problematic.
A speech extols music as a medical aid citing Dawes with Melody in A and Schubert ser enade. It claims music aids insomnia and hysteria, improves milk yield in cows, egg enthusiasm in hens, and even heals rheumatic pains. four NY hospitals use music in tuberculosis wards and a musico physician may rise in medicine within twenty years.
Sir Robert Horne reports that American films are exhibited worldwide with up to 90 percent of showings in many countries including the UK France Germany and the Far East. Canada mirrors US proportions while Australia and Latin America also show strong American film presence as postwar trade lessons push for Anglo cooperation.
Raymond W. Thorp recounts the Adobe Walls clash where Billy Dixon from outside the sodhouse shot the Comanches head medicine man at 1 200 yards. The tale names Quanah Parker and other chiefs Satank Big Tree Little Raven Satanta. Dixon's shot ended the prophecy and altered the battle outcome.
The Theosophical Society of Adyar Madras has built a vast manuscript library, collecting 12 847 manuscripts in 20 years with a focus on science religion and philosophy. It houses works in Chinese Japanese Siamese Burmese Pali South Indian and European languages. In early 1925 eight tours for manuscript collection were made and over 60 collections examined.
Capper's Weekly riffs on time as money noting a statistician calculates a 500 page book for a man earning 4000 dollars would cost 30 dollars while a high paid executive would find it prohibitive. Keith Preston argues only paid book reviewers can afford reading, since they are underpaid and should do something else. Reading remains a luxury many poor people can afford as solace.
United States cheese imports in 1925 reached 62,402,706 pounds, down from 69,175,691 pounds in 1924. Main sources are Italy Switzerland France the Netherlands and Greece. Variety differences between American and foreign cheeses explain most imports, with Greek and Italian varieties mainly used by immigrant communities.
Professor Zeltz of Freiburg University reports discovery of glacial period fossils in several Black Forest caves. The finds include ossified skeleton parts from cave lion glacial fox horse of the steppes and reindeer plus numerous flint hand implements.
A London press notice announces Beam wireless facilities to connect shipowners with vessels globally. Service from London to Canada and South Africa will launch by the end of May, with Australia and India to follow a few months later.
An article discusses how arranging thoughts improves style and explains the term gumming a saw. It notes that hand saws are less problematic, while circular and drag saws require a round or rounded-edge file to set the correct tooth gap.
Central American statesman Jose Francisco Barrundia arrived in the United States in 1854 as envoy to press annexation of Honduras. He died suddenly before any agreement or action occurred.
A Dickens quote notes that a skilled flatterer is pleasant to have but his praise loses value if he extends compliments to others, revealing doubt about his taste when generosity shifts to outsiders.
The Detroit News reports a large orchestra likely the world’s largest, under the rajah of Java. It is his personal organization with about 1200 members and features a gamelon, a native percussion instrument described as defying description by Western listeners.
A Louisville Courier Journal item records a quip from a senator advising a young man starting public life not to overuse preambles. The exchange underscores practical discourse about political rhetoric and persona in early public service.
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