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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1924
Page
2
A Washington release cites Panama Canal freight for 1924 totaling 26,994,710 tons in 5,230 vessels with tolls of 24,290,963 dollars. Reports cover Ford and Muscles Shoals, Coolidge remarks on peace, Canton clashes, Navy symbols, U S park visitation, and other varied international news and milestones.
An editorial urges readers to vote on Tuesday November 4 stressing suffrage as a privilege and duty. It cites Abraham Lincoln and the guarantee of government of the people by the people for the people, asking how the government can endure without citizen participation and urging readers not to be slackers.
Reports from Peking announce a successful port attack on Hulutao by Central government warships, while uprisings in White Russia raise concern with riots in Vitebsk Minsk and Smolensk. Georgia manganese contract details total about 38000000 dollars. Ottawa says Prince of Wales will visit Canada in 1926. Western Canada protests freight rate cuts. Tuxtla Gutierrez clashes kill or wound over 100. Melbourne passes a compulsory wheat pool bill.
A miscellaneous Ohio roundup reports deaths from falls and crashes, bank robberies, a bank heist arrest, and a bus collision. It notes statewide labor, election, and public safety items, including a city ordinance debate and a pledge of prosecutions.
State police and Jackson County officers search secluded spots and guard roads near Springport after five bandits robbed the State Savings Bank of about 76 000 dollars in currency and bonds. Four entrants locked four employees and four patrons in the safe before fleeing to an awaiting car. August Krieger 17 alarmed the scene and helped release captives.
A Mukden dispatch says Chang Tso Lin’s Manchuria forces lost two government warships at Chinwangtao after 80 of his planes struck the harbor. General Wu Pei Fu, aboard a battleship, survived as ships sailed out and two vessels sank in flames.
The Bank of Italy plans for 2,200 employees to take over control of the $350 million institution. Board approval announced by President A P Giannini. Effective January 1. Giannini will retire as President and James A Bacigalupi will succeed him as head.
Reports say Manchurians completed occupation of the key city Mukden after heavy fighting around Shanhaikwan. Central Chinese Government forces declare tremendous casualties from continued subterranean mining operations.
In New York a will filed after her death in Liverpool bequeaths the bulk of the estate to three adopted daughters of Carolletta Russell Lowell, grandniece of James Russell Lowell. The estate totals about $600,000 with $500,000 allocated to the heirs.
London designers unveil coats and gowns woven with gold and silver threads for the winter season. A new frosting process enhances their gleaming effect, offering heightened splendor for high fashion.
Police uncovered the mutilated body of an elderly Chinese man in a Corona tea garden in Queens. A violent struggle left clear signs of a fierce encounter, confirming another Tong war death in the Greater New York area.
Mrs. Joseph Booth celebrated her ninety second birthday boasting an all male family line with 9 children 30 grandchildren 47 great grandchildren and 8 great great grandchildren all boys across generations in Cardiff.
Lloyd Eden faced arrest for begging in Chicago, crippling his earning capacity as police estimate his nightly take at about $100. The report notes his reduced income and the legal action affecting his livelihood.
Ernie Ansterberg world automobile racer died after losing control on the new Charlotte speedway. His car struck the upper rail and went over, he died en route to a hospital. Ansterberg arrived from Los Angeles for the inaugural races, holder of the world fastest lap record on a mile and a quarter board track set at Altoona last summer.
Dexter P. Cooper seeks tidal energy sites along the Maine coast near Eastport. He works with preliminary surveys to identify generating station locations, noting Eastport’s average tidal range of 18 feet 2 inches. Cooper is brother of hydraulic engineer Hugh L. Cooper, who designed hydroelectric plants at Muscle Shoals, Keokuk, and Niagara Falls.
Claim asserts a single bottle of Dr Peerys Dead Shot eliminates vermin without fail, contrasting it with multiple bottles of other products. The text urges readers to choose the single solution for effective pest control.
A BBC London radio program presented a natural history lecture on beetles. The beetle speaker used a special microphone to deliver its call, and radio fans praised the insect’s performance.
A fragmented quote links lightning bugs to human fate, suggesting a bug can recall its past but not its future. The line attributes anonymous author Charlotte Ob server and presents aural imagery about foresight and travel.
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