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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1914
Page
3
A lampoon style tale follows a Society chief who endures a wild Balloon voyage then wakes amid wild hospitality and mock heroism. He faces ridicule, sobriety, and social shaming as friends deem his antics too far gone while he seeks a new normal and respect among peers.
A historical column titled The Way of the Ex Transgressor is quoted in MORAL discussions. It reflects on consequences of actions and social stigma tied to past behavior, offering caution about reform, acceptance, and personal accountability. The piece emphasizes moral judgment and societal memory.
United States engineers describe a water proofing mix for cement using one part cement two parts sand and three quarters pounds of dry powdered alum per cubic foot of sand with water containing three quarters pound of soap per gallon. A wash uses one pound lye and two pounds alum in two gallons of water.
D. A. Donovan reports that real petitions carrying 131000 signatures led the woman suffrage procession to the State Capitol Thursday. Police guarded the march to prevent loss or disruption as a mass meeting and dinner followed the filing. Harriet Taylor Upton predicted suffrage adoption at the fall election.
The Ohio board of agriculture prepares for a big trip for young corn growers bakers under 18 to Washington and New York. Last year over 1 000 youths travelled by Pullman to eastern cities. this year more will join. Cost remains about 50 dollars for under 18 and 60 dollars for 18 and older. The route is undecided but May include a day at sea from Philadelphia to New York.
Dr. Paul Fisher state veterinarian takes charge of the glanders outbreak as the Cincinnati health department closes public horse troughs and orders teamsters to use individual buckets. Veterinarians will report new cases. human infection has not yet appeared.
In Steubenville Ohio the families of striking miners in Smithfield township are starving prompting township trustees to meet with Jefferson County commissioners to arrange food relief. Constables guarded trustees as women and children surrounded them seeking help.
Judge Stephen N. Young ruled no jurisdiction to halt the Thurstin Campbell proposal and the $8,000,000 street railway and rail and light properties bond issue special election in Toledo Ohio.
Circleville Ohio board of health outlawed use of the city jail for confinement. The jail, a basement space beneath the mayor's office, has housed inmates for more than fifty years and is deemed unsanitary. The mayor and police chief are barred from using it.
Dr William J Husk of Wellston was chosen by State Superintendent John I L Miller as chief clerk in Public Works, succeeding W A Marker who moved to the state banking department.
In Massillon Ohio a joint conference between miners and operators adjourned without agreement on preliminaries amid a 2000-strong strike. Peace prospects appear slim as talks end with no clear path to settlement.
Columbia Gas and Electric Co reports large gains for the six months ending June 1914. The company owns extensive gas lands in West Virginia and Kentucky, operates pipelines to Cincinnati and surrounding towns, and controls gas and electric suppliers as well as electric railway service to Newport Covington and nearby Kentucky towns across the river.
Lima Ohio leaders push state board of administration to transfer as many patients as possible to the new Lima hospital for the criminal insane. They seek admission for foreigners and others with no local ties to free space for drug users and alcoholics in other state hospitals. Current law limits Lima to criminal insane only.
Columbus report to the state public utilities commission states dispatcher W J Cunningham of Marietta managed the Parkersburg Marietta and Inter Urban line. A collision near Lowell on July 21 killed motorman Chris Noe and injured 16 others aboard a pay car and a passenger car.
Columbus officials warn the county tuberculosis hospital may close from September 1 to March 1 due to a license system and a $30,000 shortfall in the poor fund, forcing a new revenue source or levy. The commission had relied on prior funds and did not set aside enough for maintenance.
War fever in Cincinnati's foreign districts prompts Serbs and Hungarians to hold meetings. Plans were set to raise funds for transporting Serbs to join the Servian army amid tensions over Austria Hungary and Servia.
Ravenna Ohio district Tax Assessor A H Webb of Portage County says Dan R Hanna's attorney admitted the returns should rise after a dramatic jump from 16000 to 4500000. Webb notes the offer to set the assessment at 1200000 was refused and he will push for a far larger figure.
In Cleveland Salvatore Peluso 28 the second leper in the US this year is deported with an immigration inspector. Dayton legal authority granted to United Brethren Publishing House to borrow 250000 and mortgage realty. Hamilton 13 year old Ed Hendrickson dies after skull fracture from rock in Great Miami river. Portsmouth worker R J Fuller 34 dies after falling into 80 foot well. Zanesville Muskingum county starts state wide prohibition campaign with rally at Memorial hall.
In Youngstown Ohio the home of Samuel G McClure editor and publisher of the Youngstown Telegram was dynamited drawing police and a crowd of private detectives to the scene. The incident sparked a wide manhunt and investigations into the motive behind the attack.
The third annual farmers field day in Xenia Ohio attracted a very large crowd at Kildare Park under Green County Pomona Grange auspices. The event featured successful displays and activities with broad community participation.
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