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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1924
Page
3
Rumor in Washington swirls about Mrs Nicholas Longworth writing her memoirs. The idea she would recount social and political life excites many and unsettles some, with tales of Alice Roosevelt as a candid, witty narrator. The piece recalls 1912 convention clashes and a playful moment with Elihu Root aboard a train.
Gen Plutarcho Elias Calles "Tiger of Mexico" visits the United States en route to Paris to prepare for office. He meets Samuel Gompers, travels with his family, and discusses Prohibition, Sonora’s dry status, reform of gambling, and welcoming American oil capital while promoting U S Mexico cooperation and ending class privileges.
Texas campaign tale centers on Miriam Ferguson running for Democratic governor to vindicate her husband James Ferguson impeached in 1917. She trails Felix Robertson in the run off, while James Ferguson’s varied career spans farming law banking and politics, beginning in Bell County.
Jockey Earl Sande, convalescing in Saratoga Springs after a fall at the Saratoga track, shows will to ride again. X rays reveal a broken rib and a leg fracture above the knee, with early fears of amputation. At twenty six and married, Sande contemplates riding abroad or becoming a trainer, missing East and Kentucky races for EpInard.
Archeologists unearthed the oldest known pen at Kish near Babylon, a bone stylus six inches long that left wedge marks on damp clay. The artifact shows ancient society was highly organized with regulated wine, rents, and high interest rates, and connects writing tools to a long evolution toward modern pens and printing.
The author argues that youth morals are not degenerating but social customs have changed. He observes a young couple in a restaurant morning scene where the woman openly prepares for her day with grooming tools, lipstick, and nails, while the man focuses on his breakfast. He concludes that generational differences lie in openness, not in intrinsic change.
A man named Erwin leaves a sound farm for Texas, returns poorer, and after many ventures ends 74 with diminished strength. He moves from farming to stores, grain, and machinery, then Minnesota, all while chasing fortune. The piece urges perseverance despite greener pastures elsewhere.
George Remus a Cincinnati bootleg king serving a federal sentence repudiates testimony given before the Wheeler-Brookhart Committee claiming it was a setup to smear former Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty. He describes an offer of pardon in exchange for framing Daugherty and says the former official received a bad deal.
The Desplaines River near Forest Park yields an unidentified 20 year old woman found under a bridge after an apparent auto ride homicide. Nick Ronehi, 22, slain in his room with a knife wound. his body found stripped, no motive or suspects.
Native residents of Pago Pago appeal to President Coolidge against Governor Kellogg's banishment of Chief Tui-Manua. They argue the removal lacked trial or legal process and seek revocation of the order.
Advices from London say British and American warships landed marines at Shanghai in anticipation of a revolutionary clash. Admiral Oberle, head of operations, said he had heard of no trouble and had received no China reports of expected issues. The Asiatic squadron was at Chefoo, North China, in the latest report.
Maxime Ramos died in San Francisco after six stitches were taken to his heart and a knife duel left him wounded. Dr. Edmund Butler, chief emergency surgeon, said Ramos died from loss of blood despite an operation's initial success.
Millstadt bank officials adopt a safety policy to lock doors at all times to deter holdups. Patrons must rap for admission and are admitted only after the cashier verifies identity. The move follows a string of southern Illinois bank robberies and aims to prevent future crimes.
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