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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1918
Page
7
A Los Angeles Times item states that 17,000,000 Liberty loan subscribers standing single file would reach from the treasury to San Francisco to Boston with a tail to Detroit, allowing only two feet per subscriber. Also notes on watered silk umbrellas and Northampton market plan savings.
The eight destroyers and under 1,000 men that started allied cooperation have grown to 250 vessels and 40,000 men with 3,000 officers, says the Manchester Guardian in an appraisal of the scale of American naval effort.
Advertisements claim Peterson's Ointment cures eczema and piles for 80 cents. Customer testimonials from Mrs. Mary Hill of Pittsburgh and A B Ruger of Racine praise relief and head-to-toe skin improvements. The ad notes use for old sores salt rheum and other skin diseases with postal orders prepaid.
A brief dialogue from the Youngstown Telegram contrasts two kinds of German marks. One is a coin while the other refers to any poor book forced to back the Kaiser’s government.
A brief exchange questions the destination of a pig iron shipment with an answer implying Hog Island as a possible recipient. The quoted remark highlights uncertainty about the cargo’s final port.
A pithy old-line remark laments that the meek must endure a dangerous world until some other force acts. The line suggests caution about power and fate without specifying people or places.
The Gazette des Ardennes, four times weekly from CharlevILLE, is described as a German war mechanism designed to sap French morale in occupied districts. Editor Rene Prevost is revealed as German agent Herr Prevost, with assistant Paprziszski, and funded by the German foreign office, per the Public Information Committee bulletin.
A Camp Zachary Taylor sentry challenges a negro recruit entering after duty hours. The recruit delays halting, citing the count One two, and replies that he waits for the cadence before stopping. The incident draws scrutiny of discipline and timing.
A light exchange centers on a remark by Pat about Germans going barefoot. The punchline notes he wouldn’t want to be in their shoes, delivering a brief wartime humor moment.
Market listings show hay and grain prices for timothy and clover mixed, oats and corn, butter eggs and poultry quotes, and cattle hogs and sheep ranges. Notable items include No 2 white oats at 71/2 to 72 cents, corn varieties from 1.55 to 1.75, and hogs priced up to 20.25 per 100 pounds for selected heavy shippers alongside cattle good to choice at 12 to 14.50 per 100 pounds.
Advertisement touts Freezone as a quick solution to corns and calluses. It claims instant relief with a few drops, then removal by hand, with no pain or irritation. The product is presented as the Cincinnati genius Ady’s discovery sold by druggists.
Several officers dine at a club when one notices a seated officer opposite. After a long glance one man suspects, then jokes that the stranger might be his roommate. They playfully note behavior differences between night and day, based on the back of the head.
Capt Archie Freeman, a Los Angeles sportsman now teaching machine gunnery to American aviators in France, tells a class not to be discouraged by early misses. He says the gun is a perverse implement. mastering it is like learning to automobile and golf, with experiences of hitting everything or nothing during the learning process.
Advertises Fletcher's Castoria as the trusted remedy for infants and children, notes it bears the signature and has used the product for over 30 years. Ends with children crying for Castoria.
Signal corps experts led by Lieut. William L. Butler in Chicago praise Airedales as war dogs due to brains courage and camouflage. They carry messages when pigeons fail, endure bad weather, and pass through barbed-wire entanglements. The corps seeks skilled dog-handlers.
Frank J. Cheney a senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. sworn notarized in Toledo Ohio promising one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The remedy is taken internally and acts through the blood on mucous surfaces. Druggists sell it and testimonials are free.
Free samples offered by Cuticura with address in Boston. Soap priced at 25 cents and Ointment at 25 and 50 cents. Sold by druggists and by mail.
A North side matron quips she would like to please the government by eating more fish but finds fish tastes so economical. Train up a hired girl the way she should go and she will soon be gone. Be true to your trust especially if you are a stockholder.
In a Birmingham Age-Herald fragment a man is seen scooping up a white substance on the pavement while loudly lamenting. The exchange notes the substance as his missing monthly sugar allowance, adding a humorous tone to a street vignette.
Kansas City officials announce a new rule requiring girl elevator operators to have seats in their cabs. The measure aims to improve comfort and safety for operators and passengers alike in public buildings.
A Scottish mill produces about 200 tons of paper each week from sawdust. The operation highlights an efficient use of wood waste and local industrial capacity.
An optimistic man is ejected from his room by a furious landlady and dumped on the street with his belongings. Snow and wind whip through the scene as he sits on his trunk listening to the weather and recalling a past August. He mutters that a breeze seems to be stirring despite the storm.
A brief character sketch contrasts Newrich's polished, lazy temperament with public praise of his cultivated serenity. The dialogue hints at a background of privilege shaping his demeanor and future ambitions.
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