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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1909
Page
6
Detective Snaith questions Maitland about Anisty’s burglary while Maitland feigns frankness. The burglar, disguised as Maitland, prepares a swift exit with jewels and a telegram, then plans to vanish as Maitland’s house is cleared of evidence.
A London social standout, Countess Henckel, owns the world’s priciest necklace valued around 250000 dollars. It comprises three historic strands from the ex queen of Naples, a Spanish grandee, and Empress Eugenie. Earlier, a two-pearl necklace from the late Duchess of Montrose sold for about 60000 dollars. Rumors place Empress Frederic of Germany with a 35 Pearl piece and Lady Lichester’s black pearls at a high value.
Dan Maistans meets a young woman at his door and discovers a crime plot. A janitor says no one entered, but dust and a lawyer’s letter reveal intrigue. Maitland in gray aids a jewel haul, while a crook pretends to be a war official and police close in. The pair flee to New York aboard her car.
A brief cartoon style exchange features a young guest noting mosquitoes sing in a room and an old guest replying he enjoys it since the mosquitoes drown out the piazza glee club rehearsing. The joke hinges on a humorous contrast between nuisance and distraction.
A Pittsburg man describes severe scalp itching and hair loss after typhoid fever. He used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, reporting a clear scalp and thicker hair after two cakes and a box. Dated May 7 and 21, 1908, from Potter Drag & Chem. Corp., Boston.
The Troy Times notes visitors to the Harrisburg Capitol register with name birthplace and residence. An excursionist crowd prompted a stout girl to ask an elderly lady about where she learned her name, who replied in playful dialect pointing to an old stone house.
A vintage advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for a cure of catarrh. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio promotes Druga Hall's Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents, claiming internal reception and blood and mucous surface action.
A fragmentary dialogue quotes Briggins and Miss Cayenne on obligations and evasions. A teasing line about travel to Bigtown follows, then a quirky note on hens laying eggs year round and a cheeky classified-style promotion offering a free method by Mrs. L. Alley in New Madrid, Me. A cautionary line for young men warns of a tempting yet treacherous romance.
Dr Bethmann Hollweg may claim to be the first German chancellor with a beard. The article recalls Bismarck shaving his beard for diplomacy and Caprivi, di Hohenlohe, and Bulow, while Bethmann Hollweg appears gaunt and pan Germanic with a distinctive facial style.
A brief passage shows Bobbie crying and seeking his mother’s comfort as she wipes his eyes. The child protests that he will cry again, while a separate note from Dickens urges fairness and kindness in dealings and not to take advantage of others.
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