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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1928
Page
3
A rattlesnake battled two pheasants for twenty minutes near a highway before being killed. A farmer's wife, watching from her car, saw the birds swoop and peck the snake as it attacked one pheasant, and the other bird helped finish the fight.
Five burglars cracked a Chicago grocery safe, stealing several thousand dollars. They held the 60 year old watchman, fed him from the store’s fridge, and relaxed with roast chicken and milk before escaping with the loot. Putnam was later freed after the burglars left.
In Alexandria Bay New York three year old Helen Poole of Grenadier Island fell into the St. Lawrence River near Duke Center Pennsylvania. Her father resumed artificial respiration after she drifted face up for three hours and regained life. A Canadian physician explained the lungs were inflated on impact and a head blow temporarily halted bodily functions.
Mrs. L u Durfey, a backwoods hunter near Osaquar west of Fort William, opens her door to a bear cub sound. A full-grown cinnamon bear appears and retreats. She fires 20.30 caliber carbine, striking the bear between the eyes and killing it. The encounter ends.
Under the will of widow Mrs Mary L McCay Schaffter the dog receives 5000 dollars with 2000 in cash and income from 3000 dollars, the Louisiana court upholding the will as valid.
Ralph Boas fourteen? fifteen? son of a faculty member is to study at Mount Holyoke College next year amid a thousand beautiful girls. The note emphasizes his upcoming attendance at the college.
The 1770s Moravian mission town of Schoenbrunn, first in Ohio, is being reconstructed on its original site near Uhrichsville, Dover and New Philadelphia. The project honors Zeisberger and Heckewelder, and includes a rebuilt church and schoolhouse dedicated July 29 with a church dedication planned for October 21.
Elizabeth Myers reviews Bethlehem Daily Times items noting the Ohio Road laid out in 1745 and its ties to Davie Zelsberger and John Heckewelder. The piece highlights diaries, maps, and plans about early Connecticut claim settlements and Zeisberger's village in the Ohio region.
Rushville Indiana reports on two historical presidential hopefuls. Victoria Claring Woodhull led the Equal Rights party in 1872 as a bold first woman candidate and Wall Street broker turned editor who spent time in prison. Belva Lockwood ran in 1884 for the Woman's Equal Rights party as a legal advocate without large funds or strong organization.
An elderly widowed man of nearly a century, known as Many Tail Feathers, earns tribal respect as a sage and council member at Glacier National Park. He still chops his own firewood and reflects on a single lasting love remembered after she joined the Great Spirit.
A neighborhood dispute centers on an alarming assertion about a spouse's weight. The note suggests that simply walking miles daily could help reduce the problem, reflecting local tensions over personal health and social boundaries.
A concise reflection notes that deep thinking often reveals genuine affection. The piece also adds a wry observation that on stage the leading lady is frequently the cook.
After Absalom's death King David withdrew from rule. He was persuaded to return home and a ferryboat was sent to bring his household across. The reference appears in II Samuel chapter 19 as part of the biblical account.
A Louisville Courier-Journal excerpt notes that an honest confession is good for the soul and that magazines are selling as readers respond to such candor. This brief item captures a publisher’s observation of consumer taste and print culture.
A man states he does not wish to impose on others and remains confident in his own rights. He emphasizes self restraint and respect for personal boundaries as guiding principles.
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