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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1921
Page
3
An old advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a remedy for constipated children. It promises a teaspoonful will clear bowels within hours, easing fever or colic and restoring a playful child. The ad urges mothers to ask for genuine California Fig Syrup with age directions on the bottle.
At a Baychester dinner Archer Milton Huntington recalls a New York book agent selling a modern dictionary to a war profiteer. The profiteer mocks the volume saying it lacks a copious index and cannot be passed off as first class.
There is only one medicine that stands out for kidney and liver distress. Swamp-Root is a gentle vegetable preparation, sold in two bottle sizes at reasonable prices. A sample bottle is offered for ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, NY, with paper mention.
A Mid-Victorian observer noted two adjacent road signs in the Adirondacks warning travelers of nearby camps. The first sign read Girls' Camp Go Slow while the second warned Danger Boys' Camp Ahead, highlighting a perceived gender-based division in camp culture.
Advertisement promotes Cuticura talcum as part of a scented trio with soap and ointment. Claims it softens skin and dusts with perfume, priced at 25 cents each and available everywhere.
A five year old, Strenuous Job Johnny, is reprimanded for disobedience and asks how God knows he is naughty. The mother replies that God sees everything, prompting the boy to quip that he must keep him busy. Tulsa World.
Advertisement notes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin are world famous and stamped for protection against imitation. Dr Anne Moldenhauer of Berlin reports nursing mothers with various diseases. except in open tuberculosis and dysentery nursing seems safe for infants, with milk supply rarely reduced.
A rough taunt blanketing a novice criticizes a learner as naive while refusing to blame a traveler. The exchange labels the newcomer as a donkey in a dismissive remark.
The article notes wide sleeves and fur trimming dominate coats and gowns. Russian blouses with hip fullness, long dignified coats, and notched collars define the season. Fur trims, broad collars, tuxedo touches, and diverse furs like sable and beaver shape a medium skirt length stopping at shoe tops.
The article describes crafting decorative wax beads and pendants for jewelry using sealing wax, steel needle, knife, and flame. It outlines steps to form beads by heating wax and shaping it, then cooling and embellishing with color for necklaces, girdles, and bracelets.
Instructions describe using alcohol to remove iodine or grease, oxalic acid for iron rust stains followed by a borax rinse, and leaving peach or pear stains overnight before dipping in oxalic acid and rinsing in borax or ammonia water.
In a playful tale a cow named Mrs Cow debates talking with a mouthful of grass with Miss Cow. Their dialogue riffs on cows as works of art and the humor of misheard phrases, with playful word swaps and gentle lessons about patience and manners.
Burlington Vermont reader recounts relief from female troubles after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes doctors advised operation, but her sister suggested the remedy, and she improved leading to motherhood.
A note on the old English farthing coin first minted in silver under King John and the rare Irish counterpart dated 1210. The piece contrasts wealth and friendship, and includes a humorous quip about domestic command with Maggie and the family pets.
A fragment notes tears shed inwardly as a sign of restrained emotion rather than outward rage. The line emphasizes quiet sorrow over open flame of anger.
The Greek Cato observed statues rising in honor of many and stated he would rather people ask why there is not a statue to Cato than why there is. This aphorism reflects a preference for choosing significant moral exemplars over a parade of memorials.
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