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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1907
Page
6
Mayor Busse demanded resignations of 12 Chicago board of education members. The item follows a roundup of world events, including accidents, legal cases, political shifts and social notes from across the United States and abroad.
Chicago brokers report a historic week at the board of trade as wheat volume soars. Prices rise with May and July futures gaining amid strong demand from Maine to Manitoba and Liverpool buyers, while profits roll in on big orders and heightened speculation.
Three Seattle college students die in a Juake Washington lake accident. J P Gosshorn a Stanford junior and Glen Jacqueth a Killspell Mont sophomore, both from Stanford, and Edith Vogt a University of Washington junior drown when a canoe sinks in a squall. Eugene White survives after a rapid rescue by three students in a small sailboat.
A Kansas City Times report covers a ragged man named George Elliot and a boastful author as Judge Kyle presides over a peculiar court scene. The column then surveys coin history from Mesopotamia to Greece, notes Massachusetts forestry efforts for public schools, details the smallest living wild cattle of Celebes, and ends with a quip about Scorcher facing mortgage pressure for auto fines.
Amite City report: Mamie Jordan aged 14 wed her lover after he fled with her and was jailed on abduction charges. The mother had them arrested. Edward Wolver held for grand jury action. The jailer refused release. the couple married through the bars with a preacher officiating.
A quip notes the German kaiser's chauffeur now bears the grand title Ober bofwagonfuehrer. The line mocks the pomp of official ranks and speed.
Mrs Charles N Preston of Elkland Pennsylvania credits a dramatic recovery to Deans Kidney Pills after years of fatigue weight loss thirst and sugar in urine She reports rapid improvement and full recovery with the pills sold nationwide for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
Twenty Ruthenian peasants from Ispas Galicia were jailed for a week to a month for kissing in church. After a priest urged reconciliation, the two rival groups kissed the altar and then each other on both cheeks in Polish fashion, provoking laughter as the court convicted them for unseemly conduct in church.
De Villiers arrives to a mournful scene as the autoists in distant latitudes confront a dark body on the gleaming ice. A furious fur-clad man blames a reckless chauffeur brought by Dasher for mowing into a pole and breaking it.
In Pearson's Weekly a female speaker argues that women feel more deeply than men and challenges claims of male superiority. A witty male observer quips about baldness, provoking lighthearted crowd reaction as she presses her point.
Chapple roams his apartment in pink pajamas after a restless night. His valet Alphonse notices the problem. The trousers lack creases, left hanging at the foot of the bed, triggering the morning distress in this Bohemian vignette.
A fragmentary note recalls John Sloan describing a Bongereau sale and compares it to a dialogue about art purchases from a gallery. The cited exchange features a father and daughter discussing value and taste in pictures.
Mise Clumany notes Mr Kidder’s language not always elegant yet complimentary in his rough way. Miss Wise asks if he calls her a bird and they joke that he means an ostrich.
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