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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1924
Page
7
A Minnesota woman credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after a period of suffering and fatigue. She reports regained energy, ability to perform housework, garden work, and poultry care, urging other women to try the remedy.
A New York editor visiting California tries to fit Hollywood wildness at a party and amuses himself by acting rowdy with a film actress. She breaks down, revealing she has endured nearly a year there and that he is the first man to treat her as a gentleman.
Dr Peery claims a single dose of Dead Shot will expel worms or tape worms without castor oil. The advertisement emphasizes safety and effectiveness for worm infestations.
A woman visiting finds the husband washing dishes in an apron while the wife is at the barber shop. The joke frames modern roles and public perception as the Indianapolis News notes. Great men do not seem to flourish the world until the generations following them.
Dairymen must keep cows healthy to ensure clean milk. Tuberculosis testing helps locate infected cattle and prevent public health risks. Cows off feed, under drug treatment, about to calve, or calved within five days should not contribute milk. Clean udders, proper stalls, bedding, and pre milking grooming reduce bacteria.
Careful dairymen weigh newborn calves to determine milk rations. Male calves are typically heavier than heifers and calves weigh about 6 to 8 percent of the dam’s weight. Beef breed calves tend to be heavier than dairy breed calves, with variations among breeds. The figures below show normal calf weights.
An Iowa State College experiment compares alfalfa and timothy hay as dairy roughage. With a corn silage and grain mix, alfalfa at $15 per ton yielded higher value than timothy, which would fetch about $1.50 per ton for milk cows, due to better protein content and palatability.
The piece stresses ventilated dairies with minimal drafts for comfortable cows. It discusses feeding value of corn and cob meal, alfalfa hay importance, protein-rich rations including cottonseed and soybean meals, and notes life expectancy changes when tuberculosis cases are removed.
A college survey shows young women across the country would not marry men earning less than 40 a week. Budgets for homes, rents, and expenses are calculated penny by penny, aided by household economics courses. Despite such thresholds, more than 1,000,000 marriages occurred in America last year.
In France the Siamese cat replaces the poodle as the chic pet. With blue eyes and fawn color, it fits oriental fashions in home décor. A dainty eater and aloof, the aristocratic cat appeals to Parisian dealers, who profit as the craze lasts.
A shopper mistook cabbage for lettuce priced at six cents a head and exchanged the rejected produce after the clerk corrected her. The humorous incident highlights a common mix up at the grocer during a sale.
Agar-agar is described as a pearly white versatile product vital to medical research hospitals kitchens cotton mills and brewers. It serves as an unrivaled culture medium for bacteria and is noted as the only gelatinous substance that withstands necessary temperatures. The text says Los Angeles develops a new industry for its manufacture and that the process takes 72 hours.
American museum geologists on their third Asiatic expedition to Mongolia used Mongol stone prayer monuments to sight instruments in triangulation. Almost every hill bore a Buddha monument, allowing consistent sighting on the same spot for topographic mapping.
A new acid proof paper product is revealed, described as silk like yet glass clear, produced by a secret process. It can be rolled and cut to needed lengths, resists burning, and remains unaffected by acids alkalis or oxidizing agents, signaling a potential shift in the paper industry.
The first U S knitting mill began in Cohoes New York in 1880 when Egbert Egberts and Joshua Bailey started making knitted underwear with two machines They labored in a tiny wooden shed peddling goods door to door as no retailer would stock such garments Cohoes grew into a major center with over twenty underwear knitting firms producing thousands of garments daily
Evansville Journal and Courier warns that a father’s neglect in early childhood sets the stage for a scoffdad. Establishing discipline when the baby first sits upright is crucial to shaping self restraint, fairness, and public spirit, preventing later behavior problems.
Signor Ganassetto, famed gondolier once at Richard Wagner’s side, dies at eighty two. He served Wagner during Venice visits, sat for a portrait by Jankowsky, and joined Wagner’s Christmas Eve reception before guiding the master to the Teatro Venice. Wagner later died in 1883 after a fainting spell near St. Michele cemetery and Ganassetto ferried his remains to the German train.
A Detroit driver in northern New York at night is halted by a sheriff who warns of an Auburn penitentiary escapee. The motorist speeds away when an unshaven man in rough clothes waves and shouts from the roadside, leaving the driver uneasy about the encounter.
The article notes about 2 million of Ireland's 8.165 million population work in farming, with 854,484 holdings. Cropped area in 1928 fell 93,074 acres from 1922 but rose 18,000 acres from prewar levels, while sheep numbers declined and pig numbers rose significantly.
Hon A P Tarbox a Nebraska judge and lawyer with long practice in Illinois Nebraska and Oklahoma praises Tanlac saying it kept him on his feet for two years. He cites stomach trouble indigestion and renewed strength as proof and notes Tanlac sales through druggists with over 40 million bottles sold. A separate classroom anecdote shows a student named John proposing to hold a picnic where the bus fails.
Fred, a verbose man, is described as a bore who imposes long arguments on others. Tor answers with dry wordplay about being "sound," highlighting Fred's one-note habit and the friend’s weary response.
Nostalgic 19th century style advertisement touts Fletcher's Castoria as a safe non narcotic remedy for teething and stomach upsets, alongside Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum as a complexion care trio. Mentions chocolate in Europe history and royal influence.
Thin platinum wire used in optical and electrical instruments is drawn to a diameter smaller than one twelve thousandth of an inch. Do not attempt to buy the man with his price unless you control the world’s money cornered.
The article notes weathervanes popular a century ago are coming back, aided by copper use and colonial revival. Modern vanes become art pieces, replacing garish gilding with understated design, contrasting old arrows and birds. Also mentions Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills as a vegetable laxative tonic.
A London Answers quip about Mrs. Jones winning a vacuum cleaner in a contest and claiming it is no good to her. The Meander notes remark that men learn virtue and independence by living in the country.
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