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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1918
Page
7
An Austrian politician recalls his first interview with Emperor Charles in Switzerland. He describes a stark, empty suite path and a private conversation in which the young emperor sat unguarded with no staff nearby, contrasting with older imperial formalities.
Col. R. P. Dickerson of Springfield Missouri leads the National Loyalty League with aims to enroll every American regardless of sex or age. He previously organized a cavalry brigade for instant service in 1917 and raised a 3000-member regiment in 1916 for potential Mexican conflict. He owns a mule-breeding ranch and has a family military lineage.
David Love Ewing, assistant director of operations for the United States Shipping Board and the Emergency Fleet Corporation, oversees American vessels from 45 Broadway New York. He has a detailed, real time ledger of each ship, its cargo, tonnage, home port, crew, guns, speed, coal use and readiness for government use. Ewing, with 25 years in railroads, was born in Muscatine Iowa and appointed traffic director by William Denman and George W. Goethals before becoming assistant director of operations last November.
Brig. Gen. W. L. Kenly named chief of the new division of military aeronautics. A West Point graduate of 1885, he served in the Santiago campaign, the Philippines, the Mexican border, and at the San Diego flying school. He went to France last July as colonel of the Seventh Field Artillery and was promoted to brigadier general August 5. In France Pershing placed him in command of the air service and he proved unusually apt for aviation work.
Ohio news briefs note yacht sales and prominent figures, wartime actions and honors, labor strikes and wage gains, and public safety incidents across cities from Cleveland to Bucyrus. Highlights include the Ya Belle sale, Red Cross totals, barge canal talks, and regional accidents and deaths.
Director General McAdoo dissolves railroad presidents from active duty and creates federal managers reporting to regional directors as government control begins. He outlines two operating districts and lists major roads with new leadership, stressing preservation of railroad identity and stockholders’ rights.
The Calgary Herald notes a strong demand for Western Canada farm land driven by higher crop and livestock prices since 1914. Values for wheat land, mixed farms, and grazing properties have climbed 40 percent in two years, with some tracts selling up to 100 dollars per acre. The piece highlights improved tillage, climate benefits, and government supports as factors boosting the market.
A dialogue asks for insight into astral bodies while a comic reply mentions the existence of astral lamps. The exchange suggests humorous, light speculation or debate on esoteric topics. The phrasing echoes a period voice and fringe science chatter in a compact exchange.
An old advertisement touts Swamp-Root as the sole curative remedy for bladder ailments and kidney distress. It claims immediate relief from a healing vegetable compound and urges immediate start of treatment. Sold at drug stores in medium and large bottles with a Binghamton, New York origin.
Fragmentary dialogue references a scene titled The Battle of the Soil with mentions of Paria green and a humorous wartime tone. Betty and Jack speak rapidly about relief and action in a playful, possibly theatrical exchange.
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