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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1926
Page
6
An Akron testimonial claims Tanlac builds up weak bodies and restores health. A customer cites stomach trouble loss of appetite and rundown feelings noting a great comeback after taking Tanlac. The ad urges readers to buy a bottle from their druggist.
STOMACH TROUBLES quickly leave. Green's August Flower is a stomachic corrective, has been used for 60 years and has given relief to thousands suffering with indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation, etc. At all druggists. 80c and 90c. If you cannot get it, write G. G. GREEN, INC., Woodbury, N. J.
A humorous verse credits a catch-as-catch-can bard for realism in a light dig at money and risk. The poem references rocks, a strong box, wildcat stocks, and a provocative line about a bimbo, all in a satirical tone.
Advertises Cuticura products for soothing baby Rashee itchy irritated skin. Recommends hot baths with Cuticura Soap then Cuticura Ointment, plus Cuticura Talcum powder for fragrance. Ends noting 25 cents each.
A Grit quote argues parliamentary government suits when people seek public focus, while popular government may fail when private concerns dominate. The ad promotes Dr. Peerys Dead Shot claiming it expels worms and cleans mucus, improving digestion with a single dose.
A compact pairing of maxims notes that the world appears as a comedy to thinkers and a tragedy to the sensitive while contrasting divine mercy with human misfortune as expressed by Walpole and Ovid.
Great River plans a six day a week barge service from St. Louis to Minneapolis with government support and initial fleet of three 600 horsepower boats and fifteen 400 to 500 ton steel barges. Channel deepening and navigation improvements are planned to start in spring 1927.
America's master timekeeper at the Bureau of Standards runs with a variation of only one hundredth of a second per day. Enclosed in an air tight chamber the standard clock is electrically wound twice a minute and checked daily against the Naval Observatory noon signal to set the nation's time.
In Rumford Maine Arthur Trenworthy and Alice Russell vanished on the city exposition day before their planned marriage. Police scoured the town without success as the couple reportedly suffered stage fright and did not attend the event or receive gifts.
Miles City Mont Elmore Ellsworth Wenner has spent 25 years gathering data on sunken treasure believed buried in the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers. Government records estimate cargo value around 50 million dollars including pelts gold silver and merchandise. Wenner has salved part of a wreck and notes eight other sunken steamers near Sioux City with whisky quicksilver and stores.
Albert T. Gardner sixty eight and Leona L. Gibbs sixty one married at St Matthews Episcopal Church where Gardner has served as organist for over fifty years. Rev Herbert Reese officiated before choir and vestry members. They met forty four years ago when Gibbs came to Philadelphia from Vincentown New Jersey amid family hardships. After easing economic and personal obstacles they wed and now reside at the southeast corner of Twentieth and Brown streets.
Patrolman Seybold was bitten on the hand and bruised as he intervened in a fight between Mrs. Mary Johnerick and Mrs. Mary Porsky over pigeon ownership at the Johnerick home in Pittsburgh. The women fought with biting scratching and kicking while Seybold attempted to quell the disturbance.
Schenectady New York reports two General Electric lab inventions promise welds as strong and ductile as the base metal. Langmuir's atomic hydrogen flame uses a hydrogen arc to melt metals like iron and tungsten without air contamination. A Lynn Massachusetts method surrounds the arc with a hydrogen or alcohol vapor atmosphere to keep air out and reduce oxidation.
Representative Celler of New York cites low wages for Pullman porters. He reports average monthly tips of 20 dollars and yearly salary of 870 dollars and calls for a Congressional inquiry into the issue.
Dr. Daniel T. MacDougal reported to the American Philosophical Society that plant cells in trees can persist for more than a century. While ordinary plant cells die and are replaced, some cells endure, prompting discussion on memory-like persistence in living tissue.
A self centered Clouded Leopard boasts of preferring solitude and jungle life his tree climbing and striking long teeth. He dismisses human affection and imagines hunting scenes while the Jungle Cat naps nearby expressing mutual disinterest.
A first grader Grace boasts about reading with a primer. Her uncle shows a page with a dog picture and asks her to read. She answers with a string of sentences and corrects herself noting a dog is pictured, the wrong dog.
In a playful exchange Hazel boasts her mamma’s hand painted scarf. Dorothy counters with a boast about their house, claiming it outdoes the scarf with its own possessions. The lighthearted dialogue highlights family pride and sibling banter.
Eight year old Mary Jane tells her mother they won’t pay for lunch because the window sign reads Ladies invited. The remark reflects a preschool level misunderstanding about invitations and pricing in a dining venue.
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