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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1927
Page
6
The days and Father Time discuss next week when Dexter's day arrives. Tuesday predicts a big circus with trains, fairgrounds, and afternoon and evening shows. Dexter loves the circus and will be involved all day with dazzling costumes, new tricks, and stunning stunts.
A father punishes his son John for misbehavior then repeats the discipline, sending him to the davenport. After a brief pause John returns to his position among the pillows and sighs that he was indeed down on approval.
This set covers notable queries about naval victories, historical figures, inventions, literature, theatre, geography, art, music, language, and style. Topics include a US ship versus a French warship, Swamp Fox, cotton gin, Detroit no hitter, famed actor, Modern Athens, rewritten classics, Asiatic ungulates, grammar check, Lamb of God, Bryan’s essay, Bennington commander, Virginia’s governor, phonograph, British women golfer, Impressionist influence, a child prodigy pianist, Yangtze river, and the mountain beaver region.
A compiled set of quiz answers covering figures from ancient to modern times. Items include John Andre Isaac Hull George Westinghouse Paderewski and Zachary Taylor among others with notes on topics from anatomy to naval history and Island geography.
The article traces 1868 London matinees starting at Astley's theatre. Critics condemned day shows as lowering standards, with John Oxenford calling afternoon performances a penny gaff reach. Despite hostility, daytime performances grew into a lasting institution under Dion Boucicault who modernized theaters.
Chess is described as one of the world’s oldest games with varying attributions. John de Vigney links its invention to a Babylonian philosopher named Xerxes while other accounts name Chile Greece Persia and India. Earlier dates are suggested by Egyptian art and Chinese texts.
Dr W H Sheldon reports from the University of Chicago tests that popular college youths score lower in brain power than bookworms, despite high sociability. The data also touch on a link between large body size, sociability, and scholarship, with some supportive figures from Hygeia Magazine.
A domestic dispute ends in separation. The wife demanded a face lift, while the husband insisted on focusing on the mortgage. The conflict centers on financial and personal security issues within the marriage.
A Northern traveler recalls Texas coyotes hunted from high powered cars on prairie plains, noting their speed and timber escape routes. The Yellowstone River earned its name from French trappers due to the yellow hue of local volcanic rock.
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