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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1903
Page
5
Owensville residents share social visits including Lizzie Favrer in Cincinnati and relatives from Walnut Hills. Lectures by Rev Wiant from Mason are planned, street lights may be installed soon, and several residents travel for work or visits. An advertisement warns against mercury in catarrh remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills.
Arbor and Bird day will be observed by public schools next Friday evening. Easter brought arrivals and visits as Rev. and Mrs. Rader and John Henry spent Sunday in New Richmond. The high school commencement is planned for April 29 in the town hall with music by a Cincinnati orchestra and remarks by Prof. M F Andrews. The M E church frescoing nears completion and will reopen next Sunday. The M E Sunday school gave an Easter program to a full Baptist church. An Easter luncheon Friday drew many hosts and guests for a day praised by all attendance.
Public notice proclaims DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve as the only pure witch hazel salve on the market. It claims to cure thousands of piles where other treatments fail and warns against counterfeit products sold by Nash’s Pharmacy.
The Easter services at the M. E. church were appropriate and beautiful. The M. E. church will undergo extensive repairing and decorating during this month. The trustees of the Baptist church have kindly given the Methodist congregation the use of their church during the repairs. The Ladies' Helping Circle will meet with Miss Laura Hunt April 18. Miss Margaret Burlew of Madisonville was the guest of her parents last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Avey are spending a few weeks with Mrs. Avey's mother, Mrs. J. K. West. James and Andrew Kirkpatrick of Norwood spent Sunday with their parents. Sick—Mrs. James Deem and Mrs. Willison.
An advertisement touts a cough cure as pleasant and harmless for children. It claims immediate relief for coughs croup and la grippe by acting at the source rather than stomach, drawing out inflammation and aiding oxygen flow. Notes Easter visits by Nash's Pharmacy staff Bennie Fisher and Carl Glaser and a Cincinnati guest George Johnston visiting grandparents.
A roundup of residents visiting relatives, moving homes, and attending services in New Richmond and Pt Pleasant last week. Includes Bettle Wolf, Tillie Luck, Mary Glaser, Claud Bainum’s death, Moses Wolf Easter plans, and a testimonial for Electric Bitters healing a Philadelphia man’s grave illness.
Elder Rev. A N Spahr preached during the Friday and Sunday services. A Wednesday box social by Mr Miller and pupils netted 15 for the library. Alice Thayer returns from Asheville NC. Miami Club to present minstrel show on the 18th. Preston Longley visits from Cincinnati. Stanley Pond and Mt Carmel visitors. Martha Kellie from Lebanon visits. Egg roast and Cedar Banks picnic for the young set. Hesden of King’s Mills visits Elva Chapman.
Batavia Ohio resident Loyd Hulick reports Dr A W Chases Nerve Pills ease severe nervousness dizziness and sleeplessness. The tonic claims to build the nervous system aid sleep and curb dizzy spells sold at 50 cents a box via Dr Bunn or Dr A W Chase Medicine Co Buffalo NY bearing the doctors portrait and signature.
Mrs F K Thurber and mother along with Elizabeth Wyatt and Master Frank Rugg arrived from St Louis and stay at the old homestead. Helen Shaw visits Lindale relatives while her parents move to Illinois. Prof Bagby welcomes a baby son. Ida B Wheeler visited Bethel friends. Lindale Grange ball drew a hearty crowd. Ada Kirton remains frail. Edna Lindsey returns to Cincinnati after visiting her parents. Dr J W Mott attended Frank Rust Sr in Spain after a wagon accident. Leesville sees a life saved by Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption. The remedy touted for lung troubles, with prices and local availability listed.
Mrs Nichols widow of the late Francis Nichols observed her 91st birthday on April 4 with old friends and neighbors calling to congratulate. Rev and Mrs Winkler of Marathon visited Robert Hunter. Mrs Leander Morton and son William formerly of Goshen stayed with Mr and Mrs Job Hutchinson. Mrs Gaylord Cover and infant daughter made a brief visit two weeks ago. Recent shoppers from our Valley in Owens.
J H Burns and sisters Miss Katie Burns Mrs Sarah Hartman and Mrs Francis Hutchinson are named residents. Agnetus Swan visited Fayetteville to be with her seriously ill mother. Merrie Hutchinson of Grenberry will fence Hartman cemetery. Nettie Hartman and daughter May left Henry Good's. Hartman may stay in Linwood and May studies telegraphy in South Lebanon. Lillian Walker gave Easter exercises and distributed colored eggs with pupil names. James Glancy at William Duchman's in poor health. Job Hutchinson remains bedridden from a past accident. Mr and Mrs Robert Hunter visited J B Cover's in Monterey. M M Austin of Winchester Ind aided a family in distress. wife recovered after Dr King’s New Life Pills. Available at Nash's Pharmacy and Jas Hicks Amelia.
Esquire Hutchinson appears after election. Ed W Gray and wife of Cincinnati visited J R Johnson family over Easter. Methodist church Sunday school staged an Easter program. Marathon Lodge F and A M held third degree work with luncheon. Flower dealer Conklin from Blanchester circulated blooms. Maham from Blanchester drove in horses from Williamsburg sale. Mrs Winkler Stella White and E H McNutt visited Cincinnati. WCTU mothers meeting at J R Johnson home on Home Government. Ed Conover, local horse dealer, reports brisk buying and selling with scarce horses.
Doctors endorse R I P A N S Tabules as a practical remedy for common ailments. A five cent packet covers usual occasions, while the family bottle priced at six0 cents supplies a year. Sold by all druggists.
Richmond Indiana and surrounding areas show a flurry of visits and trips. Notables include Mr and Mrs Chas Fowler in Richmond with Geo Curry family, Wm McCormick of Dayton on a business trip, and Miss Abigail Donham visiting New York City Atlantic City Boston and Philadelphia. Easter gatherings, club meetings, and church events mark the week with several travels to Cincinnati Covington and Lima.
The week’s notes list former pupils gathered by Richmond, visits by C. T. Bainum in Cincinnati, a Mystic Shrine meeting, and a Presbyterian Ladies' Society gathering. Local items include Easter visits, naval trainee Robert Davis Jr home for a week, Kang Klog sprayer canvassing, toll collection near the Ohio turnpike, and Pinkham maple syrup sales in Cincinnati.
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