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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1902
Page
8
Batavia's August 6 1902 issue includes a Batavia time table from Cincinnati departures and arrivals with morning and evening trains. It lists local social notes on residents visits, conventions, and garden and health ads, plus short items on people like Dr Pareons of Lodiana and Miss Marguerite Ashburn.
Community updates include visits by Uncle Ed Graves in Batavia, painter Bal Davis at Algonquin Hotel, and Elmer Ely's town report. Railway progress, fishing trip tales, and a call for curb-pleasing papers curb the humor x readers. Also reported are diabetes tests, kidney cures, and Odd Fellows funeral plans.
Court matters include confirmation of sale with proceeds of 7550 distributed among C W Silvers and others. New cases report a divorce petition by Robert L Willison from Nannie at Olive Branch. Local Summer heat records noted with 97 degrees, plus a 4 to 0 baseball win by Batavians over Edentons. Social events and visitors finish the roundup.
Miss Ruth Perkins returns home from Amelia after a week with sister Miss Julia Perking. Guests at N A Days include Rev Bachus and family from Chicago and Rev A Day from Massachusetts. Miss Florence Perin stayed with grandparents Dr and Mrs Woodward. Mrs Flick dies after paralysis. Funeral at MBE church led by Rev Spurrier with Mt Moriah burial. Mr Brazer and Mr Boyce travel to Spring.
F A Gulledge of Verbena Alabama paid doctors to cure a severe pile case producing 24 tumors. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him after two hospital stays. The ad notes the salve as best for inflammation and pain, 25 cents at Dr John Bune's Batavia store. Nearby items list visits and travels of multiple local residents including Cincinnati and Amelia connections.
The HoucHinson family thanks neighbors for assistance and sympathy during the illness and death of their husband, father, grandfather, and uncle. Special thanks to Rev and Mrs Washburn for the floral tribute.
An advertisement touts a at home remedy called the Home Gold Cure for drunkenness, claiming it cures the disease without publicity. It targets husbands and fathers, promises easy administration in tea or coffee, and offers full directions with physician advice. Priced at one dollar, mailed prepaid worldwide from Edwin B. Giles & Company Philadelphia.
A roundup of events includes Sunday school and youth picnics at Schwab's grove Sneil's woods and Maple Grove August 9. Democratic county convention August 16 in Batavia city hall. Kennedy's fair at Sardinia opens September 2 to 4. Institute sessions for Highland Clermont and other counties August 11–15. Bantam fair August 26–27 and Clermont Agricultural Society fair September 9–12. Shiloh camp meeting moves in September 15–24. Lebanon village centennial celebration September 25–27. Hulick-Weaver reunion August 9. G A R encampment August 22–23 at Bantam. County election board appointments listed for six districts.
The fifty second annual session of the C U T I will be held in Williamsburg Ohio August 11 to 15 1902. Day meetings are led by Supt UC Van Cleve Prof SD Fese and Dr SC Smucker with evening entertainments by H W J Ham AR Tarr Helen Parke Quintet and Cecillian Trio. Attendance promises rich educational material and a memorable gathering.
The Cosmopolitan for August offers entertaining stories and edifying scientific and historical papers, with superb illustrations. It promises pleasant summer reading, calling the issue a relief from ordinary novels and inviting readers to obtain the illustrated article on the northwest and the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad by sending a two cent stamp.
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