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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1913
Page
8
The column lists club events, visits, and social notes including a dancing ball at the armory, travels of O P Griffith to West Virginia, Mrs Fay Dorsey visiting from Louisville, and local business appointments. births are noted for C D Grimes and G C Anderson, with Batavia dental services expanding under Dr H Sterling Moore.
A called meeting of Batavia Lodge No. 104 F and A M is announced for Friday evening with full attendance desired. Holmes and King, appointed to examine the county treasury by Judge Joseph, are at work. Also notes on bilious health remedies, a May 11 baccalaureate sermon at M E church by Rev Burdsall, and various local notices including medical ads and obituaries.
Mrs Elbert Glancy and her young daughter visit Dayton as floods linger. Mrs Ashburn hosts the family while Mrs Jennie Titus plans an eight month trip to Portsmouth New Hampshire to see Lieutenant Isaac Titus. Kennedy Robinson, once from the area, returns from Little Rock Arkansas to see his mother Mrs Ann Robinson.
Morris Kain from Dayton visits his grandmother Mrs Eliza Kain and reports relatives above flood lines. The ad promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a quick curative tonic for kidney trouble and rheumatism. Also lists money to loan offers and real estate security in Batavia Ohio with local attorneys.
Selling agent for the DeLaval Cream Separator the World’s Standard and the Eclipse Spray Pump the best spray pump made repairs for both Also eggs for hatching from Single Comb Black Minorcus Light Brahmas Buff Orpington and Indian Runner Ducks R 8 OnTze Mt Pisgah Ohio New Richmond RFD
The ad proclaims Bucklen’s Arnica salve as the fastest cure for skin ailments noting a four day cure of a sore ankle in L. H. Haflin of Iredell Texas. It urges households keep the remedy and cites a 2 cent price. A social note records Miss Bessie Glancy hosting friends including Lena Lynder of Madeira Ohio with Leona Lynder and others in attendance.
R. L. Coyle, a hustling implement dealer, bought the Bicking homestead, planning modern improvements to create an ideal home. The eight room residence features two halls and a fine cellar. Also notes Foley's Honey and Tar warning against coughs and lung illness, and Dr Thomas Electric Oil advertised as a household remedy priced 25c and 5c.
Fragmentary notice claims a plaster relieves rheumatism backache and lung muscle sores. The readable portion suggests a remedy advertised for multiple pains with unspecified efficacy and usage details.
Elliott Davis of Batavia and 17 year old Sarah Whitney of Batavia walked together after Davis allegedly shared liquor with her on April 20. Davis was fined 50 dollars and costs for violating the local option law. he was jailed for nonpayment and later granted 90 days to pay. Attorneys H C Ely and Norman Burnet represented the accused.
The forty seventh annual convention met at the M E E Church in Owensville Ohio on April 22 and 28 1913 with delegates from county schools. Officers elected include O B Nichols Batavia president and C H McNutt Williamsburg treasurer. Delegates and alternates from Milford Felicity Batavia Owensville Moscow and other towns attended along with speakers on grading the schools teacher training and the Sunday School movement.
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