Admitting Mistakes Comes With Age and Declining Shame
A reflection notes that many people hide errors when young but later in life acknowledge them openly. It argues aging reduces fear of judgment and encourages honesty about past missteps.
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1928
Page
7
A reflection notes that many people hide errors when young but later in life acknowledge them openly. It argues aging reduces fear of judgment and encourages honesty about past missteps.
As campaign nears, Hoover attacks Smith on liquor and hydro power with Hughes backing. Smith defends his program in Boston while Norris backs Smith. Literary Digest post card poll shows Hoover with lead overall, cities shift in Democratic favor in New York Chicago Philadelphia. Federal Trade Commission halts probe after Electric Bond and Share refuses to testify. Senate considered a special committee to push the power inquiry.
Publication of the Anglo French naval limitation agreement reveals little new and provokes London press denunciations. The correspondence suggests England yielded to France on military reserves and the army issue, while France abandoned global tonnage limits and backed the London admiralty’s category based restrictions.
O F Grab founder of the New York womenswear firm will become bank vice president and at year end transfer the entire business, valued at $1,000,000, as a gift to 14 longtime employees of five to eighteen years. Grab emigrated from Vienna and started in the U S earning $3 a week.
At Columbia University New York a banquet at the Hotel Astor honored seven American industry pioneers including Henry Ford Orville Wright Thomas Edison and Cyrus H Curtis. Lord Melchett of England spoke as principal guest and Nicholas Murray Butler chaired. Charles E Mitchell warned that financial danger seemed largely psychological.
French Justice Minister Barthou urged Paris judges and lawyers to apply strict scrutiny to foreign petitions at the opening of courts handling American divorce actions. Talks of moving operations to Switzerland reflect pressure from tighter French standards on foreign divorces. In Budapest anti semitic riots erupted with university closures and street clashes as parliament debated quotas favoring fewer Jewish students.
George Barr McCutcheon, famed American novelist born in Indiana, died in New York at a luncheon after heart disease. Adolf Kraus of Chicago, a Jewish leader and lawyer, and Gaetano Cardinal de Lai of Rome also died. Charles A. Towne, ex senator from Minnesota, passed away in Tucson while campaigning. An Episcopalian convention resolution urged strict enforcement of prohibition and antinarcotic laws, urging church members to set an example of obedience to law.
Mrs James A McClintock appeals for child care directions claiming Milks Emulsion eased a stomach illness and colds. A follow up notes the 8 year old recovered, with thanks and recommendation to use Milks Emulsion. Ad features Terre Haute company and Indianapolis address.
Historic London Lane in Middle Temple, famed as the narrowest thoroughfare in London, is being widened at the Brick Court junction by reducing the broad center footway of Brick Court. The change favors parking for lawyers in a private precinct, with an ancient nearby tree spared while a younger one was removed.
Singers and readers are told that Pape's Cold Compound tablets can rapidly break up a cold in a few hours. The ad claims one tablet is enough to astonish with fast relief and suggests pleasant tasting tablets for quick comfort.
A political event features a speaker praising leading citizens for their service while local tradesmen express agreement with remarks about community support and shared duties.
A Louisville Courier-Journal snippet quotes a wife saying you share your husband's joys and sorrows. The remark notes he is always willing to unload his sorrows at any rate.
Trees continually battle threats from about 200000 known insect varieties. The note from Popular Science Monthly highlights the vast diversity of pests that can damage forests and ornamental trees, underscoring ongoing ecological pressure on plant life.
An old health column advises that backache and kidney discomfort signal excess acids from foods. It recommends four ounces of Rad Salts with water each morning to flush sluggish kidneys, along with hydration and medical consultation if needed. Jad Salts is described as a safe, affordable treatment option.
Three men loading a 600 pound safe onto a truck at Sudbury Pennsylvania fled when Wallace R. Cutter ran out in his pajamas and chased them. A wallet dropped by one thief contained a card reading Honesty is the best policy.
A quoted remark notes a rare volume that returned after being lent out, reflecting on value and rarity. The line suggests nostalgia and curiosity about why the item is considered rare by others.
An unusually intelligent automobile horn in Laconia New Hampshire sounded its own fire alarm at three in the morning. B J Brooks woke, opened his garage door, and found his car afire from a probable short circuit. The car suffered heavy damage but was saved.
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