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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1930
Page
3
Tales of China The Very Smart Boy Wang
A reader’s tale from a children’s primer recounts Wang the very Smart Boy solving two village problems. He uses a rock and chalk to measure an elephant’s weight by balancing boat loads with weighed rocks, demonstrating clever practical thinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
America
Wang
Nuckaloo
Elephant
Vegetables Take Center Stage In Family Menus
Nellie Maxwell argues fresh greens and root vegetables should dominate meals over meat. She details cabbage preparations with milk and flour cream, plus a German cabbage salad with onion, sugar, pork drippings, vinegar, cayenne, and salt. Published 1930 by Western Newspaper Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Newspaper Union
Polly-Tik Bird Portrait On Ballot Box
Cartoon feature describes a talkative parrot named Polly-Tik from Far East forests. It notes its morose chatter lately, illustrates the bird perched on a ballot box with a peanut head, nut body, and decorative color details, and credits Metropolitan Newspaper Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Newspaper Service
Love vs arranged marriages debate sparks union of matchmakers
Jean Newton reports a Jewish War era debate on marriage forming a union of matchmakers who tout arranged marriages as superior. They claim expertise through data on families and a psychologist’s guidance, while critics note love matches endure better. The piece ends with a vote for love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Matchmakers’ Union
Three days to spend moths life ends in flame
The poem compares a moth’s brief life to human life and sin. It warns of waste and self-destruction, using the moth and a candle as symbols. The speaker laments how quickly life passes and calls for reflection on mankind’s choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Malloch
Why We Take Vacations
A discussion on vacation motives notes that beyond escaping work and routine, vacations nourish the starved parts of our nature. Changing climate and scenes refreshes us, helps heal daily wear, and renews eagerness to return to work after the period of rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
The Flag as a Sacred Symbol and Call to Duty
The passage urges unwavering patriotism and loyalty to the flag, comparing it to a holy emblem. It condemns public vice and praises those who sacrifice for America, urging readers to defend the nation when it errs and honor those who died for the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Chloroformed Dog Returns to Life in Wisconsin
In Waukegan, Wisconsin, George Van Valkenburg chloroformed his ill police dog Trixie and postponed burial due to frozen ground. A week later he dug up the grave, and Trixie blinked and stood as he removed the blanket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukegan, Wis
George van Valkenburg
Trixie
Freed Sing Sing convict struggles with civilian clothes
Frank Singer, released from Sing Sing after twenty years, needed a warden to help him don a collar and tie. He had not worn civilian attire since 1909 after a thirty nine year robbery sentence was reduced for good conduct. Emil Totterman had been freed weeks earlier after twenty eight years for murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossining
N. Y
Frank Singer
Sing Sing
Emil Totterman
Singer
Lewis E. Lawes
Mulqueen
Manhattan
Trumpeter Blows So Hard Tonsil Flies Out
Howard Frick, while practicing on his trumpet, blew so hard to reach a high note that one tonsil flew out. He had a sore throat and planned surgery, but only one tonsil was expelled rather than removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champaign
Howard Frick
Frick
Police Seek Man Then Find Him in Jail
St Louis police hunted for Elmer Sutton 26 for ten days after his wife and mother reported his disappearance. Sutton was eventually found in the city jail where he had been held for carrying concealed weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Elmer Sutton
Sutton
Wind steals cash then returns funds to husband
In Anaconda Montana a gusty theft clipped $24 from Mrs McCallum tone purse. The breeze later redirected $20 to her husband down the street as Mr McCallum spotted the money trapped near a street drain. The article notes the odd wind driven exchange of cash between spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda
Mont
Eighty-year-old Daly jailed for arson at county poor farm
James Daly, 80, admitted he struck a match in a fit of anger and set fire to the Virginia City Montana county poor farm. He was sentenced to the state penitentiary for two and a half years if he serves the full term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia City
Mont
State Penitentiary
James Daly
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Tales OF
Chi
Alice Alison Lide
Ord
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Secretary of the Interior
Girl Scouts’ Modern
Washington, D. C
Nellie Maxwell
Polly-Tik
Hugh Hutton
Natural Histi
By Jean Newton
the Bell Syndicate, Inc
Lao
Mw. K. Thomson
Ph. D
John W. Holland
Seraglio Palace
Stamboul
Turkey
Suleiman the Magnificent
New York
Edward Ruth
Long Island
Westchester
Stanley Rysaway
Port Washington
Southampton
Ruth
Fawcett
Brooklyn
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