Educational Epics at Clermont County Institute Opening
The thirty-sixth session of the Clermont County Teachers Institute gathers in New Richmond with educators from Batavia Williamsburg Bethel Felicity Loveland Mt. Carmel and Boston attending. Dr Kilgour delivers a welcome and Professor Williams replies while sessions organize discuss penmanship grammar elocution and the value of teaching as a profession amid reflections on education’s progress.
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la Belle Riviere
Batavia
J. 8
Elmer Hulick
Anna Rawson
Elbert Glancy
Anna Hulick
Cora Griffis
Nellie Leonard
Professor Williams
Williamsburg
Joseph Innis
Alina Thomas
Maggie McAdams
Ella Williams
Emma Warden
W. W. Widmeyer
Will Ferguson
Milford
Professor Dial
Bethel
Felicity
Loveland
Mt. Carmel
Boston
Lida Elston
Professor McVay
Hartman
Dyer
Hayward
J. C. Kilgour
Byron Williams
New Richmond
William
Kilgour
Clermont County
Teachers’ Institute
Sae Wekelon Sd Hl
Ohio
Williams
Institute
The Well Dressed Tramp and Miss Emma Wiles Blackberry Tale
A fractured 1885 vignette recounts Miss Emma Wiles near Goshen being attacked by a well dressed tramp in a blackberry patch. The incident left her shaken, yet the tale veers into social satire about local gossip, family rumor, and rural life as the community moves on with milk pans and holidays.
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Emma Wiles
Goshen Township
Miss W
Shiloh
Scott
Enmina
Texas
Kansas
Ohio
West
Exas
Emma
Ten Year Olds Stop Six Ton Boulder Threat to Derby Track
Holston and Willie Kehoe, two ten year olds, spotted a six ton boulder on the Derby railroad track near New Haven, Connecticut. They alerted the engineer with a stick and bandana and helped stop the train just in time. Ex Governor Andrews led off a passenger collection of ten dollars for the brave boys, amid many officials aboard.
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Holston
Willie Kehoe
Derby
New Haven
Conneticut
Andrews
Xenia
Connecticut
Early apple tree planted by Elijah Tatman yields fourteen apples
A May 1885 planting by Elijah Tatman produced a well formed crop of fourteen apples this year. The Cincinnati & Eastern railroad will offer round trip tickets from all line stations at a single fare to the Congressional Conventions at Batavia on August 19 and September 7.
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House of Joy
Elijah Tatman
Cincinnati & Eastern Railroad
Batavia
Walter C Fraser Admitted to Lafayette Bar
Walter C Fraser formerly of Bethel and longtime publisher of the Lafayette Daily Journal Indiana has been admitted to the bar of Lafayette and plans to practice law in the future. The Olive Branch M E church women with Cincinnati talent present a musical concert on Thursday evening August 1 to benefit an organ purchase with admission twenty five cents.
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Walter C. Fraser
Bethel
Lafayette Daily Journal
Indiana
Ladies of the Olive Branch M. E. Church
Cincinnati
Party at Mrs. Cassius Edwards Frightful Evening
A group of about fifty guests gathered at the residence of Mrs. Cassius Edwards on Friday evening for an elegant supper and a very enjoyable social gathering hosted by Mr. Holly and neighbors in the vicinity.
Reunion Week Events and Half Fare Train Tickets
The Cincinnati and Eastern announces half fare round trips to Portsmouth for the Army of West Virginia reunion on September 8 9 and 10 with ticket sales September 7 8 9 and 10 and return valid through the 11th at all stations. Clermont farmers report yields with J Weaver 10 acres 30 bushels per acre James Brown 6 acres 35 bushels per acre 22 acres tobacco 40000 pounds George Ducknail 10 acres 33 bushels per acre and 4 acres 40 bushels per acre.
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Army of West Virginia
Portsmouth
Cincinnati & Eastren
Ltch
Clermont
J. Weaver
James Brown
George Ducknail
Milford man builds stern wheeler for lake trip
Mr J A Worz of Milford has nearly finished a small stern wheeler pleasure boat. He plans to take it this week to Loveland camp grounds with a party then on to New Orleans. The engine will pass United States inspection and the craft is described as a pretty little boat.
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J. A. Worz
Milford
Loveland Camp Grounds
New Orleans
United States
Clermont Democrats Fix Dates for County and State Conventions
Clermont Democrats met in Batavia to set schedules for county and state events. The primary is September 28, county convention September 25, and delegates for the September 7 Congressional convention to be chosen on the 4th. State convention delegates will be chosen next Saturday for Toledo August 17.
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Clermont
Batavia
Toledo
Assault on Broderick at Columbus News office
Mr. Broderick, partner of Ephriam Orebaugh, was severely slugged by a man named Montgomery last week. The attack occurred after a prior critique of Montgomery’s estate management in the News, with Broderick attacked from the rear and restrained briefly during the assault.
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Broderick
Ephriam Orebaugh
Tihe Columbus News
Montgomery
Broderick Wis
Iis
Batavia Excerpt Warns of Chewing Gum Dangers
A New Castle family reports their ten year old daughter died last Sunday from gum chewing. Post mortem finds the colon clogged with gum preventing digestion, a grim note on the dangers of chewing gum.
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Batavia
Rataltt
New Castle
Mule’s leg injury after shodding sparks caution
Ed Patchell brought a mule to Batavia for shoeing by Chris Dietz. Dietz warned of a possible kick but, as he prepared, the mule suddenly kicked and bruised Dietz’s arm. Patchell doubted the mule’s prior kicking history while Dietz treated the injury.
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Ed. Patchell
Batavia
Chris
Mr. Dietz
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