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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1927
Page
7
A reader quiz lists questions on Water Babies, Lewis Carroll and other topics. It asks who first swam the English Channel, who discovered X-rays, the president’s salary, and the line of succession, among many historic and geographic facts.
The list enumerates quiz items with names such as Vicente Blasco Ibanez Jack Delaney and John Rolfe. It covers authors explorers battles and terms including Whitsunday Latin usage and migration terms with brief explanations and contrasts.
The original 88 inch square flag of Napoleon Bonaparte’s First Regiment of Grenadiers has been presented to the Invalides museum. Embroidered with imperial eagles and bees, it flew at Waterloo and accompanied Napoleon in campaigns. The gift comes from the family of Haton de la Goupillere, descendant of General Petit.
Richard Heber, an English book collector who died nearly a century ago, reportedly owned 150000 volumes with many rare titles. His London library filled eight houses and, when sold, lasted over 11 months and netted more than 250000 dollars.
A New York Herald Tribune piece notes pets are named for film and comic influences rather than sex. Dogs and birds bear names like Gloria Douglas Tom Mix and Mary Pickford, with a cat once named Harold Lloyd after its seven kittens, illustrating evolving naming trends.
Mrs. Whitney Warren, honored for war work, discusses an elder millionare widower engaged to a chorus girl at a New York luncheon. His partner recalls the first wife was a true helpmate, while the chorus girl seeks his money. The widower jokes he once owed his success to his wife and now owes his wife to his success.
A pithy proverb notes that collaboration helps but a headache remains a challenge. It quips that even a so called absent minded man recalls the less fortunate.
The passage notes a new loud speaker developed in Chicago claiming a six mile hearing reach. Weighing 180 pounds it features a ten foot air column and is presented as a solution for merchants to broadcast news to customers across store departments and along avenues.
The German aviator Captain Von Richthofen reportedly downed 80 enemy planes, the highest total in World War I. English majors Raymond Collishaw, Bishop, and EK Mannock are listed with 77, 72, and 71 kills respectively, per the Washington Star report.
A New Haven Register quip notes a patient told by his doctor to ride horseback to avoid dyspepsia treatment and possibly break a collar bone. The piece then reflects on a jury weighing cases seriously and ends with a aphorism about the sun remaining pure despite dirty places.
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