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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1930
Page
3
A humorous remembered episode set in a Broadway restaurant where Irish waiters push Michigan celery. A patron refuses celery despite persistent sales, exposing a joke on stubborn staff and a waiter’s fixed celery campaign, ending in a loud confrontation.
Reported by Stanley the explorer a herd of hippo critters feeds on angleworms along the Upper Nile mud flats near Wady Haifa. They raid towns at night to steal condensed milk, which natives try to deter with cans of milk that the beasts refuse.
A compendium of sea legends traces mermaids to ancient folklore with half fish, half human forms. Narratives describe encounters from Greenland to Grimsey with omens, drownings, and sailors' fears, including tales Columbus cited and a humorous aside about a washwoman’s daughter.
A court hears arguments from Thomas Fortune Ryan grandchildren seeking a new guardian for their estate valued at up to 500 million dollars. The seventeen year old girl and sixteen year old boy argue the grandmother is too old-fashioned to manage wealth responsibly, while supporters say she cares for their happiness. The decision rests with the court.
Nellie Maxwell shares simple home preserves and drinks. Recipes include grape juice from grapes with sugar and water, tomato preserve with sugar lemons and raisins, and a cheese sauce for toast. Tea mint lemonade and grape juice punch follow, with hints on quantities and method.
A conversation notes that a cook was engaged five minutes earlier and a follow up call is planned for the day after tomorrow. The exchange implies immediate hiring steps and scheduling.
Advice warns that moving into a new house should avoid using the back door first as it is considered unlucky. The note credits McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
A poem by Douglas Malloch contrasts an old man who remains sprightly with a young man who feels time press against him. It argues age is mental and urges embracing joy, laughing at life, and living as a younger self despite outward years.
In March 1723 Colonel Westbrook led the Penobscot expedition to capture Father Rasle. On March 9 they reached Old Town near Bangor and attacked the fort. By morning, the settlement lay in ashes with embers of the ruined building remaining.
A concise reflection on value and utility notes that knowledge only earns its keep when it can be used to produce pay. The aphorism links practical use with financial reward.
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