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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1892
Page
8
A collage of business cards and notices from Cincinnati and surrounding venues. Listings include Cuban cigars at S Marc hant Co Batavia Ohio Stewards Restaurant links to Volt z Lunch Rooms and Kos Hotel in Cincinnati tallied with garden seeds from Landreth and pianos from F Fisher plus gasoline and headlight oil remedies. Also mentions tailor shops and a millinery opening by Miss Nettie Hughes in Bantam.
Miss Maud Wright of Peebles visits her aunt Mrs. Dr. John Bunn while Miss Mary Leat of Milford visits her uncle James Brown on North Street. Mr. and Mrs. George DeGarmo of Cincinnati guest of Sheriff Temple and wife, and D. L. Gog esq. assists in Williamsburg bank start. Steve Purkiser from Moscow hired as clerk at Clermont House. Lizzie Blanchard returns from Michigan trip. W. A. Collins in Batavia recovering from railroad shock. Warns about coughs and promotes Bethel Normal School and Clermont Normal. Various local advertisements for clocks, folding bath tubs, bookkeeping instruction, and shopping at Batavia merchants.
WM NEEDHAM Post No 584 Ohio honors Thomas M Whitaker a zealous comrade and church member. The post expresses sympathy to his family and resolves to publish the resolutions in county papers and insert them in post minutes.
A vintage advertisement touts Shilohs Cure as a guaranteed remedy for coughs hoarseness la grippe and croup. It claims rapid relief for whooping cough and consumption fears with a one dollar price and druggist endorsement. Also promotes Shilohs Porous Plasters at twenty five cents.
Bethel Normal School opens offering a Teachers course led by Supt Tarbell and Prof J Q Watters, with preparatory, commercial, stenography, and music departments. Notables include Prof C E Blair and Misses Jennie Bloxom Brown Clara Stonebarger Julia Tarbell. Summer term cost capped at $25. circulars available.
Local store promotes large spring stock of fine fabrics and black goods. New chevron suitings, novelty stripes and plaids, spring weights, and wide selection of Bedford cords and Henrietta cloths from 20 cents to 1 dollar per yard. Ladies offered $2 pair shoes not available elsewhere at retail, plus carpet and wallpaper.
The notice proclaims a new School for All opening May 9 1892 with doubled enrollment and four instructors. It details exhaustive courses in mathematics languages literature pedagogy music writing and elocution with one tuition for all. For details contact Supt Swine Mt Washington Ohio or Supt McKinney Amelia Ohio. Also reduced fare excursion tickets to Portland Oregon for the Presbyterian General Assembly via Pennsylvania Lines with details by F Van Dusen Pittsburgh.
A fragmentary ad lists genuine diamond rings, 14k and rolled gold pieces, ladies mens and children's solid gold rings, engraved items, rolled gold chains, rhinestone earrings, pins and bow knot designs. Prices range from $1 to about $12, with multiple items advertised in a storefront-like catalog snippet.
An OCR fragment advertises Khives Triple-plate forks and butter dishes with fancy engravings, sugar shells, and plain patterns. It lists tea sets, baskets, ice pitchers, and various prices, noting silver plate items and assorted tableware in a period sales pitch.
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