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Newspaper
Hamilton Evening Journal
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1912
Page
8
The article reflects on Easter as more than a feast. it links the season to a deep human longing for spiritual renewal. It contrasts the decay of winter with the festival’s promise of light and immortality, noting how belief keeps Easter green in hearts and speaks to those unsettled by the world’s distractions.
The Journal argues for retaining the itinerant peddlers license in Hamilton, praising Mayor Straub’s likely veto of repeal. It contends the $50 daily license protects buyers and local retailers, ensuring redress and quality from mobile sellers versus Hamilton stores, and urges continued municipal control. The piece rails against excessive popular control and endorses a stable regulatory approach.
Aloha fruit fly arrived from Hawaii forcing California Governor to convene the legislature. Lawmakers vote an appropriation to combat the infestation threatening the state's one hundred twenty five million fruit crop balance.
The Journal invites brief letters on public interest subjects and will publish up to 250 words. Include writer’s time and address. optional to request anonymity. The editor will answer questions within the page’s scope and publish suitable submissions.
A reader reviews a Cincinnati pamphlet by Judge Peter F. Swing discussing What is Life and whether heat light and electricity comprise a single force. The writer argues Swing omits essential elements of life and questions if any living thing exists relying on only those three factors.
The text discusses double jeopardy limits and how a person tried for crime cannot be retried after acquittal or conviction due to fraud bribery perjury or other crime. It laments failures of the constitution and the system, noting capital offenses and the protection of rights versus the need for accountability.
In a 1982 Hamilton lecture, Thomas argues life requires three elements heat moisture and food. He claims life cannot exist without all three and uses plant germination to illustrate moisture and heat as essential.
Special report from Dunlap discusses a California letter forecasting fifty million more people and a thousand daily departures from the east, plus a family noting an overstocked labor market. It covers local farming plans, fruit tree spraying, potato planting, concerns about a potential large crop, and various community updates including visits, dinners, house building, and chicken breeding results.
Special to The Journal from Talawanda Ohio on April 4 reports Mrs John Spatth and son Joe on the sick list with others noted as visiting. Mrs Patrick Welsh shows modest improvement. Louise Baecker and Louise Gardner visits. funerals for Mrs Margaret Taylor held at Frank Taylor’s Milard township home. additional local visits recorded.
The article lists small town social activity and visits. It notes sympathy for a bereaved family, calls on Frank Star ratte, a box social at Valley View school house, and Sunday visits by Mrs. James Jasbring, George Steiner in Hamilton, and Misses Hargaret and Lina Gardner. It also mentions Mr and Mrs Joseph Thoms of Cincinnati visiting a country home and Mrs Archie Owens with Miss Grace Owens visiting Mrs John Spueth.
April 4 reports show Auli and Clifford Daniel visiting Mr and Mrs William Daniel. Goldie Waer and Robert Schumaker with families spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs George Baker. Mr and Mrs Wm Moench, their children, and Mr and Mrs Van Barnhart with kids visited George Jones family. Mr and Mrs Charles Tons and daughter Ava joined James B Tons and family for Sunday gatherings.
Special to the Journal from Valley Ridge recounts visits among neighbors near St Charles including Edward Garner and family at Gillespie. Charles Georga. Perry Brandenburg. Mrs George Rammes and daughter Mrs Gebis Bhrear. Robert Shoemaker preparing to go to Washington. D F Wynn sale attendees. church services at Affillville. Gadies Aid Society East Octal planned for April 6 at St Charles M E church. Mrs William Grames and daughter Ude. Robert Cornelius visitations. attendance by several locals at the Reformed church in Affillville.
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