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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1914
Page
8
Rice's Livery Barn offers auto service and phone 182. Numerous social mentions include families visiting relatives in Cincinnati Newport Ky Glendale College Hill Glen Este and Williamsburg. A Presbyterian church musical invites all. other items note guests and ill health.
Ralph Homan visits Berwin while Oliver McGrew dies in Springfield aged 80 leaving widow and children. Albert Hester and Louisa Latchford wed in Newtonsville. Epworth League social planned. Travel news includes Kelch family Cincinnati trip and Stump Florida return. Memorial and Decoration Day plans noted for G A R Jesse Ellis post. Panama Canal promotion for Major Ashburn. Hamilton funeral details and character tribute. Foley Kidney Pills advertised for rheumatism and kidney troubles.
An old advertisement fragment promotes Fletcher’s Castoria featuring Dr J J Werner and a medical claim. The page notes a monthly repetition and mentions a physician associated with the product. The readable text centers on a standard infant remedy promotion typical of historical newspapers.
Howard Hildebrant, a New Vienna merchant, pled guilty in Judge Mill's court in Wilmington to selling cigarettes to minors and was fined 500 dollars. An agreement reduced the fine to 300 dollars on condition he destroy all stock. The statute allows up to 1500 dollars and three years in prison.
Official report from the Ohio Agricultural Commission details crop conditions dated April 1 1914. Wheat in 1913 crop still in producers hands at 3 500 000 bushels. Winter barley and rye show average stands. Corn in crib average while in field 5 percent husk damage occurred over winter 14 percent damage to fodder 28 percent. Fruit prospects 83 percent of normal with six percent less than last year and buds winter killed 26 percent. last year 7 percent.
Maurice Stoller will auction farm utensils corn fodder and household goods at the Will Hicks farm two miles south of Batavia on Saturday April 25 at 12 30. H R Sweet auctioneer.
Ohio farmers show rising interest in orcharding and orchard care. A pruning and spraying demonstration will be held on P. H. Davidson's farm at Afton today, Wednesday.
The Ohio Farmers Insurance Co has moved its Clermont county office to Dennison Building No 3 East Market Street. New agent L L Johnson invites all locals with business or social interest to meet. Johnson is billed as a reliable insurer and prompt in handling claims. a second address given is Zorreyor in Batavia with Bell No 1.
You can train memory to lead you to lands of delight with crystal streams and beckoning angels guiding you to more loveliness. Or it can become pain and penance, a way to scarify present life with dust and ashes of a better forgotten past.
Professor Tamassia of the University of Padua urges a new ID system based on hand vein photography. He claims veins show variations instantly detectable to a novice, while fingerprint differences require extensive training to discern.
Cox states painting aims to produce a beautiful surface with pleasing shapes lines and colors. He adds a secondary role to recall nature and evoke truth by illusion within artistic practice.
Electric traps in Amsterdam use a wire connected supply with a baited contact that delivers a shock when touched. The bait rest area remains the only conductor, instantly ending the rat’s path.
The report estimates daily averages of tobacco use showing cigars at 21,718,488 and cigarettes at 28,786,190 consumed daily across the United States. This highlights the dominant role of cigarettes in national tobacco usage and implies broad health and economic implications.
George L. Ely announces his candidacy for superintendent of Clermont county schools. A Ohio University graduate with a life certificate, Ely has 18 years in education including five as village superintendent and one as township superintendent, currently teaching at Batavia High School. He plans to relocate to Clermont and invites inquiries ahead of the County Board of Education meeting on July 18, 1914. Amelia Ohio April 21 1914 Route 1 G L Exy
Local ad touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as unsurpassed for colds and coughs. Mrs J Boroff of Elida Ohio reports her daughter Ruth was cured two years ago and endorses the medicine. note says it is for sale by all dealers.
Tobacco growers in the East Fork valley report a fine stand of tobacco plants. All beds were placed in ground out of high water, with bottom plowings well advanced and upland fields lagging behind.
Mrs. Mary Burrows, rural route No. 8 mail carrier, lost her Ford runabout to a fast spreading fire on Beaver Creek Road near Harry Harner’s farm Wednesday noon. The overheated carburetor is blamed. the car was insured with D E Anderson Agency and coverage likely to repay the loss.
In the Batavia Wall Paper Store in the old John Robinson drug store room shoppers will find a nice assortment of wall paper. Borders ceilings and sidewall are offered at one price with in stock items and reasonable pricing.
Benjamin Franklin Miley born October 26 1883 near Batavia Ohio died April 11 1914 at his Miley Farm aged 80 years 5 months 16 days. He married Josephine Lutes February 8 1864 and had one son John E Miley. He helped build Union Chapel Church later joined Amelia M E Church loved Sabbath school and family. His wife and son survive as do many friends and neighbors. He died peacefully after a period of illness with comfort from loved ones and faith in God.
Mrs. J. C. Hostler of Grand Island Nebr reports three children with severe whooping cough relieved after limited doses of Foley's Honey and Tar. The Nash Pharmacy advertises Foley's product line as relief for inflamed throats and coughing amid outbreaks of measles scarlet fever.
A translated excerpt from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky, as rendered by Constance Garnett, published by Heinemann. The passage reflects a woman's belief she can torture a man with cruelty now and compensate later with affection.
An old advertisement touts Dr. Thomas Electric Oil as a cure for burns bruises and general relief. It urges Karmersa mechanics and railroad workers to keep the product at home for everyday ailments.
Homer O. Hyde of Holdenville Oklahoma encloses a check for an invoice dated November 21 and requests doubling the last order for immediate shipment. He notes farmers bought multiple bricks after initial sales and mentions a worm issue in brood mares. Sellers listed are RAPP & SCHWAB Batavia Ohio and GEORGE SCHILLING Williamsburg Ohio.
Two acres of well drained, well located grounds on Hicks or John Street in Amelia Ohio near interurban and C G and P electric railroads. Ideal for building. For details contact L Knowles 1144 S 28th St Louisville KY.
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