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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1928
Page
6
An 1860s style advertisement touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a sweet, safe universal stomach remedy for children and adults. It emphasizes neutralizing acidity with a pleasant-tasting spoonful and claims physicians endorse it as a genuine prescription product from the Charles H. Phillips Chemical Co. since 1876.
Grandfather asks about chatter while a schoolboy recites Greek letters. The boy corrects him and a joke about modern artists signatures being like a robin’s breakfast follows. The line recalls a Woman's Home Companion quip on signatures and songs.
An advice piece credits water intake and Jad Salts for flushing clogged kidneys and reducing urinary irritation. It warns that rich foods may stress kidneys, causing backache, headaches, constipation, and sleeplessness, and promotes a daily tablespoon of Jad Salts in water before breakfast to stimulate kidney activity.
Drawing by M. G. Kettner surveys Halloween as a blend of pagan sun festival and Roman pomona celebration later absorbed by Christianity as All Saints' Day. It describes druids lighting fires, divination using nuts and apples, and folk customs across Ireland Scotland and Scotland tied to luck in marriage and the eve of November 1.
Cleve Larabee, district manager, confronts a past love when photographs by Annabel Day, now grown and unmarried, rekindle memories of Mossdale. He rushes to catch a train, determined to reunite with Annabel and revive a long-buried romance.
A vivid Halloween poem celebrates small folk in disguise under moonlight. Ghosts, cats, pumpkins, and bells fill the night with mock battles and festive roars. Dancers and marchers parade boldly, masks and paint vivid, fears left behind for fun.
Nine of thirty four states cooperated with the federal government under Clarke McNary forest replanting provisions and distributed 90 percent of the total for 1927. The total distributed was 56 020 029 trees with Pennsylvania and New York leading at 65 percent. New York 23 802 000 and Pennsylvania 14 490 000. Massachusetts distributed 8 515 637 followed by Ohio 2 572 000 Vermont 2 088 000 New Hampshire 1 664 604 Wisconsin 1 004 000 Connecticut 1 348 000 New Jersey 1 152 500.
The first census in 1790 counted 8,920,214 people. By 1920 the population reached 105,710,620, up from 91,972,206 in 1910, a decade rise of 13,788,354. If continental totals pass 120,000,000 in the next census, the decade increase will be slightly higher.
Notice announces a proposal to levy up to 3 mills for school purposes in Perintown Special School District. Election set for November 6, 1928, at usual polling places from 6:30 am to 6:30 pm EST. Officials Kerno han, Spear, Larkin sign.
Notice of an election to be held November 6 1928 in Pierce Township Rural School District with polling places in Clermont County Ohio. Voting hours 6 30 AM to 6 30 PM EST. Clerk Sylvester Gaskins and Clerk S L Larkin listed.
Notice to electors of Branch Hill Special School District Clermont County Ohio under section 5649 5A stating purchases for and during the period at a rate not exceeding 3 mills in addition to the maximum lawful rate to be submitted for voter approval Eastern Standard Time. JOHN F GEST Clerk of Board L LARKIN Clerk
A 1928 Clermont County Ohio school board resolution proposes a five year levy of three mills above the maximum rate to meet current expenses. It directs filing with the Deputy State Supervisors and Inspectors of Elections by September 15 1928 and sets ballot wording for yes or no on the levy. The document is certified by John Slye as clerk.
Village of Batavia Clermont County Ohio council resolves taxes may be raised beyond maximum rate for five years at 1.20 million per dollar of tax valuation to meet village needs. Clerk ordered to certify to county election officials to arrange submission to electors. Passed September 4, 1928.
Legal notice states a proposition read by JOIN SLYK Clerk regarding a five year plan at rate not exceeding three to be voted by electors of Amelia Village School District. Polling places in Wald district to open on November 17, 1928 with dates October 24 and 31 for the clerk to seal and publish.
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