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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1924
Page
3
Two blue Day Flowers discuss fortune and costume choice while a quieter third flower in white accepts its role. They praise the world, reflect on family custom, and finally fall asleep as their short bloom ends. The woodland visit feels flattered by the attention of their brief presence.
A dialogue features John and Harry debating value. John asserts twenty quarters are worth more, while Harry argues the five-dollar bill is more valuable because it doubles in your pocket and increases when you re pocket it, illustrating a playful misunderstanding of value.
Dialogue shows Mrs. Jones claiming Willie last had a stepped lad der and Jones suspects it is in the pantry. The fragment suggests a domestic misunderstanding over a missing item.
Dialogue shows a son praised for bravery after a boxing clash. The father questions his son’s appearance and acknowledges the heroism, noting the bloodied nose and bruised eye while asking what valor is worth in looks. The exchange highlights toughness and family pride.
Dr. Elwood Mead named commissioner of the reclamation bureau by Interior Secretary Work. D W Davis gains charge of a new finance division. A advisory committee, appointed last October, urges sweeping reforms after finding 28 western projects with 15 states underperforming and losses totaling over 26 million dollars. It calls for shifting repayment to actual crop production rather than fixed cost per acre.
Howard Carter, the English discoverer of Tutankhamun’s tomb, visits America to tell the tale. Born in 1873 in Swaffham, Norfolk, he left England for health reasons, joined Petrie’s survey, and pursued antiquities until 1922 when he finally found the tomb. He rejects the supposed curse, stating plainly there is no curse.
Queen Marie of Romania tours European capitals under the guise of social visits but seeks military aid pacts to defend Bessarabia amid Soviet claims. Her marriage ambitions and royal matchmaking link Romania with Britain as Mussolini avoids a visit and France highlights the queen.
Dr J. Playfair McMur rich, Toronto anatomist and past AAAS president, argues evolution remains unshaken despite debates between fundamentalists and modernists. He says Darwin explained mechanism but not core doctrine and that evidence today supports evolution far beyond Darwin’s time, with disbelief rooted in ignorance or prejudice.
A vivid portrait of Indiana's dune landscape near Lake Michigan describes shifting live and dead dunes Lovely flora and fauna including sassafras arbutus and beach pea meet in a diverse ecosystem. The region hosts Indian lore Mound Builder traces and abundant wildlife with raccoon opossum mink muskrat and waterfowl.
The Saint Marys River links Lake Superior and Lake Huron, carving a twenty foot drop in a quarter mile and prompting early canal construction beginning in 1858. By 1914 the canal system accepted larger ships, with the 1922 U S canal office data showing 17,888 vessels, 57,043 passengers, and freight worth nearly one billion dollars through the season.
A reprinted editorial urges that honesty in thought and action yields the highest rewards for heart, soul, and body. It argues honesty is the root of efficiency and requires fearless pursuit of true values to set the country on a stronger course.
A columnist argues the eye bears the heaviest burden in industrial accidents. He cites Philadelphia and Pennsylvania figures showing rising permanent eye injuries, high eye related costs under workmen’s compensation, and calls for stronger prevention over cure. He notes eight years of steady claim totals and near million dollar yearly eye costs.
Phi Beta Kappa announces plans to celebrate 150 years since its 1776 founding at the College of William and Mary. The Detroit News notes it is the oldest Greek letter society and lists ten U S presidents as members starting with John Quincy Adams.
Brander Matthews of Columbia at a reception critiqued a new American school of novelists who portray life cynically and falsely. He compared their method to a proverb about failure and growth, noting the promoter’s quip that failure leads to wealth.
A philology professor in California links cosmos to order, harmony, and beauty, noting a common root with cosmetics. A girl student responds that henna and Gehenna are not far apart, provoking the class with a playful aside in the Boston Tran excerpt.
A terse remark notes that when a woman's husband is the subject of conversation she never reveals her true thoughts.
Prominent druggists praise Dr Kilmer Swamp Root for kidney liver and bladder relief claiming it fulfills many cures. Advertises sample bottle by mail to Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY with ten cent enclosure. Also notes Re Eye Balsam and a Spurgeon quote about home as the grandest institution.
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